The Chinese Chef is a character that was deleted from the 1953 animated film, Peter Pan. He was to have served as the cook on Captain Hook's ship. Whether or not he would've reformed at the end of the film is unknown.
Trivia[]
- In the 1941 film The Reluctant Dragon, when Robert Benchley is touring the studio's Maquette-Making Department, a model sheet of the Chinese Chef is visible on the wall behind him.
- A possible reason why this character was scrapped out of the film was because the design resembled racial stereotypes of Asians.
- Another possible reason why this character was removed was that in the original Peter Pan book, there was no mention of this character or any Asian character in the book.
Early storyboard featuring the character
The chef and some of the pirates listening to Wendy sing Your Mother and Mine
The Chinese Chef's appearance on a model sheet in The Reluctant Dragon
Chinese Chef scale model
