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* The music video to "''Asylum''" by {{Disturbed}} features a [[IAmAHumanitarian cannibalistic chef who keeps body parts in his fridge]]. While the protagonist is escaping from the doctors, the chef upon seeing him [[ChainsawGood chases him down with a chainsaw]], cuts him up in a GoryDiscretionShot and tosses his remains in a bloody cooking pot. The dish resulting is a stew made up of ambiguous red meats [[EyeScream garnished with an eyeball]]. [[spoiler:[[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness This entire situation turns out to be a delusion of the patient who's actually back in his padded cell...]] [[OrWasItADream except a second later]] he's served and then [[ForceFeeding force-fed]] the same stew by the doctors[[hottip:* :Due to the nature of the video, this is probably also a delusion and he's actually being fed normal food while the chef he saw was likely a normal chef trying to help him]]]].

* Pamela Voorhees of the original ''{{Friday The 13th}}'' was the cook of Camp Crystal Lake. Her villainy was in no way related to her cooking though, but involved [[KnifeNut knifing]], [[AnAxeToGrind axing]], and occasionally [[TheArcher arrowing]] people to death in revenge for her son, who drowned in Crystal Lake because the counselors who were supposed to be watching him were [[DeathBySex getting it on instead]].

* ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'': Mrs. Lovett encourages Sweeney Todd's]RoaringRampageOfRevenge for [[ImAHumanitarian humanitarian purposes]].

* Mrs. Lovett encourages [[SweeneyTodd Sweeney Todd's]] RoaringRampageOfRevenge for [[ImAHumanitarian humanitarian purposes]].

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Today's theme ingredient is... You! The heat will be on! May overlap with the ChefOfIron, if the EvilChef fights his or her enemies using cooking implements as weapons or such like. Also see [[{{Ptitle4yh5d50x}} I Ate What?]], StabTheSalad. Most rivals in a CookingDuel are merely an OpposingSportsTeam, who may not even be negatively characterized; but there can obviously be an incentive to make such a character into an actually evil enemy.

* An episode of ''TheBatmanAdventures'' saw TheJoker kidnap an aspiring cartoonist and force him to illustrate his exploits for a series of comic books. One of his capers involved infiltrating a banquet and (while [[PaperThinDisguise "disguised"]] in a toque and a white smock) slipping paralytic Joker venom into the diners' soup. ("Poisonous? That would be the poison. [[EvillyAffable It complements the cilantro nicely, don't you think?"]]) The poison didn't actually kill anyone who took a slurp of the soup, but it ''did'' leave them [[SlasherSmile compulsively grinning]] - and paralyzed long enough for Joker to saunter right up to all them and beat them senseless with a large mallet. (And, of course, Joker being [[MonsterClown who he is]], he did this all ForTheEvulz - and in this case also for publicity.)

* Large Fry in ''WarioLand'', a giant Cheep Cheep who happens to be one of the occasional {{Flunky Boss}}es who happen to be quite strong on their own (which is ''extremely'' annoying, since he never stops calling down his buddies. ''Ever'').

* The ''DeadRising'' series features two evil chefs: Larry Chiang from the first game, and Antoine Thomas from the second game. Larry intends to turn an injured [[BigBad Carlito Keyes]] into mincemeat, and Antoine is attempting (and, it is heavily implied, has even succeeded) [[ImAHumanitarian to turn survivors into "the perfect dish"]].

* In the ''{{Pusher}}'' trilogy, Milo the Serbian druglord. He fancies himself a great cook, and tries to feed people his creations, but they're not very good. In fact, he accidentally gives all his thugs [[LethalCook food poisoning]] in the third film, leaving him rather defenseless to a brewing gang war.

* An episode of ''TheBatmanAdventures'' saw TheJoker kidnap an aspiring cartoonist and force him to illustrate his exploits for a series of comic books. One of his capers involved infiltrating a banquet and (while [[PaperThinDisguise "disguised"]] in a toque and a white smock) slipping paralytic Joker venom into the diners' soup. ("Poisonous? That would be the poison. [[EvillyAffable It complements the cilantro nicely, don't you think?"]]) The poison didn't actually kill anyone who took a slurp of the soup, but it ''did'' leave them [[SlasherSmile compulsively grinning]] - and paralyzed long enough for Joker to saunter right up to all them and beat them senseless with a large mallet. (And, of course, Joker being [[{{Jerkass}} who he is]], he did this all ForTheEvulz - and in this case also for publicity.)

