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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—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 22 May 2025
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—Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 21 May 2025
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Francophiles get it: France is the best.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
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—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
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Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 22 May 2025
Named after the chef’s mother and grandmother, this Palo Alto restaurant serves up creative, seasonal Californian dishes made for sharing.
—Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 21 May 2025
Those who crave a hands on experience can also book a dim sum workshop with chef Tony Xu, followed by cocktails at Le Botaniste bar upstairs and dinner at the restaurant.
Play: The 16th Arrondissement
Francophiles get it: France is the best.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Ramon helped Barraza open a second Nayarit in Echo Park in 1951 and eventually became the head chef.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 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 24 May. 2025.
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chef
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: a chief cook
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