as in chefs
a person who prepares food by some manner of heating
a celebrated culinarian who started his own cooking school
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chefs
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Instead, the mandate is growing the festival gradually, sticking to local chefs instead of headline-grabbing celebrities.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026 -
The buzz is real, and it's driven by chefs who treat the surrounding rainforest and ocean like their personal pantry.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Culinarians.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/culinarians. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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