* In in the ''{{Pusher}}'' trilogy, Milo the Serbian druglord. He fancies himself a great cook, and tries to feed people his creaions, but they're not very good. In fact, he accidentally gives all his thugs [[LethalCook food poisoning]] in the third film, leaving him rather defenseless to a brewing gang war.

* Plenty in the Mario series, but Chef Torte from ''SuperMarioRPG'' comes to mind. He fights in a boss battle and (unknowingly) creates a giant [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere spellcasting wedding cake]].

--->'''Chef''': Sacre bleu!(he starts chasing Uncle Waldo out of the restaurant)
---> Aargh! He bit-a my finger!
---> Go on-a, go! Get out! Scram!(Uncle Waldo is kicked out of the restuarant, as well as his hat)
---> Good-a riddance!(he slams the door shut)

---> Go on-a, go! Get out! !cram!(Uncle Waldo is kicked out of the restuarant, as well as his hat)

[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' has an evil cafeteria lady; Buffy has to foil her plan to poison everyone.
* The Frenchman in ''GoodEats'' may qualify for this.
* ''{{Seinfeld}}'''s Soup Nazi? Well, not so much evil as oppressive to customers...
* Lindermann from ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' cooks as a hobby
** Does Lindermann really count as an EvilChef, though? It ''is'' only a hobby, he doesn't plan on using those skills in his nefarious plans.

[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* Swelter from the ''{{Gormenghast}}'' novels (and TV mini-series).
* Long John Silver was the ship's cook in ''TreasureIsland'', as well as the Disney [[{{Steampunk}} space-and-steam]] ''TreasurePlanet''.
* Faquarl from ''TheBartimaeusTrilogy'' can transform into any shape he chooses, but is inexplicably fond of taking the form of a meat-cleaver wielding chef.
* Harry Kressing's novel ''The Cook'' features the mysterious Conrad, who uses his cooking skills to win over and then control his victims.
* ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' has the ghost story of the Rat Cook of the Nightfort, who chopped up a visiting prince and fed him to his father in a pie. For breaking SacredHospitality, the gods turned him into a giant albino rat who eats his young.

[[AC:{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
* Shirota Masakage from ''MajinTanteiNougamiNeuro'', the episode villain from the 1st anime episode and chapters 4-6 of the manga.
* Since the main character in ''ChuukaIchiban'' was a chef, it was logical to make all of his main enemies chefs as well. That, and the fact that it was a CookingDuel series.
* A couple of actively evil chefs showed up in ''IronWokJan'', most notably [[strike:[[AntiHero Jan Akiyama]]]] Go "Taoist Gogyo" Gyokai, who was actually trained as a culinary assassin.
* There was an evil (not to mention really gross) chef named Wanze in ''OnePiece''. Granted, he was mostly an excuse for crack, but he was threatening and he was a villain.
* Bianchi is an assassin from ''{{Reborn}}'' who intentionally uses her status as a LethalChef to full effect.
* Xellos from ''{{Slayers}}'' invokes this trope intentionally when he creates a soup "potent enough to kill a Gold Dragon with one bite."
* Monsieur Goan in the [[Main/KirbyOfTheStars Kirby anime]].

[[AC:ComicBooks]]
* The heroine of ''HackSlash'' had one of these as her [[MyBelovedSmother mom]].
** There's also the minor villain Hibachi Devil, who looks like an evil chef, though is never shown doing anything related to cooking.
* Captain Underpants once fought cafeteria ladies who were aliens in disguise trying to turn the schoolchildren into zombies.
* Emeril Lagasse became one in a ''MadMagazine'' parody of his CookingShow, in an imagined {{novelization}} by StephenKing.

[[AC:Theatre]]
* Mrs. Lovett encourages [[SweeneyTodd Sweeney Todd's]] RoaringRampageOfRevenge for [[ImAHumanitarian humanitarian purposes]].
* The Cat from ''{{HONK}}'' neatly fits this trope, as, throughout the musical, he is trying to eat the main character, and, in the 1998 recording, was portrayed by Clive Rowe with a [[JustAStupidAccent thick French accent]].

