571609 Wed Nov 12 08:00:42 -0800 2008 57 33 Food Media and News 0 4167174 So in honor of the premiere of "Top Chef: New York" today, I had made this photo gallery of my favorite Top Chefs from the world of TV and movies. I stuck with strictly fictional once since the real world of the celebrity chef/cook was just too unwieldy for me! http://tinyurl.com/637ck3 And then my friend pointed out I had missed the titular chef from "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover"! Argh! I remember being so traumatized from that film that perhaps I blanked it out. The remainder of my list seems okay though. I tried to stick with those whose main function or job in the story/entertainment. Am I missing any other obvious ones? Wed Nov 12 08:00:42 -0800 2008 231442 HungryHanh 1 4167222 Judy Graubart on the "Electric Company" did a wonderful parody of Julia Child --"Here's Cooking at You---with Julia Grownup" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8T8GkkqOeo&feature=related There's also "The Anal Retentive Chef" from SNL Wed Nov 12 08:15:34 -0800 2008 4167174 11701 MrsT 1 4167271 Two shows come to mind with minor chef roles: 1 - Happy Days with Al's 2 - Gilmore Girls with the mother's boyfriend owning a restaurant Wed Nov 12 08:30:09 -0800 2008 4167174 11290 jfood 2 4167372 Happy Days reminds me of Laverne & Shirley. Laverne's dad Mr DeFazio had a pizzeria. Wed Nov 12 09:01:05 -0800 2008 4167271 12873 OCAnn 3 4167489 That Happy Days also reminds me of Mork and Mindy---they had a friend who owned "The New York Deli" I think it was Jay Thomas who played that friend. Another one: There was a Hillary Duff/Heather Locklear movie where Heather Locklear played a pastry chef/bakery worker. Wed Nov 12 09:34:51 -0800 2008 4167372 11701 MrsT 2 4170840 More important on Gilmore Girls was Lorelei's best friend and the chef at the Inn, Sookie. She could rarely control her giddiness about food and the feasts she prepared were often central to her character's story line! Thu Nov 13 11:01:06 -0800 2008 4167271 15357 Justpaula 2 4171045 Jeez, how could I forget Al? Thu Nov 13 12:04:06 -0800 2008 4167271 231442 HungryHanh 1 4167396 You may want to check a few other threads that were related to movies & food: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/302328 -- Favorite Movies About Food? http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/367292 -- MOVIES w/ food themes http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/410154 -- Famous dishes from famous movies! http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/409794 -- Best cooking/food themed movies? And there's a dozen more if you do a search. EDIT: Robert Irvine, formerly of Dinner Impossible, might be considered a fictional chef.... EDIT 2: Gerard Depardieu as Chef Didier in Last Holiday; Audrey Hepburn as Sabrina in Sabrina. Wed Nov 12 09:09:08 -0800 2008 4167174 12873 OCAnn 2 4171065 Hey, Robert Irvine is very real. Just because his resume wasn't ... Thu Nov 13 12:07:32 -0800 2008 4167396 231442 HungryHanh 1 4167526 Lunch Lady Doris ~ The Simpsons Luigi Risotto ~ The Simpsons (Italian Restaurant Owner) Helen Chappel (Crystal Bernard) ~ Wings Corporal Louis LeBeau (Robert Clary) ~ Hogan's Heroes I don't know the names but there was the guy on MASH and the guy on Bonanza. DT Wed Nov 12 09:45:37 -0800 2008 4167174 11291 Davwud 2 4167541 Hop Sing was the cook on Bonanza and Private Igor was the poor cook on M*A*S*H. :-) And even better - there's a cookbook with Private Igor's recipes - including cocktails - a must in any M*A*S*H cookbook! http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-M-Mess-Recipes-Private/dp/1888952415 Some