History Main / ChubbyChef

* In ''ComicBook/{{Robin|Series}}'' 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.

* 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.

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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 impression that they are one]]. Expect plenty of overlap with BigFun, with the Chubby Chef often being a jovial and friendly fellow with a love for their craft, but [[EvilChef not]] [[FatBastard always]].

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 impression that they are one]]. Expect plenty of overlap with BigFun, with the Chubby Chef often being a jovial and friendly fellow; if {{evil|Chef}}, they will be a FatBastard instead.

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 impression that they are one]]. Due to the association of corpulence [[BigFun with friendliness and joviality]], you can also expect this type of character to be quite the jolly person as well.

* ''WebVideo/DrCrafty'' has Pepper, a cephalopod mutant who is an accomplished chef. Unlike most examples of the trope, her gluttony is a very prominent trait, and she has an expansive waistline to match.

* Satsuki Yotsuba of ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' is a member of the cooking club, helps manage a restaurant, and her pactio title even translates to "[[SupremeChef fabulous cook]]". She's also noticeably chubbier than the rest of her classmates.

* ''Literature/FoodOfTheGods'' by Cassandra Khaw references this when Demeter observes that Rupert is unusually thin for a cook. The {{Inver|tedTrope}}sion is justified in that his boss is a ghoul; while he's contractually obligated ToServeMan, he has no personal interest in the food he makes.

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]]. The trope may have originated from the known fact that in order to be a good chef, you must keep tasting your food to make sure it's going well as well as the obvious cooking food ''often'' for practice. This usually implies subsequently eating said food, which is what gave rise to the old saying that is this trope's quote. This character is often a SupremeChef, the TeamChef, or both.

** Auguste 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. He provides the page image.

* The ''Series/{{House}}'' episode "Que Sera Sera" plays this for drama with George, a morbidly obese gourmand, who clashes with House over his intention to keep doing what he loves and leave the health side of things to fate. [[spoiler:Ironically, his medical condition wasn't caused by his weight, but by a freak case of terminal lung cancer.]]

* DI Crabbe of ''Series/PieInTheSky'' is a portly restauranteur who solves crimes.

** Elli from ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon64'' is a baker and is meant to be larger than the other bachelorettes, though it's not [[HollywoodPudgy obvious at all]] (but then again she wears baggy clothes, however ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonBackToNature'' retooled her as a nurse without changing her design or making any references to her weight). She has some WeightWoe related envy of Popuri, as Popuri can eat {{sweet|Tooth}}s without gaining weight. Her [[WifeHusbandry father figure and love interest]] Jeff, who she works for and is also a baker, likes Elli the way she is and has some implications of being a ChubbyChaser at that.

** 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. He provides the page image.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': All Jolson, a restaurant-owner and recurring minor character, 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.

* ''VisualNovel/SuperDanganRonpa2'':

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

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

** Eunice from ''VideoGame/RuneFactoryFrontier'' is the first (and thus far only) obviously overweight bachelorette in either the ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' or ''VideoGame/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.