I had this idea of maybe taking some famous chefs and putting them in the Dungeon Meshi universe. They're just first sketches, and plan to improve each design a bit later so feel free to critique.
Zoomed in sketches and descriptions below:
Uncle Roger has a design that revolves around woks (because of course the guy that's obsessed with proper Eastern cooking would have it.) His role would be a merchant selling a special white powder that enhances any kind of dish. I might add more Malay influences but I started it off with a more generic design that I want to improve later on.
Nick has a habit of throwing knives in his outro, so he would be some kind of rogue that throws Damascus daggers/knives as an offensive move. He would be an apprentice under Gordon's party since he used to be on Masterchef. We also can't forget Pesto as his familiar while he travels.
Guga foods is the one with the weakest design element as I though he would be great as a butcher and dragon hunter hybrid. I hoped it would convey his cooking technique using a grill but it looks a bit off. I might lean on the butcher side more in the next sketches.
Lastly, Gordon as some kind of demon being the head of 'Hell's Kitchen.' I am planning to try giving him goat hooves to lean make him more devilish and might give him a huge silverware fork as a weapon. I wish I had more confidence in drawing older men haha.
I'll be making design of other chefs too like Joshua Weissman, Max the Meat guy, and maybe even Jamie Oliver.
I'm not the only one who thinks Gordon Ramsay had the biggest character arc ,like bro went from "Hell's Kitchen" to collabing with youtubers like Uncle Roger and Mrbeast