Billy Butterbread

William "Billy" Butterbread III
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Label	First Appearance: - Introduction: "Welcome to Cheston Village!" (Mentioned Only) - "The Beginning" (First full appearance) Last Appearance: - TO BE CONFIRMED
Label	Born: 18th April (mid-1990's) Dingleham Village, Surrey, Great Britain
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Label	Gender: Male Height: 1.82m Marital Status: Single
Label	Occupation: Freelance Food Critic TV Persona (Presenter of BSTV's "FoodChat!") Private Investigator
Label	Other Aliases/Nicknames: - Billy Butterbread - "Bill" (by Jean Phelps) - "Butterbread" (by Mister Snoutnose) - "<The> Food Man" (by Cheston Village locals) - "Wedlock Holmes" (by Ryan Thompson) - "Mum" (once, also by Ryan Thompson) - "Hearty Hank" (disguise) - "Mister Sociable" (once, also by Ryan Thompson) - "Double-B" (by Adam Bowler)
Label	Affiliation: - BSTV (current employer) - The Loudmouth Times (former employer) - Butterbread Family - 'YUM' Magazine (monthly subscriber)
Label	Status: Alive
Label	Appearances (see below)

'Billy was kind, confident and resourceful, with a knack for speaking to people in the right way; he treated those that were less fortunate or in need of help with kindness and dignity, but would tease his enemies – throwing them off in a cheeky, sometimes condescending nature.

But what made Billy stand out most of all was his heightened senses – specifically in taste and smell; born with this abnormal side-effect, he turned it to his advantage and sowed the seeds of his career out from it.'

- a Description of Billy Butterbread

('The Beginning', Chapter One: "The Expert")

Biography

Early life

Billy Butterbread was born in the small village of Dingleham to Tony and Sandra Butterbread (a pub landlord and a successful lawyer, respectively), and grew up as an only child; in spite of this however, he does have several cousins – including Danny O’Butterly (his dad’s nephew) and Hamish Pratfall (his mum’s nephew).

He attended Grudgewell Middle School from the age of 4 up until he was 13; here, he formed some long-lasting friendships – such as Jean Phelps, “Jolly” Roger Elliot and Sadeq Kanji, as well as making a handful of enemies out of the school bullies – and was a slow, but progressive and eager learner, at school.

During his teenage years, Billy attended Cheston Grammar School – where some of his friends, including Roger and Sadeq, all moved onto as well – until the end of Sixth Form, before setting off for three years to University, in order to study a new course known as “Food Journalism”.

To celebrate his graduation at the end of his degree, Billy and his parents went for a trip abroad – which ended badly when Billy nearly drowned after being knocked off a ferry by his father, Tony; afterwards, the two became rather estranged – resulting in Billy moving out of his parents’ house in Dingleham and off to share a house with his old friend, Sadeq Kanji:

No. 41, Broadwalk Avenue, Cheston Village.

They lived together under the watchful eye of landlord Mister Snoutnose for a few weeks, before Sadeq moved out after successfully grasping a job with a law firm owned by the father of his girlfriend – Evie Collins, with whom he promptly married.

Meanwhile, prior to Sadeq moving house, Billy had been employed as a food-critic by a local newspaper called The Loudmouth Times – and hoped to find a replacement for Sadeq, in order to secure the rent money owed to Mister Snoutnose.

However, Billy also had no idea that at his own place of work – a series of events were about to take place that would change Billy’s life, forever…

TO BE ADDED:

Personality

Billy is somewhere in his twenties when we first meet him in "The Beginning", where we get a clear example of his character:

He is incredibly well-meaning and kind, but will ultimately have a cheeky dig at people who are really beneath him, both intelligently and morally; Mister Snoutnose and Ed Case are both examples of this.

Although there is a substantial amount of decency and unselfishness, Billy is also prone to be being slightly thoughtless and impatient – regardless of what the cause of his actions might do to affect him or somebody else - but this is a work in process, and he rarely shies away from a challenge – no matter how big or small; this makes Billy appear to be quite theatrical in his nature, and a big presence in other people's company.

