History Main / ChubbyChef

* ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'':

** Gusteau was one of the [[SupremeChef most renowned chefs]] in France while he was alive. He had a sizable waistline, and he founded the restaurant where much of the story transpires.

** Teruteru Hanamura is the "Super High School Level Cook", meaning he's only in high school but already an incredible chef. He's overweight but there are no implications of him being a BigEater, especially noticeable with there being not one but two big eaters in the main cast that aren't him, which are Akane and [[spoiler: Imposter]] Byakuya.
** Teruteru's mother applies for this trope too, from the brief moment that she is shown.

* In ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost'', Carlos Garcál is an accomplished South Beach chef and tidily rotund -- or rather, the [[ReplicantSnatching Fetch left in his place]] when the [[TheFairFolk True Fae]] kidnapped him is. The real Carlos is now a Changeling known as the Glutton, a bloated, atavistic [[ImAHumanitarian cannibal]] who is [[WasOnceAMan unrecognizable as a human]]... but is still a very good chef.

* ''Franchise/RuneFactory'':
** Eunice from ''VideoGame/RuneFactoryFrontier'' is the first (and thus far only) obviously overweight bachelorette in either the ''Franchise/HarvestMoon'' or ''Franchise/RuneFactory'' series (which is a spinoff of ''Harvest Moon''). She enjoys cooking and the protagonist's cooking will automatically raise her [=LP=]'s each day. Eunice will ask you if you prefer skinny girls or not, and will go on a diet if you say you do, however it's possible to marry her as is.

* All Jolson, a restaurant-owner and recurring minor character from {{Discworld}}, got his nickname because he loves his own cooking so much that passersby who see him [[PhraseCatcher keep saying]] they can't believe that massively-fat body is ''all'' Jolson.

* Literature/NeroWolfe is an overweight gourmet as well as a BrilliantButLazy detective, thanks in part to his [[TheShutIn refusal to leave his apartment]] except under dire circumstances.

* Swelter, the EvilChef in ''Literature/{{Gormenghast}}'', is described as being grossly overweight.

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* In ''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]]'' the waitress and chef at the diner in Gotham's Widow Creek neighborhood where Stephanie takes Tim for comfort food when she's upset are both noticeably plump.

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%%* Ref comments above about Doug Heffernan in ''Series/TheKingOfQueens'': still relevant. i should add that Doug is also creative with food, in a sort of Adam Richman - Series/ManVFood sort of way where it tends to go horribly askew. There's an episode where Doug gets absolutely affronted that a fast-food sandwich concept he devised based on excess and wholly unsuitable-sounding ingredients is taken up by a local fast-food joint - but attributed to his friend Deacon. Doug gets vocal about the perceived injustice involved and this strains their friendship.%%Needs to be changed to remove the first person and mention of old comments from YKTTW thread, and also to explain where the fatness comes in.

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* Teruteru Hanamura from ''VisualNovel/SuperDanganRonpa2'' is the "Super High School Level Cook", meaning he's only in high school but already an incredible chef. He's overweight but there are no implications of him being a BigEater, especially noticeable with there being not one but two big eaters in the main cast that aren't him, which are Akane and [[spoiler: Imposter]] Byakuya.

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* Heinrich von Sugarbottom is TheVillain in the ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' episode "Chocolate Chips." Heinrich is a very corpulent fellow wearing lederhosen and speaking with a generic German accent who seeks to monopolize the chocolate industry by hoarding cacao trees. He also seeks to recreate the formula for chocolate according to "the Mayans who perfected it." Which clearly requires a goodly amount of taste-testing.

* André the ice cream maker in ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''.

* ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'': The Tipton's head chef Paolo is this; in one episode, Cody tries to help him go on a diet during their hotels Health and Fitness Week.

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** Subverted with the protagonists. Linguini is a skinny chef... But he is also [[LethalChef terrible at cooking]]. Remmy is a rather slim rat but is a SupremeChef. His fat brother has no interest in fine cuisine (like most rats) and will [[ExtremeOmnivore eat anything]]. Most of the side characters are skinny or muscular but are pretty decent chefs, though nowhere on Gusteau's level.

