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{{character-infobox
|image=[[Image:Zess_T.PNG|100px]]
|full_name=Zess Toad
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[2004]])
|species=[[Toad (species)|Toad]]
}}
{{Quote|Want me to cook something for you, [[Mario|Clumsy Crush-a-lot]]?|Zess T.|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}

'''Zess T.''' is a grumpy fifty-five year old [[Toad (species)|Toad]] chef in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' who resides in [[Rogueport]]. Her name is a pun on the word "zesty," which, in a way, describes her personality, as well as being a reference to her cooking skills. Like [[Tayce T.]], she is an expert at cooking, but she is the polar opposite; she has a sour attitude and is very mean and grumpy, calling [[Mario]] names and keeping a mean expression on her face. Her attitude is similar to [[Dyllis]].

[[Mario]] first comes across her as she is searching for her missing [[Contact Lens]]; after Mario accidentally steps on it and crushes it, Zess T. refuses to allow him into [[Rogueport#West Side|Rogueport's West Side]] until he buys her a new one. Even after he does, Zess T. still harbors a bit of a grudge, referring to him as names such as "Stompy" or "Sir Stomps-on-Stuff."

Her cooking is limited to one item at a time until Mario finds [[List of Implied Characters#Maitre Delish|Maitre Delish]]'s [[Cookbook]] hidden in a back room of [[Creepy Steeple]]. After completing [[Trouble Center#Zess T.|this task]], she is able to cook two items into one.

==Tattle Information==
*''That's Zess T., a super-skilled Toad chef. With the right ingredients, she can make ANYTHING! She's like a kitchen magician! I am like, a TOTAL klutz in the kitchen, so I really respect a chef's touch.''

==Recipes/Ingredients==
{{main|List of Zess T. Recipes}}
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==Names in Other Languages==
{{Foreignname
|Jap=ナンシー<br>''Nanshī''
|JapM=Nancy
|Fra=Marie-T.
|FraM=Play on "Marie-Té", a common diminutive of the French name "Marie-Thérèse"
|Spa=T. Nancy
|SpaM=Aunt Nancy
|Ger=Racle T.
|GerM=Pun on "raclette," a type of cheese
|Ita=Chef Champignon
|ItaM=Mushroom Chef (''champignon'' is the French word for mushroom)}}

==Trivia==
*According to an [[RDM]] issue Mario receives via e-mail, Zess T. is fifty-five years old in the game. Additionally, another RDM issue claims Zess T. and [[Toadsworth]] became romantically involved during his stay in [[Rogueport]]. However, this may or may not be true, and this is never mentioned outside of the e-mail.
*She is believed to be [[Tayce T.]]'s sister, as inferred by some of the game's elements, which would also make her the Master's sister.
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