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. —
Adam Shatz
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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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Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
Other features include four fireplaces, a chef's kitchen, two parking spaces and central heating and cooling, according to the website.
—Steph Solis, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
This will hold especially true if attendees can sample the food prepared on stage by López-Alt and several prominent San Diego chefs as the music is being played.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
Deeply faithful to the restaurant's farm-to-table concept, chefs at NM curate seasonal menus featuring local ingredients.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 23 Mar. 2025
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“Chef.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chef. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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