cheffy

adjective

chef·​fy ˈshe-fē 

cheffier; cheffiest

: characteristic of or befitting a professional chef (as in showiness, complexity, or exoticness)

Caul … is one of those cheffy ingredients that is worth requesting from the butcher.

—Xanthe Clay

The sandwiches … were delivered to churches housing people in crisis. … Yet even those sandwiches were lavished with all the cheffy care that World Central Kitchen brings to its hot meals.

—Hanna Raskin

Roulades are a cheffy way to serve pork loin with stuffing.

—Jet Tila

[Sheldon] Simeon's ambitious, cheffy restaurant recipes share space with more approachable home-cooking ideas, such as boiled peanuts spiced with the flavors of oxtail soup …

—Helen Rosner

… incorporated cheffier methods, such as browning the beef before roasting it, to layer more flavor, and deglazing the pan with red wine.

—Stephanie Breijo

Examples of cheffy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Deli Desires Soup with balls is often of the order this time of year, and Deli Desires is spinning up a cheffy, vegetarian take on the classic matzo ball goodness . — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2022

Once upon a time, there was an out-of-the-way hot dog shop in Avondale called Hot Doug’s, where owner Doug Sohn proffered cheffy versions of encased meats on a bun. — Adam Lukach, chicagotribune.com, 4 Mar. 2022

These more cheffy dishes are offset by simpler ones the Warshams frequently make at home, like an overnight oatmeal inspired by carrot cake. — Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2021

Word History

Etymology

chef + -y entry 1

First Known Use

1992, in the meaning defined above