The army chef is an intimidating man. He vows that if he ever sees Stan and Ollie again, he'll use his butcher knife on them.
When L&H request a loan for their "catering business", the president laughs it off, saying that to approve such a loan, he'd have to be unconscious. Immediately, a stone busts falls on his head and knocks him out.
When Stan and Ollie tell who they think is Eddie's father that they have his granddaughter, he assumes it's blackmail and punches Ollie.
Stan and Ollie accidentally stir up trouble at a man's wedding. They're looking for Eddie Smith's parents, and by sheer coincidence, the bridegroom is named Eddie, so when the boys say they have "Eddie's baby", the man's father angrily chases him around. When the father of the bride finds out that the boys made a mistake, he chases them out with his Winchester rifle.
The chef meets up with the boys at the end of the film...and he's got his knife.