In reality, he is a fraud, making his beef stew from pre-made canned soup and using small flecks of chopped onion to make his opponents cry. In "The Stew, The Proud," when he was having a booksigning, Tim Botsford took Becky and Bob along to meet him and get his grill-brush signed. While there, the Butcher appeared and started a conflict that eventually concluded by everyone finding that the celebrity chef was not what he appeared to be, and the crowd that was there to meet him demanded their money back. His name comes from the term demi-glace, a rich brown sauce used in French cuisine.