Additional Info: Novak is the antithesis of how one might expect a pastry chef to be. Although his field of work is making the most delicate of gourmet patisserie, the lightest of whipped cream and fine pastry bases that melt in the mouth, and he does it with precision and care, he is a tall, straight-forward sort of man. Cynical, often considered arrogant and cynical, he is world-weary and jaded, both self-critical and self-destructive. On the other hand, he is a man of considerable charm and charisma, intelligent, sophisticated and perceptive. He is the sort of man one could describe forever without really getting anywhere in assessing his personality.