Chef Hatchet

Chef Hatchet is the mess hall's chef. Chef is a big, loud, and intimidating man with a permanent sneer on his face. He is an inept cook and bares a humorously distorted resemblance to Samuel L. Jackson, Major Payne, and Roadblock.[citation needed] Aside from cooking the meals, he also assists Chris in tormenting the campers, such as when he dresses up as a spider to scare Leshawna, puts on a sheep costume to help Chris put the campers to sleep, and flies a rickety plane with Owen and Izzy. He enjoys torturing the campers as much as Chris does. Hatchet was in the military, most likely the Navy SEALS. Clues to his career as a Seal include the fowled anchor on his left biceps and the fact that he was called Master Chief in one episode. Also, Chef acts like a stereotypical fatherly soldier such as showing respect for those who've bested him (a feat that only Gwen and Leshawna have achieved). It was mentioned by Chris in the Hide 'n Seek episode (where the campers hid and Chef hunted them down with a squirt gun that was powerful enough to knock Chris 50 yards away) that Chef not only has a high military rank but also has an advanced degree in man hunting. It is all these traits that allow him to hunt down and capture all of the campers (except Leshawna) in under one hour. In fact, he easily found Duncan by sniffing the air, licking the ground, and plucking and studying a piece of grass. Unlike Chris, who befriended a couple of the campers (Owen, Trent, Duncan and Geoff) and will occasionally show some empathy when compassionate campers (such as Bridgette) get voted off, Hatchet hates them all and won't hesitate to kill them. This is quickly demonstrated in the first episode when the campers are eating Chef's revolting hamburgers (which are actually still alive). Geoff asks Chris if he can order out thus prompting Chef to almost decapitate Geoff with a thrown meat cleaver. The only 2 campers he probably has an small amount of respect for are Gwen and Leshawna who are the only 2 campers who bested him at his own game (Gwen was the only camper who got through his boot camp and Leshawna was the only camper who managed to evade him during the game of Hide 'n Seek). Although he has respect only for those who've bested him, he still doesn't like Izzy and Duncan, who were the only two people to defeat him in unarmed combat. Izzy did so during the Hide 'n Seek episode when she easily knocked Chef out for a couple seconds with a single kick after they easily evaded each other's blows. Duncan later bested Chef during a fistfight at the Dock of Shame between the two when Chef dressed up as "The Escaped Psycho Killer With A Chainsaw And A Hook" and was terrorizing the campers in "Hook, Line and Screamer"(Duncan not being aware of Chef's true identity at the time). During the ensuing fight, Duncan managed to disarm Chef of his weapons (his chainsaw and hook), stun him with a punch to the gut, and ultimately forced him to surrender when he picked up the chainsaw. This is very surprising due to the fact that Chef is one of the strongest cast members if not the strongest (rivaled only by DJ and Eva). However, he's never been seen in physical combat but it is assumed that he's quite powerful as demonstrated during his fight against Izzy. He's the tallest recurring cast member in the show (standing about a head above DJ) and the second-to-tallest character on the show (during the aforementioned episode, the real Psycho Killer is shown to be about half-a-head taller than Chef). In the final episode, after throwing Chris into the lake, the campers go after Chef to exact their revenge on him as well.
Even though Chef's meals for the campers are horrible, revolting and incredibly unhealthy, it was actually shown in the castaway challenge and "Are We There Yeti?" that he's actually an adequate cook and just makes horrible dishes to torture the campers. This was shown when he and Chris were having a private party at their personal campsite where Chef personally made a 3-course brunch and an impressed Chris said, "You've outdone yourself, Chef." Hints have also been dropped that Chef is an escaped criminal (like Duncan), such as when Gwen said, "Why do camp chefs always look and act like escaped criminals?" referencing Chef's cruel, inhumane treatment towards them. When Chef was in the Confession Can (during the challenge between Owen and Gwen), he was criticizing the campers, calling them ungrateful. He also says, "I had better jobs in prison!", proving that he was in prison.
Catch Phrase - "Sit your butt down!"