[[AC:{{Music}}]]
* In the DVD for the Volkerball tour, Till Lindemann of {{Rammstein}} dresses up as one of these during ''[[ImAHumanitarian Mein Teil]]''. He then proceeds to "cook" [[TheChewToy Flake Lorenz]].
* The music video to "''Asylum''" by {{Disturbed}} features a [[IAmAHumanitarian cannibalistic chef who keeps body parts in his fridge]]. While the protagonist is escaping from the doctors, the chef upon seeing him [[ChainsawGood chases him down with a chainsaw]], cuts him up in a GoryDiscretionShot and tosses his remains in a bloody cooking pot. The dish resulting is a stew made up of ambiguous red meats [[EyeScream garnished with an eyeball]]. [[spoiler:[[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness This entire situation turns out to be a delusion of the patient who's actually back in his padded cell...]] [[OrWasItADream except a second later]] he's served and then [[ForceFeeding force-fed]] the same stew by the doctors[[hottip:* :Due to the nature of the video, this is probably also a delusion and he's actually being fed normal food while the chef he saw was likely a normal chef trying to help him]]]].
* In the music video of ''Bad Idea'' by LemonDemon, one of the zombie {{Mook}}s appears to have been a chef.

Today's theme ingredient is... You! The heat will be on! May overlap with the ChefOfIron, if the EvilChef fights his or her enemies using cooking implements as weapons or such like. Also see [[{{Ptitle4yh5d50x}} I Ate What?]], StabTheSalad.

* The music video to "''Asylum''" by {{Disturbed}} features a [[IAmAHumanitarian cannibalistic chef who keeps body parts in his fridge]]. While the protagonist is escaping from the doctors, upon seeing him the chef [[ChainsawGood chases him down with a chainsaw]], cuts him up in a GoryDiscretionShot and tosses his remains in a bloody cooking pot. The dish resulting is a stew made up of ambiguous red meats [[EyeScream garnished with an eyeball]]. [[spoiler:This entire situation turns out to be a delusion of the patient who's actually back in his padded cell... [[OrWasItADream except a second later]] he's served and then [[ForceFeeding force-fed]] the same stew by the doctors[[hottip:* :Due to the nature of the video, this is probably also a delusion and he's actually being fed normal food while the chef he saw was likely a normal chef trying to help him]]]].

* The music video to "''Asylum''" by {{Disturbed}} features a [[IAmAHumanitarian cannibalistic chef who keeps body parts in his fridge]]. While the protagonist is escaping from the doctors, upon seeing him the chef [[ChainsawGood chases him down with a chainsaw]], cuts him up in a GoryDiscretionShot and tosses his remains in a bloody cooking pot. The dish resulting is a stew made up of ambiguous red meats [[EyeScream garnished with an eyeball]]. [[spoiler:This entire situation turns out to be a delusion of the patient being cut up who's actually back in his padded cell... except a second later he's served and then [[ForceFeeding force-fed]] the same stew by the doctors[[hottip:* :Due to the nature of the video, this is probably also a delusion and he's actually being fed normal food] while the chef he saw was likely a normal chef trying to help him]]].

* The music video to "''Asylum''" by {{Disturbed}} features a [[IAmAHumanitarian cannibalistic chef who keeps body parts in his fridge]]. While the protagonist is escaping from the doctors, upon seeing him the chef [[ChainsawGood chases him down with a chainsaw]], cuts him up in a GoryDiscretionShot and tosses his remains in a bloody cooking pot. The dish resulting is a stew made up of ambiguous red meats [[EyeScream garnished with an eyeball]]. [[spoiler:This entire situation turns out to be a delusion of the patient being cut up who's actually back in his padded cell... except a second later he's served and then [[ForceFeeding force-fed]] the same stew by the doctors[[hottip:* :Due to the nature of the video, this is probably also a delusion and he's actually being fed normal food]]]].

[[AC:Music]]
* In the DVD for the Volkerball tour, Till Lindemann of {{Rammstein}} dresses up as one of these during ''[[ImAHumanitarian Mein Teil]]''. He then proceeds to "cook" [[TheChewToy Flake Lorenz]].

* Yodai [[LargeHam "Now we're '''BOILING!'''"]] Higashizawa of TheWorldEndsWithYou.