History Main / ChefOfIron

Not to be confused with a [[IronChef certain culinary contest]].

* Garibaldi, the ''[[BabylonFive Babylon 5]]'' chief of security is described as a gourmet chef.

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* Cook {{Kirby}} is a type-2.

* Ogre Butchers from {{Warhammer}}, who use a specialized Lore known as "Gut Magic".

* ''{{Warhammer}}'' has the Fighting Cooks, a mercenary squadron of [[strike:Hobbits]]Halflings who are highly-skilled as trackers, hunters, and ambushers - and quite capable of going head-to-head too. More importantly, they improve the morale of the entire army with their delicious cooking!

* Henpecked Hou from ''JadeEmpire'', although he's sworn off fighting himself.

** Cologne, when she moves to Japan, opens a noodle shop and picks up some martial arts moves of the entangling noodles variety. She also has her grandaughter Shampoo learn Martial-Arts Takeout Delivery.

* Let's not forget Hanzo Hattori from KillBill, people! After [[RetiredBadass retiring]] from [[TheBlacksmith his blacksmith duties]], he became a sushi chef in Okinawa. And then he came out of retirment to forge The Bride's iconic katana.

* Vlad Taltos in the ''{{Dragaera}}'' series is a professional assasin and amatuer cook (and gourmand). His father owned a restaurant, which he inherited and ran briefly before joining the equivalent of the Mafia.

** The original {{Iron Chef}} has at least two of these as challengers. One a former Sumo turned chef after a knee injury forced him to quit and another who was a professional chef who also competed at the national level in some form of martial arts.

* Jam Kuradoberi from ''GuiltyGear'': master chef who dreams of opening a resturant as well as fighting ''ki'' master.

* In ''KingdomOfLoathing'', Saucerors and Pastamancers fit the Type 3 description to a T; Saucerors conjure various hot/cold/spicy sauce spells to hurt the monsters and can craft potions by cooking them; Pastamancers have spells such as "Entangling Noodles" and can summon pasta golems. Both classes also aquire skills that let them cook high-quality food items.

* The main character of a Playstation 1 (originaly 3DO) shooter called ''PO'ed'' is a chef [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE!!]] whose ship crash lands on an alien planet; he has to fight his way out with whatever he's got, including kitchen impliments.

* From [[{{SuperCosplayWarUltra}} Team FK Digital]]'s ''Chaos Code'', there's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYmMkavy2Zg Bravo Pepperonicine]].

* ''StreetFighter IV'' has El Fuerte, a MaskedLuchador cook who enters the tournament to find new recipe ideas.

* From ''FinalFantasyIX'', we have Quina, who is also an ExtremeOmnivore, wielding an oversized set of cutlery in combat, along with his chef-hat... so most likely he qualifies, even though it's never clarified if his cooking is edible by humans.
** It is - see the scene with Quina and Eiko in Madain Sari, wherein Quina demonstrates schler expertise on human food preparation techniques.

** Keep in mind, this isn't new for ''NipponIchi'', the class of Makai Chef already existed in ''MakaiKingdom''; which is one of the few classes that can master the frying pan and pie weapon types.

* The anime ''BistroRecipie[=/=]FightingFoodons'' essentially turned Type 3 into Mons style food themed monsters.

* Shell and Leon from ''ChuukaIchiban'' (mistranslated as Cooking Master Boy) . The former has a steel staff and the latter has seven knives including [[{{BFS}} a large cleaver for cutting cows open]]. Following the context of the show, all these are simply fantastic cooking implements, but their owners are well able to put them to lethal use whenever they need to. Also in the series, they've faced opponents who are clearly superhuman as well as a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot ninja chef]].

** In the sequel, there is a scene where Seagal's character sends a message to his co-worker, another chef. And everyone expected serious kickassery... But it turned out he wanted the other chef [[MissedMomentOfAwesome just to call the ]]MissionControl.

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* Mason from ''JourneysEnd'', Chef to a British reigment and DeadpanSnarker who must also fight.

* Henpecked Hou from ''JadeEmpire'', although he sworn off fighting himself.

* Belkar from OrderOfTheStick is a minor example of Type 1. As well as being a skilled [[KnifeNut knife fighter]], he also has 4 ranks in Profession (gourmet chef). He makes a vulture stew for the MitD, and when a bounty hunter threatens to feed Roy's heart to one of his associates, he suggests cooking it with garlic to bring out the flavor.

