Chef

Chef is an Italian rapper, identified as Alessandro Rella, from Corato. The act is listed as a duo with 2C.

Association with South Park

The name also matches Jerome “Chef” McElroy, a recurring character from the animated series South Park. In the series, Chef is voiced by Isaac Hayes and works as the elementary school cafeteria worker in South Park, Colorado. He is generally shown as more level-headed than the other adults in the town, and the main child characters often seek his advice because they trust him. His guidance often takes the form of a suggestive soul song, reflecting the character’s roots in 1970s soul influences.

Chef Aid

Chef Aid: The South Park Album is a soundtrack album tied to the Chef Aid episode of South Park. It appears in different editions, including clean, explicit and extreme versions, and with multiple collectible covers. Chef appears on four tracks on the album.

Character history

The character is inspired by Isaac Hayes, other soul singers of the 1970s, and an actual dining hall worker Trey Parker encountered while studying at the University of Colorado. Chef’s role becomes smaller as the series goes on, and the character is killed off at the start of the tenth season in “The Return of Chef”, following Hayes’s departure from the show after the episode “Trapped in the Closet”.