chef

noun

ˈshef How to pronounce chef (audio)
Definition of chefnext
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

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Recent Examples of chef That's when chefs dine out, since many restaurants here are closed on Mondays. — Rima Suqi, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026 The chef’s special is an Empanada Sampler, $15, featuring an assortment of beef, chicken and spicy elote/queso varieties. — Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 9 July 2026 New tenants at the center will include chef Nancy Silverton’s Italian steakhouse Spacca Tutto and activewear retailer LESET’s first West Coast location. — City News Service, Daily News, 9 July 2026 A couple months later, the chef in that tiny kitchen put me to work cutting celery. — Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for chef
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  1. cook
  2. baker
Noun
  • Once two companies merge, the eggs are scrambled, and every cook knows that’s hard to undo.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • The White House posted a picture for SpongeBob SquarePants’s birthday on Tuesday, creating a MAGA version of the dedicated Krusty Krab fry cook.
    — Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 14 July 2026
Definition of cook
Noun
  • Gosh, did that immigrant deserve it after working two jobs for most of his life as a baker, and during that period, his son proudly became a United States Marine.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
  • Baking Tools For bakers and collectors alike, vintage baking tools offer both function and nostalgia.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 July 2026
Definition of baker

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