sample recipe names: * Hawkeye and Trapper's Swamp Spaghetti * Winchester's Upper Crusted Chicken * Hot Lips Tri-Tips * Pork Choppers with Barbeque Sauce * Stuffed Seoul * Radar's Teddy Bear Turkey Loaf * The Colonel's Kernel Stew * Toasted Tank Tuna * Hunnicut's Homesick Cookies * Intravenous Drip Dip Wed Nov 12 09:49:40 -0800 2008 4167526 10532 LindaWhit 3 4167559 If they're including coctails, how do they not have Hawkeye and Trapper's Bathtub Gin Martini?? DT Wed Nov 12 09:55:56 -0800 2008 4167541 11291 Davwud 4 4167948 Perhaps they do! The reviews only listed a few drinkies, I think. ;-) Wed Nov 12 12:02:24 -0800 2008 4167559 10532 LindaWhit 2 4167576 Pvt. Igor Straminsky DT Wed Nov 12 10:01:09 -0800 2008 4167526 11291 Davwud 2 4171057 Some really good folks on that list (esp. Lunch Lady Doris!). I think at a later date I'm going to have to refresh the gallery with all these great suggestions and repost it. Thu Nov 13 12:06:11 -0800 2008 4167526 231442 HungryHanh 3 4171691 I had forgotten LeBeau's first name so I googled it. I also didn't realize that before the war he was a chef. At least, his character was. I knew he cooked a lot on the show. Thanks DT Thu Nov 13 15:26:16 -0800 2008 4171057 11291 Davwud 1 4167590 Great list. You could add Gerard Depardieu in Last Holiday. Do the Right Thing has a lot of pizza-making going on. Don't remember who plays the chef. Wed Nov 12 10:05:57 -0800 2008 4167174 11231 Glencora 2 4167624 Danny Aiello played Sal. The owner of the pizzeria. DT Wed Nov 12 10:19:09 -0800 2008 4167590 11291 Davwud 3 4167651 Right. Wed Nov 12 10:29:55 -0800 2008 4167624 11231 Glencora 1 4167809 Penelope Cruz as Brazilian chef Isabella Oliveira in Woman on Top. Wed Nov 12 11:18:28 -0800 2008 4167174 12873 OCAnn 2 4171060 Thanks, but she's already on the list! Thu Nov 13 12:06:33 -0800 2008 4167809 231442 HungryHanh 1 4167869 Admittedly scanned quickly, but did not see John Ventimigli – who played restaurant owner Artie Bucco on The Sopranos. Wed Nov 12 11:38:18 -0800 2008 4167174 11115 Sloth 2 4170507 That's what I was going to say:) Thu Nov 13 09:37:25 -0800 2008 4167869 95577 yamalam 1 4167976 Dan Ackroyd did Julia Child's favorite imitation of her on the "old" SNL. How could you leave him out? Wed Nov 12 12:11:23 -0800 2008 4167174 52499 ChefJune 1 4169790 vic tayback, the cantankerous "mel" of the "mel's diner" tv series: http://www.geocities.com/classics4ever/alice/cast/tayback/vic.htm lenny henry as "chef" gareth blackstock http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108723/ http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Chef! Thu Nov 13 05:33:36 -0800 2008 4167174 105717 alkapal 2 4171042 Both are on the list already, but thanks! Thu Nov 13 12:03:25 -0800 2008 4169790 231442 HungryHanh 1 4169991 Joan Crawford as Mildred Pierce. Best fried chicken in the state! Thu Nov 13 07:05:41 -0800 2008 4167174 11115 Sloth 2 4171718 Plus Aretha Franklin in the BLUES BROTHERS movie. She also served "the best fried chicken in the state!" Thu Nov 13 15:35:12 -0800 2008 4169991 10258 Fydeaux 3 4171910 Oh, good one!! DT Thu Nov 13 16:54:21 -0800 2008 4171718 11291 Davwud 1 4170801 Terry(Brian Hall) on Fawlty Towers. Thu Nov 13 10:50:24 -0800 2008 4167174 13930 Chimayo Joe 2 4171077 Yes, I mustn't forget the Brits. Gareth was getting kind of lonely. Thu Nov 13 12:10:02 -0800 2008 4170801 231442 HungryHanh 1 4172715 Adam on Northern Exposure http://home.comcast.net/~mcnotes/adam.html http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Adam-(Northern-Exposure-character) Fri Nov 14 04:30:11 -0800 2008 4167174 105717 alkapal 1 4172815 Chef Brockett on Mister Roger's Neighborhood. Fri Nov 14 05:40:36 -0800 2008 4167174 40284 AmyH 2 4173380 My childhood is calling... Did anyone mention the Swedish Chef from The Muppet Show? