stagiaire

noun

sta·​giaire stä-ˈzh(y)er 

plural stagiaires

: a usually unpaid intern working in a professional kitchen as part of their training to become a chef : a cook who is doing a stage

… many of these temples of culinary artistry cannot function without the work of stagiaires, their unpaid labor force.

—Corey Mintz

Examples of stagiaire in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Wheeler imagined that Richie wanted to re-create his inspiring stagiaire aesthetic, plus the all-black serendipitously coordinated with The Bear’s decor. —Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2023

Meals at Noma are often accompanied by labor-intensive decorative flourishes created by stagiaires. —Jay McInerney, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2023

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French, "person engaging in practical experience as part of training, trainee," earlier "canon resident at and working in a church or cathedral," borrowed from Medieval Latin stagiārius, from stagium "abode, residence" + -ārius -ary entry 1 — more at stage entry 4

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above