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* Masaru Aoki from HajimeNoIppo, a ramen restaurant cook who also is training to become a professional boxer.

* Po from Kung Fu Panda was raised by a noodle chef, prior to being chosen to be trained as a kick ass warrior. As a result, he knows a little something about cooking, and while it's not played up, he's definitely good at it. Once he receives his kick ass martial training, he's a classic type 1.

** Halflings also qualify. In addition to being excellent cooks they are known to be talented thieves and capable archers. In addition to serving as skirmishers on the battlefield they also employ the Halfling Hot Pot, an artillery piece consisting of a giant slingshot used to hurl pots of scalding hot soup at the enemy.

** Halflings also qualify. In addition to being excellent cooks they are known to be talented thieves and capable archers. In addition to serving as skirmishers on the battlefield they also employ the Halfling Hot Pot, and artillery piece consisting of a giant slingshot used to hurl pots of scalding hot soup at the enemy.

* ''[[BadassGrandpa Ol' Man]] [[BadassNickname Death]]'' of ''GirlGenius''. [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100524 Can make you any type of sandwich you can name]] (but no soup). And [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100526 kick]] a [[SuperSoldier Jagermonster]]'s ass [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100602 without being too distracted from sandwiches]].

* Chef Harold Hillard was awarded three bronze stars, a silver star, and earned himself three purple hearts during his service as a US Marine (in both the Korean and Viet Nam wars). After he retired from active duty, he became a chef. He now trains chefs at Kaiser University's Tallahassee, Florida campus. Specifically, he teaches meat cutting and knife skills. The man's almost 80 years old, and can debone an entire pig in less than 20 minutes. Don't mess with him.

* The Breadmaster on TheTick (EvilChef type)

* A chef for whom cooking ''is'' their means of fighting, and we're not talking about {{Cooking Duel}}s. Entangling noodles, golems made of food, chemical weapons made from [[BlazingInfernoHotSauce hot pepper sauce]], sky's the limit. May be combined with kitchen implements as above. In this form, they are practicing MartialArtsAndCrafts.

* A chef for whom cooking ''is'' their means of fighting, and we're not talking about {{Cooking Duel}}s. Entangling noodles, golems made of food, chemical weapons made from hot pepper sauce, sky's the limit. May be combined with kitchen implements as above. In this form, they are practicing MartialArtsAndCrafts.

* Sanji from ''OnePiece'' is the archetypal "ordinary" Fighting Cook. He fights with his feet to save his cooking hands from damage and considers a Chef of Iron Type 3 to be a personal insult (he [[BerserkButton REALLY hates it when people waste food]]). There's also [[BadAssNickname 'Red Leg']] Zeff, who trained him after simultaneously being Captain and Cook of his own ship.
** He actually used knives ''once'', to peel a Type 3 fighting in a noodle armor. Then he immediately put the knives away and switched back to kicking.

* Chao Lingshen of ''MahouSenseiNegima''. Chef and owner of the Chao Bao Zi restaurant and TechFu fighting TimeMaster BigBad of the Mahora Festival StoryArc.

* In ''HunterXHunter'', two of the test-givers in the Hunter Exam were "Gourmet Hunters", who specialized in tracking down rare foods and ingredients and were expert cooks, but were apparently just as capable of kicking ass as any other Hunter.
** ''Apparently?'' The ActionGirl of the duo, the {{Tsundere}} Menchi, ''almost killed a guy with her bare hands'' when he pressed her BerkserkButton by openly doubting her ChefOfIron credentials. Then, when she had to come up with an impromptu test, Menchi told the aspirants to get a very rare kind of egg inside a very dangerous canyon... and to set the example, she easily got it herself. Almost everyone else got almost killed by merely trying.

* Simon Brezhnev from ''{{Durarara}}'' is a Russian sushi cook, and former member of the special forces. He demonstrates veritable [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Charles Atlas Superpowers]], jumping down several stories and stopping an equally strong guy throwing a vending machine mid-throw! And still he's a pacifist and only fights to stop fights with minimal violence. It's implied that the boss of the Russian Sushi is just as badass, though he's more subdued about it.