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Chef Fri Nov 14 09:11:09 -0800 2008 4172815 15357 Justpaula 3 4173538 He's chef 39 of 43 on HungryHanh's list. Although I checked out the list, I called out Penelope Cruz's Brazilian chef Isabella Oliveira as missing when it was not. Fri Nov 14 09:57:03 -0800 2008 4173380 12873 OCAnn 1 4173378 Just thought of another one. From the Sci-Fi show Eureka, Chris Gauthier as Vincent, the owner of Cafe Diem. He prides himself on being able to make anything his customers ask for. Yes, I am a geek. Fri Nov 14 09:10:12 -0800 2008 4167174 11115 Sloth 2 4173488 Also from the science fiction world, there was a Klingon chef who had a restaurant on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He was even shown serendaing his customers in one episode. (I cant name the episodes in which he appeared. I'm a bit of a geek too, but I'm not THAT kind of geek.) Fri Nov 14 09:47:57 -0800 2008 4173378 10258 Fydeaux 3 4175332 i'm the kind of geek who looks things up. i'll see your klingon chef http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Image:Klingon_chef.jpg and raise you one ferengi bartender! the character who ran the bar in the deep space nine series was "quark". http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/database/ds9-characters.htm and there was neelix..... http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Image:A_briefing_with_neelix.jpg oh, and more trek "chef" information -- yes.....ALL of them (including the klingon). http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Chef oh joy! Sat Nov 15 03:55:59 -0800 2008 4173488 105717 alkapal 4 4175687 I bow to your superior geekiness! I had completely forgotten that Sisco's father owned a restaurant, and a Creole restaurant at that! Does the food replicator count as a chef? Sat Nov 15 08:49:46 -0800 2008 4175332 10258 Fydeaux 5 4176824 now *that* is what i need: a food replicator! but fydeaux, with the amazing internet, *anyone* can be a geek! ;-). Sat Nov 15 18:30:04 -0800 2008 4175687 105717 alkapal 4 4611629 One more: Picard's sister-in-law, Marie, in "Family", one of my favorite episodes. Picard says, "Leave it to my brother to find the best cook in France...and MARRY her." Mon Apr 20 10:47:50 -0700 2009 4175332 113176 jmckee 1 4173450 John Belushi's Samurai Baker Hannibal Lecter did some cooking too as I recall. Fri Nov 14 09:34:37 -0800 2008 4167174 13445 Louise 2 4175711 What about Danny Akroyd as the Greek cook at the burger place?? Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger, fries, coke. No coke, pepsi!! DT Sat Nov 15 09:02:17 -0800 2008 4173450 11291 Davwud 3 4177870 No fries! Chips? Sun Nov 16 11:02:10 -0800 2008 4175711 48210 KevinB 1 4176890 Soup Nazi from Seinfield Nakayama Miho and Karasawa Toshiaki in Oishii Kankei Sat Nov 15 19:02:19 -0800 2008 4167174 54254 kobetobiko 2 4176913 Don't forget Babu Bhatt (Brian George) from Seinfeld. DT Sat Nov 15 19:16:27 -0800 2008 4176890 11291 Davwud 1 4176979 You'll forgive me if I add a few, most whose names I forget AL of Happy Days and Mel of Mel's diner have already been metioned): The guy on "MacMillan and Wife" with Rock Hudson and Susan St. James. He was sort of an all-around guy, but with his face and humor, you gotta add him. Alice on "the Brady Bunch" who also played on the Bob Something show (Considine?) The Gal on "Wings" who ran the lunch counter and was one of the guy's girlfriend Not sure there was a true chef on "Fawlty Towers", but certainly the wait-staff figured in