chef

noun

ˈshef How to pronounce chef (audio)
Definition of chefnext
as in cook
a person who prepares food by some manner of heating the restaurant hired a famous chef to raise the quality of its cuisine

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Recent Examples of chef First up to bat is Chain, a popular pop-up restaurant with Hollywood connections that became Instagram-famous in recent years, with fast food turned into haute cuisine by celebrity chefs. — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 The Sacramento Bee has examined how the growing use of weight-management medications is affecting Sacramento’s dining scene, including what local chefs and readers have noticed. — Emma Clapp, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Nolan Reynolds International, which owns the hotel, has partnered with Sam Nazarian’s sbe to bring the Japanese restaurant and sushi lounge Katsuya to the Thesis, along with a new Mediterranean concept from chef and restaurateur Fabio Trabocchi. — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026 Maisha Oliver-Muhammad is the owner and chef at Kabob-It, located in Hutchinson Commons. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for chef
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chef
  1. cook
  2. baker
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  • This includes — but is not limited to — nurses at state hospitals and prisons, cooks employed by the California Highway Patrol academy and counselors at the California School for the Deaf.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026
  • That’s where recipe developers who work at magazines or in food media come into play, because my entire job for the past six or seven years has been to make sure that recipes work for the home cook.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of cook
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  • Though the challenges are mostly great, the bakers struggle to rise to the occasion, to be the best thing since sliced bread, to eat and leave no crumbs, and all the other bread puns that are still in Noel’s drafts folder.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
  • To save her hobby and help other bakers, she and friend, cofounder, and fellow sourdough enthusiast Alexis Dalinka set out to solve the sticky problem of cleaning dough and sourdough starter off of surfaces and tools.
    — Nina Elder, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of baker

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“Chef.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chef. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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