In The Shining, what is the name of the cook who tells Danny about 'shining'?

In The Shining, the cook who tells Danny about “shining” is Dick Hallorann.

Hallorann is the head chef at the Overlook Hotel and shares Danny Torrance’s telepathic ability. He explains that his grandmother called this perception “shining,” and warns Danny that the hotel itself seems to retain impressions of its violent past.

Scatman Crothers played Hallorann in Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film. Hallorann later senses that Danny and Wendy are in danger and returns to the snowbound hotel, where Jack Torrance attacks him with an axe.

The film’s version differs significantly from Stephen King’s 1977 novel: Hallorann survives in the book, whereas Kubrick’s adaptation kills him. Stuart Ullman is the hotel manager, Lloyd is the ghostly bartender, and Delbert Grady is the former caretaker—not the cook who introduces Danny to the supernatural ability.