plural chefs
1
: a skilled professional cook
a trained chef
specifically
: one who is in charge of a professional kitchen
I wrote to the chef of an acclaimed New American restaurant on the Upper East Side about my food experiences. He invited me to spend a few days in the kitchen on a trial basis. —
Adam Shatz
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: cook
chef
intransitive verb
Examples of chef in a Sentence
The hotel's chef trained at the finest culinary institutes in Europe.
He's the head chef at a five-star restaurant.
a celebrity chef with her own TV show
My friend is an excellent chef.
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—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
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—Alison Herman, Variety, 20 June 2024
The story behind the holiday's title Juneteenth celebration highlights Black chefs, restaurants nationwide
Does cooling inflation mean credit card debt will become cheaper soon?
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In 2019, Tessier became chef at Press in St. Helena, Calif., a restaurant that originally opened in 2005.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 17 June 2024
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Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
Your wife, pastry chef Sumaiya Bangee, is also a culinary professional.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 20 June 2024
The story behind the holiday's title Juneteenth celebration highlights Black chefs, restaurants nationwide
Does cooling inflation mean credit card debt will become cheaper soon?
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 19 June 2024
In 2019, Tessier became chef at Press in St. Helena, Calif., a restaurant that originally opened in 2005.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 17 June 2024
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“Chef.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chef. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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chef
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: a chief cook
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