Chet Welch

Chet Welch was a contestant on Survivor: Micronesia.

Profile
Chet Welch currently works in customer service for a pharmacy that supplies nursing homes and hospitals with resident-specific medications. He has been in the pharmacy business for 20 years. After finishing high school, he attended college classes in business and music.

Welch has lived in Ford City, Pennsylvania, in the same house his entire life, but has traveled throughout the United States. He enjoys swimming, hiking, kayaking, dancing and yoga. Welch describes himself as magical, determined and unknowing. He is most proud of having coached 11 Miss Pennsylvania pageant contenders to win the title (he is a pageant coach for Miss America in his spare time). He believes the fact that he is fit, intelligent, crafty and street/country smart will help him go far on SURVIVOR.

Welch continues to live in Ford City, Pennsylvania, with his significant other, Bob. Having rescued animals for 40 years, he currently houses his three dogs (Forrester, Chance and Savanna), along with 15 sheep, 75 ducks and three cats. His birth date is October 22, 1959.

Trivia

 * Chet got votes at every tribal council he went to.
 * Chet is the first contestant to be voted out on Day 17.
 * Chet was the oldest member of the original Airai.
 * Chet asked his tribemates to vote him out. It is speculated that this was because he was soon going to be evacuated due to having a piece of coral lodged in his foot, and if he had not been voted off, Malakal would have lost two members.