Synonyms of chef

chef

noun

ˈshef 

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cook
• baker
• culinarian
• cooker
• pâtissier
• barbecuer
• griller

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chef

Save room on Monday, Wednesday or Friday for the chef’s table at Sokasi, a small wooden eight-seat outpost where traditional Balinese feasts are cooked right in front of you on a grill. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026

This cooking experience marks her first time teaching a group how to make bouyon, but the soup is nothing new for the chef, who grew up eating her mother’s version of the dish. — Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Both restaurants are owned and run by Black chefs with serious fine-dining resumes and ambitious plans to take their deeply personal cooking to new heights. — Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 30 Sep. 2026

The eat-in kitchen has checked floors, a L'Atelier Paris gas range and a butler's pantry with chef's appliances; downstairs is a theater. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 30 Sep. 2026

Phrases Containing chef

• chef d'oeuvre