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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In Detroit’s Core City, Argentine chef Bardauil opened Barda in 2021, taking over the space that was once Magnet restaurant.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 10 Dec. 2024
The founders are seasoned restaurateurs and businessmen: Oisín Rogers, the former landlord of the popular Guinea Grill pub in Mayfair; Charlie Carroll, founder of the steakhouse Flat Iron, and Ashley Palmer-Watts, who spent two decades as a chef at the Fat Duck.
—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 10 Dec. 2024
Jared Rouben, Moody Tongue’s co-founder and brewer, is also a chef who has worked in several Michelin starred kitchens.
—Erik Ofgang, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
There will also be a two-story American brasserie-style restaurant, Lex Yard, spearheaded by longtime Gramercy Tavern chef Michael Anthony.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2024
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Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 10 Dec. 2024
The founders are seasoned restaurateurs and businessmen: Oisín Rogers, the former landlord of the popular Guinea Grill pub in Mayfair; Charlie Carroll, founder of the steakhouse Flat Iron, and Ashley Palmer-Watts, who spent two decades as a chef at the Fat Duck.
—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 10 Dec. 2024
Jared Rouben, Moody Tongue’s co-founder and brewer, is also a chef who has worked in several Michelin starred kitchens.
—Erik Ofgang, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
There will also be a two-story American brasserie-style restaurant, Lex Yard, spearheaded by longtime Gramercy Tavern chef Michael Anthony.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Chef.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chef. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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chef
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: a chief cook
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