plural executive chefs
Definition of executive chef
: the head chef of a professional kitchen or of a group of professional kitchens
the restaurant's executive chef and owner His résumé was filled with Connecticut restaurants …; at Le Coq Hardi Restaurant in Stamford, he was, variously, … first cook, sous chef, and finally executive chef.— Michael Ruhlman Bala Kumanan, a French-trained chef, oversees the quality of the food … as the executive chef of the high-end restaurants that span from Vancouver to Ottawa.— John French
— compare chef de cuisine
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The first known use of executive chef was in 1902
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