This line comprised of several different foreign foods like chicken, haggis, burritos, ribs, and corn dogs to appease oversea markets, with Gusteau as its image to woo buyers. Skinner did not hold Gusteau's ideals in the highest regard and was more interested in personal profit from his line of Chef Gusteau Frozen Foods. In Gusteau's will, it was stated that Skinner would inherit Gusteau's business interests if no heir appeared within two years after the latter's death. Skinner was sous-chef under Gusteau but became the head chef after his death. He further displays this by becoming upset with Linguini for possibly serving a substandard meal proving that he is somewhat passionate about his job despite selling out with frozen food.Īlso, when marketing his frozen food, he made sure that Gusteau looked like he did in real life, even telling the person designing it to show some respect. For example, despite Linguini disobeying him, he gave him a chance to prove his worth and kept him on after he thought that his soup was excellent.

Skinner is also bent on claiming the restaurant as his when Auguste Gusteau had no heir.ĭespite his nature, Skinner takes his job as a chef very seriously.

When he discovers Remy is the brains behind Linguini's tasty recipes, he decides to capture Remy and force him to create his frozen foods for him. He was voiced by the late Ian Holm, who also played Ash in Alien, and Jack the Ripper in From Hell.Ĭhef Skinner is shown to be very cunning, avaricious, deceitful, unrelenting and wrathful. When it becomes apparent that Linguini is the rightful heir in inheriting the restaurant, Skinner secretly schemes to maintain ownership of the restaurant and later had planned to release a new line of frozen foods for his own personal profit. He is the former sous-chef under the restaurant Gusteau's, as well as the former employer of Linguini and the partner in-crime to Anton Ego. ~ Chef Skinner's last words before being tied up by the rats to be taken to the food cabinet.Ĭhef Jonah Robert Skinner is the main antagonist of Pixar's 8th full-length animated feature film Ratatouille. Who cooked the ratatouille?! I demand to know! You will create me a new line of Chef Skinner frozen foods. You might think you are a chef, but you are still only a rat.

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