* ''Franchise/HarvestMoon'':

This is when a character that is involved with preparing food in some way, such as a cook or restaurant owner, is shown to be fatter than other characters. Despite their association with food, this character is rarely shown to be a BigEater, and very well might not be one, but [[AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance their size gives the implication that they are]]. Often a SupremeChef, the TeamChef, or both.

Often times a character that is involved with food in some way, for example a cook or restaurant owner, will be shown to be fatter than other characters. The character is rarely actually shown to be a BigEater, and very well might not be, but [[AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance their size often gives the implications that they are]]. Often a SupremeChef, the TeamChef, or both.

* Teruteru Hanamura from ''VisualNovel/SuperDanganRonpa2'' is the "Super High School Level Cook", meaning he's only in high school but already an incredible chef. He's overweight but there are no implications of him being a BigEater, especially noticeable with there being two big eaters in the main cast that aren't him, which are Akane and [[spoiler: Imposter]] Byakuya.

* Teruteru Hanamura from ''VisualNovel/SuperDanganRonpa2'' is the "Super High School Level Cook", meaning he's only in high school but already an incredible chef. He's overweight but there are no implications of him being a BigEater, especially noticeable with there being two big eaters in the main cast that aren't him.

Often times a character that is involved with food in some way, for example a cook or restaurant owner, will be shown to be fatter than other characters. The character is rarely actually shown to be a BigEater, and very well might not be, but [[AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance their size often gives the implications that they are]]. Often a SupremeChef.

Often times a character that is involved with food in some way, for example a cook or restaurant owner, will be shown to be fatter than other characters. The character is rarely actually shown to be a BigEater, and very well might not be, but [[AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance their size often gives the implications that they are]].

-->-- ''An old saying''

---> '''Ego''': "You're slow for someone in the fast lane"
---> '''Linguini''': "And you're thin for someone who likes food."

* Theodore is the chubby one of the BigThinShortTrio from ''Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks''. In various incarnations he's shown a knack for baking (often to go with him being InTouchWithHisFeminineSide) and [[BigEater likes to eat]].

* In ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost'', Carlos Garçal is an accomplished South Beach chef and tidily rotund -- or rather, the [[ReplicantSnatching Fetch left in his place]] when the [[TheFairFolk True Fae]] kidnapped him is. The real Carlos is now a Changeling known as the Glutton, a bloated, atavistic [[ImAHumanitarian cannibal]] who is [[WasOnceAMan unrecognizable as a human]]... but is still a very good chef.

* Literature/NeroWolfe is an overweight gourmet as well as a BrilliantButLazy detective.

* In ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost'', Carlos Garcal is an accomplished South Beach chef and tidily rotund -- or rather, the [[ReplicantSnatching Fetch left in his place]] when the [[TheFairFolk True Fae]] kidnapped him is. The real Carlos is now known as the Glutton, a bloated, atavistic [[ImAHumanitarian cannibal]] who is [[WasOnceAMan unrecognizable as a human]]... but is still a very good chef.

* The unnamed Baker that Anatasia falls for in ''Disney/CinderellaIIDreamsComeTrue'' is a large GentleGiant.

* In the film version of ''Film/TheHobbit'', Bombur, the fattest dwarf is portrayed as the TeamChef of the company.

* Ref comments above about Doug Heffernan in ''Series/TheKingOfQueens'': still relevant. i should add that Doug is also creative with food, in a sort of Adam Richman - Series/ManVFood sort of way where it tends to go horribly askew. There's an episode where Doug gets absolutely affronted that a fast-food sandwich concept he devised based on excess and wholly unsuitable-sounding ingredients is taken up by a local fast-food joint - but attributed to his friend Deacon. Doug gets vocal about the perceived injustice involved and this strains their friendship.

* ''Theatre/{{Amadeus}}'' (the play, not the film) opens with Salieri introducing us to his staff including a portly older man who is his personal cook. A few minutes later the {{Flashback}} to the beginning of the story occurs and the chef appears again, this time as a svelte young man.

* Teruteru Hanamura from ''VisualNovel/SuperDanganRonpa2'' is the "Super High School Level Cook" meaning he's only in high school but already an incredible chef. He's overweight but there are no implications of him being a BigEater, especially noticeable with there being two big eaters in the main cast that aren't him.