McPherson, Kansas: Happy Chef: Chimney Sweep (In Transition)
Jolly chef spokesman of a fast food chain since 1970, reborn in April 2000 as a top-hatted mascot for a chimney sweep company. After decades of interstate visibility, he was smashed by a windstorm on June 17, 2025. His owner wants him repaired and back in 2026.
- Directions:
- I-135, southbound side, between mileposts 57 and 56.
- Hours:
- June 2025: Collapsed.
- Status:
- In Transition
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Sir Happy Chef, the World's Tallest Chimney Sweep, was demolished in a storm on June 17, 2025, south of McPherson, Kansas.
[Amanda Evans, 06/19/2025]
Chimney Sweep is visible from I-35
[dottecom, 06/26/2018]
The Happy Chef is looking good on I-135 South. Seems to enjoy his new career as a chimney sweep.
[Jen Bee, 07/17/2014]
I've known of this "dimwit" character for years. He's located at about mile marker 56 on North I-35 near McPherson, right off the highway and you can't miss him. I don't have any info on him other than he is currently advertising for a Chimney Sweep.
[Randall Moore, 05/28/2010]
Since the Happy Chef is rapidly disappearing, I was gratified to find one reborn as a chimney sweep at M.P. 54/55 on I-135 in Kansas - just south of McPherson and near a turn-off to a place called Elyria.
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The billboard behind him advertises a stone landscaper, so this former Happy Chef-turned-chimney-sweep may be headed for another career change.