Thesaurus results for CHEFS

chefs

noun

plural of chef

as in cooks

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 Local chefs like Alex Jackson of the upcoming restaurant Rubys are huge fans. — Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2026 Locally and nationally, pastry chefs are deemed ever more expendable as the costs of running restaurants skyrocket. — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026 While this might sound odd, chefs have been doing it for years, and recently it’s even started to make the rounds on social media. — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2026 The Culinary Center offers cooking classes led by chefs and skilled instructors. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026 The shorter format gives Gelb another way to introduce chefs who haven’t had full episodes. — Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026 From small pop-ups by home bakers to award-winning pastry chefs, here are some of our favorite places to stop for a cookie. — Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026 There are restaurants where line cooks hardly see their presiding chefs. — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026 Abu Dhabi’s first Time Out Market will gather 16 kitchens from the city’s leading chefs and homegrown operators, and Gymkhana, Barrafina and Le Palais extend the offer next door at Louvre Abu Dhabi Residences. — Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Collectively, the hotels employ more than 7,000 room attendants, cooks, dishwashers, front desk agents, servers, and food service workers at more than 40 hotels downtown and near McCormick Place.

— Todd Feurer, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Altering that environment by locking the lid may impact how evenly food cooks, especially in larger cuts of meat.

— Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of cooks

Noun

There are more than 34,000 bakers across France churning out around 6 billion baguettes each year, according to the national federation of bakeries and patisseries, which says that about one quarter of them use oil- or gas-fired ovens.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
Every autumn the siren song of baking calls bakers home until the volume becomes too much to bear.

— Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Sep. 2026