Did the girl, Stephanie, on the Bob Newhart Show cook as well as clean? Remember Roy Roger's sidekick with his Jeep ,Lulabelle? Didn't he do the cooking? Howabout Higgins on "Magnum PI"? I seem to remember some memorable meals on there that he did, usually if Agatha was coming to call. I'd probably also include Lucy for the famous chocolate scene and I think one of spaghetti. And the cook in "Gone with the Wind" was a central player, at least i think she was a cook. And the guy from MASH was in about 20% of the episodes And since we mention Julia Child, Dan Ackroyd's imitation on SNL was spectacular - and the immortal, Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger! Sorry Sat Nov 15 20:02:11 -0800 2008 4167174 204342 FriedClamFanatic 2 4177044 On 'Newhart', Stephanie barely did any housekeeping (even though that was her job) much less cook. But a guy named Kirk (I think) owned the Minuteman Cafe, later owned by Larry, Daryl, & Daryl. And on 'Happy Days', before Al, it was Arnold who owned the drive-in. Well after the shark was jumped, the drive-in was co-owned by Al and Fonzie. If anime characters count, you can include Jet Black from 'Cowboy Bebop', famous for his pepper steak. I would giess that the catering lady and the guy who owns the pizza parlor on 'Desperate Housewives' probably qualify also. Sat Nov 15 20:48:34 -0800 2008 4176979 10258 Fydeaux 3 4177099 who's your geeky?!! fydeaux, you rightfully own the geeky title! ;-) knowing about kirk and the minuteman cafe! love bob newhart. Sat Nov 15 21:41:46 -0800 2008 4177044 105717 alkapal 4 4177798 Mrs F & I love Bob Newhart too. We are determined that there will be moo goo gai pan on the Thanksgiving table this year! Sun Nov 16 10:18:21 -0800 2008 4177099 10258 Fydeaux 2 4611787 I do remember the chef, Kurt, on Fawlty Towers, who fell in love with Manuel and got soused. Mon Apr 20 11:29:13 -0700 2009 4176979 113176 jmckee 1 4177913 I didn't see Phil Hartman (RIP) as the anal retentive chef, from the good old days at SNL. Sun Nov 16 11:33:07 -0800 2008 4167174 36174 javacan 1 4609648 LL Cool J in Deep Blue Sea!!! Sun Apr 19 16:14:58 -0700 2009 4167174 283965 CorkyT74 1 4610159 Don't forget Chef from Chef! (BBC) Sun Apr 19 20:05:24 -0700 2009 4167174 156153 akq 2 4611214 Katerine Mayfair on Dsperate Housewives Zach Braff in The Ex Mon Apr 20 09:08:30 -0700 2009 4610159 24648 Sean 1 4614240 I think there was an episode of The Flintstones in which the family had a chef/housekeeper named "Lola Brickita" who made fabulous meatballs. This must have been in one of the later season either when Wilma was preggers or after Pebbles came along. Just dated myself, huh? Tue Apr 21 07:20:21 -0700 2009 4167174 12829 Bob W 2 4615290 Probably the most beloved food-related Flintstones episode involved Fred and Barney buying the drive-in, which came with carhops "Charlie" and "Irving" and their famous song: "Here we come, on the run, With a burger on a bun, And a dab of cole slaw on the side.. Your taste we will tickle, With a cold dill pickle, And all of our potatoes are french fried, fried, fried... Our burgers can't be beat, Cause we grind our own meat, Grind, grind, grind, grind, grind... And when you drive away, A tip upon our tray... We hope you're FINE FINE FINE FINE FINE, We hope you're FINE FINE FINE FINE FINE! Then there was Fred as the Gravelberry Pie King. Another classic. Tue Apr 21 11:43:19 -0700 2009 4614240 12829 Bob W 1 4614307 the soup nazi from seinfeld. not regular but very famous for his cooking. and george's dad was an army chef. the one girl on becker ran a lunch counter. didn't watch that show much. Tue Apr 21 07:41:42 -0700 2009 4167174 99136 AMFM