Chef Hatchet and DJ

This article focuses on the interactions between Chef Hatchet and DJ.

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Overview
Chef and DJ is one of the biggest conflicts Chef has. The two had limited interactions in Total Drama Island but it became a conflict in Total Drama Action after Chef created an illegal alliance

Brunch of Disgustigness
Chef appears to be mad that DJ and Bridgette refuse to eat the dolphin wieners that he made.

Hook, Line and Screamer
Chef had indirectly eliminated DJ for not getting to scare him in time

Riot On Set
During the first challenge of the episode, the two teams have to pull a heavy trailer up a hill. After Chef sees DJ refuse to carry his team's trailer up the hill, he states in the confessional that he sees a little bit of himself in DJ, and feels the need to toughen him up for his own good. This leads to the two creating an alliance (though DJ did not like the idea at first, Chef wouldn't relent). The deal was that if DJ won the $1,000,000 prize, he would split half

of his winnings with Chef. After the Screaming Gaffers win the challenge, DJ is quick to chide Chef for crying, which Chef counters by reminding him who had been the judge in this case, indicating that Chef had made a biased judgment in order for the Screaming Gaffers to win.

Beach Blanket Bogus
Chef tells DJ that if anybody kicks sand in someone's face that DJ had better be the one doing the kicking, not the one being kicked at. During the challenge, when DJ's trunks are ripped off by a shark and he runs away nude,Chef scolds him and says that the body is a beautiful thing, and that he does not need to cover it up.

The Aftermath: I
Izzy appears to know that Chef threw the challenge for DJ, but she seemed to be fine by it.

The Chefshank Redemption
Chef lets DJ help him with the cooking and occasionally acts as his mentor. However, DJ finds out that Chef has a soft side, as well, and is not always the tough guy that he appears to be.

One Flu Over the Cuckoos
DJ is forced to help Chef cook the pizza that is to be served to the contestants. The Screaming Gaffers start to become suspicious of DJ when he is not there when they are hanging out and studying. However, he does come along and eat the pizza himself, amazed at how good his own cooking really is. Later he was pressured, and shocked to find out that Chef was the one who added the itching powder to the pizzas that made the castmates sick during the challenge.

The Sand Witch Project
Chef spends the entire episode ensuring that DJ's team wins the challenges. He was trying to help DJ be the killer instead of Duncan even though DJ wasn't interested. However, he was ultimately caught in the act after he makes DJ faint, and gets disciplined by the producers. DJ starts feeling extremely guilty for his dishonest actions after his conscience (in the form of his mother) tells him to quit lying and cheating. The alliance comes to an end in this episode as DJ confesses to everyone about his and Chef's alliance and votes himself off. [[File:DJ Stands Up To Chef.jpg | thumb | DJ quits the alliance with Chef, finally standing up to him.

Full Metal Drama
Chef is forced to feed Owen a remedy for his constipation as punishment for his bad behavior of making an alliance with DJ. However, Leshawna drinks it instead.

The Aftermath: II
A clip is shown during the show on how Chef helped DJ. DJ got massages, good food, vitamins, clean clothes, and even packages from home. In a confessional, it seemed like DJ liked having this alliance and appeared eager to win the competition despite the obvious deceit. However, it turns out that Chef threatened DJ into staging the aforementioned confessional. The alliance has done little to hurt the competitors' trust in him as most of them realize that DJ was a victim of Chef's scheming.

Eat, Puke and Be Wary
Due to his contract, DJ had been kidnapped and tied up by Chef for the challenge but DJ escapes.