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chef

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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
Noun
a cook, usually the head cook, in a restaurant or hotel [French]
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
Spanish chef [ʃɛf] n → jefe/a m/f de cocina
French chef [ʃɛf] n → chef (cuisinier)
German chef [ʃɛf] n → Küchenchef(in) m(f)
Italian chef [ʃɛf] n → capocuoco
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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,
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Tinsley, bowed down with the laurels of both hemispheres, raises himself to yet nobler heights in his capacity of a devoted chef.
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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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