Who is Chef in Trolls?

Exiled Bergen chef obsessed with capturing and eating trolls.

Who plays Chef in Trolls?

Chef is played by Christine Baranski.

Chef's abilities include cooking, hunting, deception, culinary arts, intimidation.

Chef has 5 mapped relationships in Trolls. Explore the interactive relationship map for details.

Chef — Alliance Cooperator — Creek (Russell Brand)
Their temporary cooperation is based on Creek's fear and self-preservation.

Creek cooperates with Chef by revealing the Trolls' hiding place in exchange for survival.
Chef — Conflict Enemy — Poppy (Anna Kendrick)
Chef is Poppy's persistent antagonist.

Chef follows Poppy's fireworks, kidnaps her friends, captures Poppy, and rejects the peace Poppy helps create.
Chef — Professional Manipulative Servant — King Gristle (Christopher Mintz-Plasse)
Chef operates within the royal household but pursues an independent agenda.

Chef appears to feed Creek to King Gristle and uses Bergen authority while pursuing her own revenge against the monarchy.
Chef — Power Exiler — King Peppy (Jeffrey Tambor)
Chef's exile fuels her revenge against the Bergen monarchy and Trolls.

After Chef discovers that the Trolls escaped, King Peppy is identified as the Troll leader while Chef is banished from Bergen Town by its king.
Chef — Conflict Trauma Enemy — Branch (Justin Timberlake)
Chef is tied to Branch's grief and lifelong refusal to sing.

Branch reveals that his childhood singing inadvertently led Chef to his home, after which she took away his grandmother.