In " Chef Goes Nanners", he briefly converts to Islam and adopted the name "Abdul Mohammed Jabar Rauf Kareem Ali" when he demanded that South Park change its official flag because it depicted the town's racist past.
Garrison committing purposefully flamboyant sadomasochistic acts in front of schoolchildren in " The Death Camp of Tolerance". For example, he opposes the rampant prescription of Ritalin in the episode " Timmy 2000", and he objects to the town's acceptance of Mr. In addition to dispensing wisdom to the children and a few of the adult townsfolk, Chef speaks out against what he feels are outrageous ideas.
Despite failing at yet another dream, Chef made his way onto the South Park City Council, representing Public Safety. Before this, he had befriended several famous recording artists in the music industry, including Elton John and Meat Loaf, helping them to launch their successful careers. Chef (usually affectionately) referred to most people in town with the pejorative " crackers", including the children.Ĭhef, after abandoning his musical aspirations, moved to South Park with plans to open his own restaurant. However, Hayes agreed to voice the character due in part to the audacity of some of the show's early scripts. Parker and co-creator Matt Stone initially planned to have one of themselves voice the character, fearing that their ideal candidates of Hayes ( Lou Rawls and Barry White) would never agree to voice the character because the duo had admittedly and purposefully created him as a "stereotype" to reflect what they felt was the perception most inhabitants of less-diverse mountainous Colorado towns had of black people. Until Token Black and his family were given a more notable role starting in the show's fourth season, Chef was portrayed as the only black resident in all of South Park. He frequently dons a traditional chef's hat and white apron on which the word "CHEF" is printed in black, even when he wasn't at work. Chef was an overweight Black American with a beard who usually wore blue pants and a red shirt. In tradition with the show's animation style, Chef is composed of simple geometrical shapes, and is animated with use of a computer, though he is given the impression of being a construction paper cutout composition animated through the use of stop motion, which was the technique used to animate the " Spirit of Christmas" shorts and the show's first episode. Isaac Hayes was the voice of Chef on South Park from 1997 to 2006.
Chef played a less prominent role as the series progressed beyond its earlier seasons, and the character was retired at the beginning of the tenth season in " The Return of Chef" following the controversial departure of Hayes. He frequently gave completely honest advice without considering whether it is appropriate for children, usually in the non sequitur form of a lascivious soul song.Ĭhef was inspired by Hayes and other popular soul singers of the 1970s, as well as an actual dining hall worker encountered by series co-creator Trey Parker while he attended the University of Colorado. His advice was often sought by the show's core group of child protagonists - Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick - as he was the only adult they completely trusted. A cafeteria worker at the local elementary school in the town of South Park, Colorado, Chef was generally portrayed as more intelligent than the other adult residents of the town, and understanding to the children. Jerome McElroy, often referred to as " The Chef" or simply " Chef", was a recurring fictional character on the Comedy Central series South Park who was voiced by Isaac Hayes. Trey Parker (singing, in " The Succubus")Ībdul Mohammed Jabar Rauf Kareem Ali (in " Chef Goes Nanners"), Charlie (in Return to Sleepaway Camp) Return to Sleepaway Camp (2008 cameo appearance filmed in 2003) Fictional character from South Park Jerome McElroy