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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 chefs
Capella’s tour through local markets has chefs function as guides, leading guests through the process of selecting ingredients and bringing them back into the kitchen to create a dish.
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Sydney Goh, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2026
Expect to see wineries of great pedigree from all over the world, with tables from Oregon, Portugal, France, Sicily and the Santa Cruz Mountains and food by 40 top chefs, including local and international sensations.
—Laura Ness, Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2026
The evening will be filled with live entertainment, auctions and gourmet bites from some of DFW’s top chefs and restaurants.
—Alyson Rodriguez, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
These chefs contribute to menus or leading specific culinary programs during specific sailings, creating variation between voyages.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2026
Hosted by Michael Symon and Esther Choi, the series, which is shot in real time, features 24 chefs who take on 24 challenges, which are divided into eight shifts that reflect a chef’s daily life, over the course of 24 straight hours.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
An important voice in that next generation of Black chefs in Austin is Damien Brockway.
—Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 19 Mar. 2026
Did any of those chefs/restaurateurs inspire Laurent Tirel, the murder victim?
—Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
Pop-ups allow chefs to experiment freely, testing ideas that sometimes evolve into the city’s next great restaurants.
—Sam Flemming, AJC.com, 18 Mar. 2026
Sydney Goh, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2026
Expect to see wineries of great pedigree from all over the world, with tables from Oregon, Portugal, France, Sicily and the Santa Cruz Mountains and food by 40 top chefs, including local and international sensations.
—Laura Ness, Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2026
The evening will be filled with live entertainment, auctions and gourmet bites from some of DFW’s top chefs and restaurants.
—Alyson Rodriguez, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
These chefs contribute to menus or leading specific culinary programs during specific sailings, creating variation between voyages.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2026
Hosted by Michael Symon and Esther Choi, the series, which is shot in real time, features 24 chefs who take on 24 challenges, which are divided into eight shifts that reflect a chef’s daily life, over the course of 24 straight hours.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
An important voice in that next generation of Black chefs in Austin is Damien Brockway.
—Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 19 Mar. 2026
Did any of those chefs/restaurateurs inspire Laurent Tirel, the murder victim?
—Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
Pop-ups allow chefs to experiment freely, testing ideas that sometimes evolve into the city’s next great restaurants.
—Sam Flemming, AJC.com, 18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chefs
Noun
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Many of its residents now draw a salary as cooks and gardeners at the lodge, while a new water irrigation system allows three rice harvests a year instead of one.—
Chris Schalkx,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 Mar. 2026
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David, Peter and I offered to help to get closer to the food, but the cooks chased us away within seconds.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Husband-and-wife bakers/owners Shannon and Janice Talty’s retail expansion slides into the space most recently occupied by the pet-centric House of Sploot, a biscuit’s throw from where the bakers of Backhaus used to sling their brand of Bavarian baked bites a few years back.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 Mar. 2026
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Welcome to Bon Appétit Bake Club, a community of curious bakers.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Chefs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chefs. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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