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. —
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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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Lakou has a rotating group of Haitian chefs to keep the menu fresh, such as Chefs David Destinoble and Nadege Fleurimond.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
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—Suzanne Wright, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
At Auberge Collection’s The Lodge at Blue Sky in Utah, for example, the principle of connect comes to life with the Gracie’s Farm Dinner Series, an activation that invites guests gather under open skies to share seasonal meals with local farmers and chefs.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
While King may be Lakshmi’s plus-one at some events, the celebrity chef had a different person by her side for her Soma venture.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
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Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Programming for couples, groups and multigenerational families also includes sister property Black Bear at Alpine Falls Ranch, with lodging options from luxury glamping tents to six-bedroom mountain villas with fireplaces and private-chef dining.
—Suzanne Wright, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
At Auberge Collection’s The Lodge at Blue Sky in Utah, for example, the principle of connect comes to life with the Gracie’s Farm Dinner Series, an activation that invites guests gather under open skies to share seasonal meals with local farmers and chefs.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
While King may be Lakshmi’s plus-one at some events, the celebrity chef had a different person by her side for her Soma venture.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for chef
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“Chef.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chef. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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chef
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: a chief cook
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