# The Cook — The Canterbury Tales character guide

> The Cook in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Roger, gentle Roger

**First appearance:** 0000-the-prologue

## Who they are

A pilgrim cook who tells an unfinished tale.

## In the story

### [The Cook's Tale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_canterbury_tales_se/chapters/the-cook-s-tale)

The Cook is the teller of this tale, which is left unfinished.

### [The Prologue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_canterbury_tales_se/chapters/the-prologue)

The Cook, Roger of Ware, laughs and claps the Reeve on the back, then offers to tell a tale of his own.

### [The Prologue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_canterbury_tales_se/chapters/the-prologue)

Found sleeping and pale; falls from his horse due to drunkenness; accepts more wine from the Manciple.

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