Chef (West Wing)

Chapter: 3 · Care Center: Main Building
Chapter: 4 · Care Center: Attic
Where: Care Center, West Wing 1F: the Kitchen (first meeting), then his patrol through the SW Corridor, the Kitchen entrance, the West Corridor and the Dining Room.

Weak point

His back (a Hemolytic Injector kills him instantly); head and leg shots stagger him.

A huge staff zombie with a cleaver as long as Grace is tall: one hit knocks her down. The staff called him "Mr. Bigshot Chef". He's optional, but he gives the Order Up! trophy (500 CP) and the Pantry Key. As Grace (chapter 3), the cheap, safe method is a Hemolytic Injector from behind. As Leon (chapter 4, only if Grace didn't kill him), stagger him with gunfire and finish him with the Hatchet.

If he chases you, go back to the Central Hall: he loses track of you and moves elsewhere.

Reward

Pantry Key → Pantry: Scrap, 12.7x55mm Ammo, 2 buckets of 50 blood, the Stakeout Takeout Charm (Grace: more knife power and durability) and, in the cabinet, the Connoisseur Charm (Leon: more firepower). Order Up! trophy (500 CP).

No published HP. On higher difficulties he survives a Requiem round. Insanity: he drops 2 Antique Coins instead of the Pantry Key, which is in the Closet (the ID Wristband (Level 1) door off the Waiting Room), and the Pantry holds 3 Zombie Patients that rise as you enter. Order Up! is missable after chapter 4. A second Chef appears in chapter 7 whether you killed this one or not.

Step by step

First meeting (Kitchen, stealth): he chops meat while a cart with a stew pot blocks the exit. Push the cart only while he chops (3 to 6 chops). When he mutters "Next... is..." or "Wrong..." he turns to the pot: let go of the cart and hide. About 3 pushes open a gap. Game8 shortcut: let him swing 4 times and run past right after the 4th.
Patrol: after the Moon Quartz and the Red Jewel he roams the West Wing 1F. If he sees you, run to the Central Hall.
Grace, injector: craft a Hemolytic Injector (1 Scrap + 60 Infected Blood; the recipe comes from the Blood Lab analyzer). Wait crouched where his route passes by, sneak up behind him and press ZR: instant kill.
Grace, gunfire: on Casual it takes 1 Requiem headshot + 4-5 pistol headshots; on Standard one Requiem round isn't enough. The S&S M232 alone works, but it takes longer and burns a lot of ammo.
Leon, read his tell: hands on hips, he raises the cleaver and staggers in with two sets of two-hit swipes with long reach. Back off at that moment.
Leon, gunfire: shoot his head or legs with the Alligator Snapper (about 15-20 rounds, fewer with headshots). When he staggers, run in and finish him with the Hatchet (ZR at the prompt).
Don't parry the cleaver unless you're in trouble: it dulls or breaks the Hatchet, like a chainsaw. Afterwards back off and sharpen with L + Y. Use windows, doors and debris to keep him at bay.
A Hand Grenade also works (about a 2-second fuse: throw it when he stands still). Don't spend the MSBG 500: its shells are for the Blister Heads on 3F.
Pick up the Pantry Key (as Grace, also 100 blood from the corpse) and open the Pantry from the Kitchen. If Grace opens it, it stays open for Leon.