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chef  (shf)
n.
A cook, especially the chief cook of a large kitchen staff.

[French, short for chef de cuisine, head of the kitchen; see chief.]

chef [ʃɛf]
n
(Cookery) a cook, esp the principal cook in a restaurant
[from French, from Old French chief head, chief]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.chefchef - a professional cook                  
cook - someone who cooks food
cordon bleu - a chef famous for his great skill
pastry cook - a chef who specializes in pastry
Translations
chef [ʃef] Ncocinero/a m/f jefe/a, chef m

chef [ˈʃɛf] nchef m (cuisinier)

chef
nKüchenchef m; (as profession) → Koch m; (= head chef)Chefkoch m

chef [ʃɛf] nchef m inv, capocuoco
chef [ʃɛf] nchef m inv, capocuoco

chef
n chef [ʃef]
a head cook, especially a man, in a hotel etc. hoofkok, sjef رَئيسُ الطُّهاةِ готвач šéfkuchař kok; køkkenchef der Küchenchef αρχιμάγειρας cocinero, jefe de cocina peakokk سرآشپز keittiömestari chef שֶׁף रसोइया, सूपकार kuhar főszakács kepala juru masak matreiðslumaður, (yfir)kokkur chef, capocuoco コック長 주방장 vyriausiasis virėjas šefpavārs tukang masak chef-kok kokk, kjøkkensjef szef kuchni cozinheiro bucătar-şef шеф-повар šéfkuchár, -ka glavni kuhar glavni kuvar köksmästare หัวหน้าพ่อครัว aşcıbaşı 廚師長,主廚 шеф-кухар میر باورچی bếp trưởng

chef طاهى šéfkuchař kok Koch σεφ jefe de cocina keittiömestari chef kuhar chef シェフ 요리사 chef-kok kjøkkensjef szef kuchni chefe de cozinha шеф-повар kock หัวหน้าพ่อครัว ahçıbaşı đầu bếp 厨师


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For dinner IS a mystery,--a mystery of which even the greatest chef knows but little, as a poet knows not,
Tinsley, bowed down with the laurels of both hemispheres, raises himself to yet nobler heights in his capacity of a devoted chef.
Her relatives considered that the penury of her table discredited the Mingott name, which had always been associated with good living; but people continued to come to her in spite of the "made dishes" and flat champagne, and in reply to the remonstrances of her son Lovell (who tried to retrieve the family credit by having the best chef in New York) she used to say laughingly: "What's the use of two good cooks in one family, now that I've married the girls and can't eat sauces?
 
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