Chef (South Park)

"Hello there, children!"

- Chef's greeting

Jerome "Chef" McElroy is an adult friend to the Boys in South Park.

History
Chef was originally a recording artist. He was responsible for the successful careers of various singers such as Elton John and Meat Loaf. While on the way to a gig, Chef's car breaks down in South Park. He takes up a job as the school's cafeteria chef. Around this time he also had sex with Cartman's mother. Eventually Chef raised enough money to pay for his car repairs, but by that time he had grown attached to the simple life in South Park.

Biography
Chef is probably the only adult figure in all of South Park that can be seen as a positive influence on the boys. He has a habit of bursting into song whenever the boys come to him for advice and all of his songs are about sex. Despite this, Chef is still a sage character that the boys look up to.

At the start of Season 10 it was revealed that Chef had grown tired of living in South Park and decided to join the Super Adventure Club in the hopes of satisfying his wanderlust. When Chef returned, he started saying pedophilic things that alarmed the boys. They tried to cure him of his obsession with children, but were kidnapped by the Super Adventure Club. The boys escaped and tried to get Chef to come with them, but the Super Adventure Club convinced Chef to stay with them and see the world. Divided, Chef is halfway across a bridge overlooking a ravine when it is struck by lighting and he is sent tumbling down, impaling himself on a branch and getting mauled to death by a bear and mountain lion. The town of South Park holds a funeral service for Chef. Kyle states in his eulogy that even though Chef abandoned them, he'll remember him as he was, rather then what he became. Meanwhile, the Super Adventure Club retains Chef's remains and rebuild him as Darth Chef, who is now a full-fleged pedophile.