Star Trek: Enterprise
Summary
Star Trek : Enterprisenever revealed the identity of the NX-01 ’s Chef but , in hindsight , it should have been one of three characters . The pioneering twenty-second - century voyage of Captain Jonathan Archer ( Scott Bakula ) were comparatively low - technical school and stripped down equate to the providential Starfleet engineering in laterStar Trekeras . Archer ’s NX-01 Enterprise lacked nutrient replicators ; like a 20th - one C Naval vessel , the first Starship Enterprise needed to be resupplied for food and relied on a Chef to give the 80 soulfulness alongside .
Never seen nor try , except for a brief , out - of - focus cameo inStar Trek : Enterpriseseason 2 , episode 12 , " The Catwalk , " where he was played by background player Richard Starstedt , Chef was nonetheless a important character who was incessantly mentioned by Captain Archer and his crew . Chef was renowned as the okay cook in Starfleet , and Archer was lofty to have pilfered him for the NX-01 . As Commander Trip Tucker ( Connor Trinneer ) once boasted , Chef could cook anything from a goober pea butter and jelly sandwich to turkey with all the trim . InStar Trek : initiative ’s serial finale , Commander William T. Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ) pose Chefin the USS Enterprise - D ’s holodeck , which was a suggestion by Counselor Deanna Troi ( Marina Sirtis ) , who mention that Chef bang the NX-01 ’s crew better than anyone else . Enterprisenever revealing Chef was a missed chance , specially since Chef could have tied into the largerStar Trekcanon .
Star Trek : Enterprise introduce new fount to the prequel serial set a hundred before the event of Star Trek : The Original Series .
3Captain James T. Kirk
William Shatner could have been Enterprise’s surprise Chef
At one point , William Shatner wanted to guest star inStar Trek : Enterpriseseason 4 . One thought by author Mike Sussman was for Captain James T. Kirk to somehow clock time travel to the twenty-second century and portray the NX-01 endeavor ’s Chef . It would then be revealed that Enterprise ’s Chef is an ancestor of James T. Kirk . However , Shatner rejected this idea in favor of a concept he and writers Judith and Garfield Reeves - Stevens concocted whereinShatner would portray Tiberius , Kirk ’s evil doppelgängerfrom the Mirror Universe .
As gripping as William Shatner playing Kirk ’s evil Mirror double and battling Captain Archer and his Enterprise work party would have been , it all fall aside over money . Perhaps William Shatner riposte to bewilder asEnterprise ’s Chef would have been novel but less impactful ; after all , Captain Kirk was never make love to misrepresent more than Ktarian egg .
InStar Trek Generations , Kirk prepare a breakfast of Ktarian egg for his lost sexual love , Antonia , when he was in the Nexus .
2Ancestor Of Captain Benjamin Sisko
The Sisko family are gourmet chefs
Star Trek : endeavor ’s Chef should have been bring out to be an root of Captain Benjamin Sisko ( Avery Brooks ) ofStar Trek : Deep Space Nine . Captain Sisko was a Isle of Man of great depth ; he was a single Padre , a husband , a Starfleet Captain , and theEmissary of the Prophets of Bajor . But in his spare time , Sisko care to cook , specialise in Creole and Cajun ( and later , Bajoran ) cuisine . Benjamin ’s culinary talent is a Sisko family trait . Ben ’s beginner , Joseph Sisko ( Brock Peters ) was a notable New Orleans chef who have and operated Sisko ’s Creole Kitchen . Whenever Ben and Jake Sisko ( Cirroc Lofton ) made it back to Earth , they would inescapably spend time in Joseph ’s kitchen .
A Sisko as Enterprise ’s Chef would have been logical , and a fantastical sleeper - in toStar Trek : Deep Space Nine . Enterprise ’s position as a prequel arrange 200 old age beforeStar Trek : The Next Generationmade it an outlier to manyStar Trekfans , and theill - advised attempt byEnterprise ’s serial publication finaleto priming the prequel withStar Trek : TNGbackfired badly . But fans see that aSisko family penis was Enterprise ’s enigma Chef would have been a pleasant surprise that made gumption , andDS9would have do good as well by showing Ben Sisko was part of a culinary Starfleet legacy dating back to the first Starship Enterprise .
Captain Christopher Pike loves to cook for his bunch in his kitchen on Star Trek : Strange New Worlds , head to some genuinely terrific view .
1Ancestor Of Captain Christopher Pike
The best Starfleet Captain/Chef of the 23rd century
IfStar Trek : Enterprisewere being produced today , no doubt the popular choice for the identity of the NX-01 ’s Chef would be an ancestor of Captain Christopher Pike ( Anson Mount ) ofStar Trek : Strange New Worlds . Pike has been a revealing not just as the Captain of the Enterprise , but as a bon vivant chefwho prepare with his bunch and love interest , Captain Marie Batel ( Melanie Scrofano ) , and hosts Captain ’s Table dinner party in his USS Enterprise fourth part . Captain Pike cook meals in his kitchen , even Vulcan dainty inStrange New Worldsseason 2 , episode 5 , " Charades , " have been a highlighting of the show .
Of of course , Captain Pike ’s reinvention as played by Anson Mount did n’t start untilStar Trek : Discoveryseason 2 , a dozen long time afterStar Trek : Enterprisewas canceled , and Pike was n’t revealed to be a chef in his own right untilStar Trek : Strange New Worldspremiered in 2022 . However , ifStar Trek on Paramount+ somehow revivedStar Trek : enterprisingness , it would be potential to drop the Easter testis that the NX-01 ’s Chef is a Pike ascendent . It ’d be a farseeing road catch from there to here , but that would be a fun bribe for devotee ofStar Trek : Enterpriseand its mystery Chef .
Star Trek : Enterpriseis available to stream on Paramount+ .
