Chef

fictional character of the South Park series
Person fictional_human Q47594
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Summary

Chef is a fictional human[1]. He was born on October 4, 1962[2]. He died on March 22, 2006[3]. He worked as a cook[4] and chef[5]. He ranks in the top 9% of fictional human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,924 views/month).[6]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United States[7]
  • Ethnic group: African Americans[8]
  • Position held: school cook[9]
  • Creator: Trey Parker[10]
  • Religion or worldview: Islam[11]
  • Sex or gender: male[12]
  • Instance of: animated character[13]
  • Voice actor: Isaac Hayes[14]
  • Family name: McElroy[15]
  • Given name: Jerome[16], Chef[17]
  • From narrative universe: South Park universe[18]
  • Present in work: South Park[19]
  • Nickname: Chef[20]
  • Different from: supervisor[21]
  • P14470: Characters/Chef[22]
  • P14750: C145-8AC9-AD1C-6981-6F6A[23]

Why It Matters

Chef has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] He is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

FAQs

What did Chef do for work?

Chef worked as a cook[4] and chef[5].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [12] ↑ . wiki.southpark.cc.com. wiki.southpark.cc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wiki.southpark.cc.com. wiki.southpark.cc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wiki.southpark.cc.com. wiki.southpark.cc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . southpark.cc.com. Retrieved . southpark.cc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Trummler12 · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nickname → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Chef'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nickname: Chef, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1791815446145"
  2. 3d ago · Amogus502 · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Chef (South Park).svg
    Wikipedia languages → ['da', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'ga', 'he', 'hu', 'id', 'it', 'ko', 'ms', 'nl', 'no', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Image: Chef (South Park).svg"
  3. 8w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → C145-8AC9-AD1C-6981-6F6A
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47158|batch #47158]]: HAND ID (11)"
  4. 16w ago · Xezbeth · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Characters/Chef
    Present in work → South Park
    Family name → McElroy
    Citizenship → —
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Characters/Chef, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/293393833|Chef (#293393833)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8006|‎Giant Bomb Wiki c"
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