He has good relationships with his mother, Sandra, and his older cousin (of three years), Danny – but is currently at a strained point with his father, Tony, following an incident some time ago.

Billy also sees his younger cousin, Hamish, as being on an equal footing to him – even though there is a seven year gap between them – and does not hesitate to trust his slightly cheekier, more excitable little cousin...sometimes, anyway.

With regards to women, Billy has not had a full-term relationship that has lasted more than a short time – he and Jean Phelps were childhood sweethearts, during their later years at Grudgewell Middle School, and Billy later had a brief fling with a female under-graduate in his University days.

Billy has also set himself the goal of finding "The Ultimate Recipe" - using both of his current jobs as a means of succeeding in this life-long goal of his.

Personal Life

Billy was born with naturally heightened senses – rivaled by only that of his father, Tony, and his Irish cousin, Danny O’Butterly; specifically "Sixth Senses" in taste and smell, which allowed him to catch a scent from several yards away (this was often his way of figuring out what was for dinner and when).

This led to him taking a special interest in food across his teens, before eventually undertaking two degrees back-to-back across seven years in Food & Culinary Arts as a BA (graduating with honours at 21 years old) and Journalism as an MA, which was completed upon Billy reaching his mid-20’s.

Personal Relationships

Family

• Tony Butterbread - father; estranged.
• Sandra Butterbread - mother.
• Danny O'Butterly - Older Cousin.
• Hamish Pratfall - Younger Cousin.

Friends & Acquaintances

• Jean Phelps - childhood sweetheart; subsequent close friend and next-door neighbour.
• Ryan Thompson - best friend and fellow tenant.
• Janet Worthing - Police Liason; friend.
• Mister Snoutnose - landlord.
• Dee Livery - friend.
• "Skinny" Flint Perry - friend-turned-enemy-turned-friend.
• D.I. Harry Grant - ally.
• D.S. Michael Palmer - ally.
• D.C. Foster Wells - ally.
• "Jolly" Roger Elliot - childhood friend.
• Sadeq Kanji - friend; former co-tenant.
• Martin Matthews - acquaintance.
• Charlie Johnson - acquaintance.
• Carys Anderson - acquaintance.
• Nancy Blight - friend.
• Mrs Dewsbury - friend; former next-door neighbour.
• Max Dewsbury - friend.
• Butch Jackson - friend.
• Mayor Greg Jameson - fellow Cheston Village resident.
• Mister Slackworth - current employer (BSTV).
• Keith Bennett - TV Producer, friend.

Enemies

• "The Editor" (IDENTITY UNKNOWN) - former employer; archenemy.
• Ed/"Head" Case - former employer; enemy; deceased.
• Marcus Boyd - enemy.
• "The Pork Pie Pilferer" - enemy; deceased.
• "Beefy" Bernard Babcock - enemy.
• "Pinhead" Tyson Phillips - enemy.
• Mister Glumdrop - enemy.
• Warren Collins - enemy; deceased.
• Luke Taylor/"The Anonymous Blackmailer" - enemy; incarcerated.

Appearances

Volume 1

• "Welcome to Cheston Village!" (Mentioned Only)
• 'The Beginning' (First Full Appearance)
• 'Interlude' (Mentioned Only)
• 'The Food Festival'
• 'Bite-Sized Bits!' - Part I
• 'The Bowling Championship'
• 'Bite-Sized Bits!' - Part II
• 'The Anonymous Blackmailer'
• STORY 5/TITLE TO BE ANNOUNCED (COMING SOON)
• STORY 6/TITLE TO BE ANNOUNCED (COMING SOON)

Trivia

• While Billy doesn't yet know much of his family history, one of his ancestors fought at the Battle of the Somme (deceased with honours); another worked as the Stationmaster at Cheston Village Train Station, and two more founded the Village’s Annual Food Festival in the late-17th Century.