Editing Swedish Chef (section)

==Character==
A parody of [[cooking show|television chefs]], the Swedish Chef wears a ''[[toque blanche]]'', has a thick brown moustache and has bushy eyebrows that completely obscure his eyes. He was one of the few Muppets to employ an actual [[puppeteer]]'s visible hands, which extended from the ends of his sleeves and facilitated handling food and utensils. Frank Oz originally provided the character's hands.

Nearly all Swedish Chef sketches on ''The Muppet Show'' feature him in a kitchen, waving some utensils while singing an introductory song in a [[mock language]] – a semi-comprehensible [[gibberish]] supposedly mimicking Swedish [[phonology]] and [[Prosody (linguistics)|prosody]]. The song's lyrics vary slightly from one episode to the next, but always end with "Bork, bork, bork!"<!-- Neither børk nor börk --> as the Chef throws the utensils aside, occasionally knocking items off a shelf or the back wall in the process.

After this introduction, the Chef begins to prepare a recipe while giving a gibberish explanation of what he is doing. His commentary is spiced with the occasional [[English language|English]] word to clue in the viewer to what he is attempting. These hints are necessary as he frequently uses unorthodox culinary equipment (firearms, sports equipment, hand tools, etc.) to prepare his dishes. (e.g. "See de moofin? Und here de boom-a-shootin" before tossing an [[English muffin]] into the air and blowing a hole through it with a [[blunderbuss]] to make a [[doughnut]].) The sketch typically degenerates into a [[slapstick]] finale where the equipment or ingredients (often a live animal he is attempting to cook) get the better of him.

The Chef is referred to by name in one episode, in which [[Danny Kaye]] plays his uncle. Kaye reels off a very long name but adds, "But we call him Tom" – much to the Chef's amusement.<ref name="3x16">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxwI61FrK_w&NR=1 |title=Video clip from season 3, episode 16 |date=13 March 2007 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=18 February 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710073133/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxwI61FrK_w&NR=1 |archive-date=10 July 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 2010, the Chef was seen wearing a wedding ring, implying that the character is married.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/lost-spoilers-swedish-chef-15158|title=The Muppet Show: The Swedish Chef Gets Lost Spoilers?|date=17 May 2010|publisher=TVSeriesFinale.com|access-date=10 March 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201055702/http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/lost-spoilers-swedish-chef-15158/|archive-date=1 February 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>