Chef
noun
A person who prepares and cooks food, especially as a job.
He works as a chef in a five-star hotel.
Often appears as...
- head chef
- sous chef
noun
The main cook in a restaurant or hotel.
The restaurant's chef is known for his innovative recipes.
Often appears as...
- executive chef
- celebrity chef
noun
A person who is in charge of the kitchen in a restaurant.
The chef personally selects the best ingredients for her dishes.
Often appears as...
- pastry chef
- head chef
noun
A skilled and trained professional who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation.
She trained to be a chef at the culinary institute.
Often appears as...
- private chef
- gourmet chef
noun
In a large household, the chef is the person who plans the meals and oversees the cooking.
The family employs a chef to prepare their meals.
Often appears as...
- personal chef
- private chef
noun
A person who prepares and cooks food, especially as a job.
He works as a chef in a five-star hotel.
Often appears as...
- head chef
- sous chef
noun
The main cook in a restaurant or hotel.
The restaurant's chef is known for his innovative recipes.
Often appears as...
- executive chef
- celebrity chef
noun
A person who is in charge of the kitchen in a restaurant.
The chef personally selects the best ingredients for her dishes.
Often appears as...
- pastry chef
- head chef
noun
A skilled and trained professional who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation.
She trained to be a chef at the culinary institute.
Often appears as...
- private chef
- gourmet chef
noun
In a large household, the chef is the person who plans the meals and oversees the cooking.
The family employs a chef to prepare their meals.
Often appears as...
- personal chef
- private chef
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Professional Setting
The word 'chef' often implies a professional and trained cook in a restaurant, not just any cook.
After studying culinary arts, he became a chef at a renowned restaurant.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Just Cooking
Chefs usually also plan menus, manage kitchen staff, and source ingredients.
The chef held a meeting to discuss the new seasonal menu with her team.
Pro Tip 1/2Professional Setting
The word 'chef' often implies a professional and trained cook in a restaurant, not just any cook.
After studying culinary arts, he became a chef at a renowned restaurant.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Just Cooking
Chefs usually also plan menus, manage kitchen staff, and source ingredients.
The chef held a meeting to discuss the new seasonal menu with her team.
Pro Tip 1/2Professional Setting
The word 'chef' often implies a professional and trained cook in a restaurant, not just any cook.
After studying culinary arts, he became a chef at a renowned restaurant.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Just Cooking
Chefs usually also plan menus, manage kitchen staff, and source ingredients.
The chef held a meeting to discuss the new seasonal menu with her team.
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Entrepreneurs come from...
feeling very self-important came out and saw the gimmick they had ordered which was I ordered fifty chef hats for every one of their employees and I put that in quotes and they branded on the front cousins cousins cousins and read the fancy guy got out there and he said you know they got to get rid of those hats
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Want to be an activist?...
and it would be in bright pink and purple. Very gender-specific colors to females, right? So, it kind of was sending a message that only girls are supposed to cook. Boys aren't. And this discouraged my brother a lot. He thought that he wasn't supposed to want to be a chef. because that was something girls did.
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The Community of Food PIPE...
What's fascinating for us at the kitchen, is, I think, it's very fair to say that the kitchen was really built on the back of hospitality industry, restaurants, in particular chefs. That's really how the whole thing started and if it wasn't for the incredible support of that community and the belief
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From Sweden to Harlem: A...
Like, whether, is this going to be Is this going to be my life to cook for the richest people in the world for the rest, fill at least 80 seats every night? And I started to think about, you know, what can a chef do, what is my other purposes. And, my call was that experience,
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Will the ocean ever run...
Then it was rebranded and marketed to chefs in the U.S. as Chilean sea bass, despite the animal actually being a type of cod. Soon it was popping up in markets all over the world and is now a delicacy. Unfortunately, these deep water fish don't reproduce
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Dan Barber: A surprising...
More grain in a couple of weeks than it would ever get in a lifetime. Its liver expands by eight times. Suffice to say it's like -- it's not the prettiest picture of sustainable farming. The problem for us chefs is that it's so freakin' delicious.
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Seafood and Survival PIPE...
really became my laboratory I mean I was first cultivating my ego I was going to be the best chef in the world it didn't work out so well it worked out pretty well but what I ended up realizing is what I really enjoyed about food was
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Would You Eat Bull...
Cho may be Taiwan's most highly respected chef and tonight he will host a very unusual dinner for some very special guests including several of taiwan's top food critics the dish he's chosen to prepare is so taboo it may be
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The Birth of the Recipe...
for particular types of food they will have sous chef and sous chefs will have assistants and each person reports it in person above them I think it's all for the better it's great today the kitchen tomorrow the world
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Open Wide! A Capuchin...
oh oh oh that is rank are they gonna lie down oh what have i done with my life to deserve this i never even wanted to be a teacher you know let's be a chef
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Entrepreneurs come from...
feeling very self-important came out and saw the gimmick they had ordered which was I ordered fifty chef hats for every one of their employees and I put that in quotes and they branded on the front cousins cousins cousins and read the fancy guy got out there and he said you know they got to get rid of those hats
Video examples
Want to be an activist?...
and it would be in bright pink and purple. Very gender-specific colors to females, right? So, it kind of was sending a message that only girls are supposed to cook. Boys aren't. And this discouraged my brother a lot. He thought that he wasn't supposed to want to be a chef. because that was something girls did.
Video examples
The Community of Food PIPE...
What's fascinating for us at the kitchen, is, I think, it's very fair to say that the kitchen was really built on the back of hospitality industry, restaurants, in particular chefs. That's really how the whole thing started and if it wasn't for the incredible support of that community and the belief
Video examples
From Sweden to Harlem: A...
Like, whether, is this going to be Is this going to be my life to cook for the richest people in the world for the rest, fill at least 80 seats every night? And I started to think about, you know, what can a chef do, what is my other purposes. And, my call was that experience,
Video examples
Will the ocean ever run...
Then it was rebranded and marketed to chefs in the U.S. as Chilean sea bass, despite the animal actually being a type of cod. Soon it was popping up in markets all over the world and is now a delicacy. Unfortunately, these deep water fish don't reproduce
Video examples
Dan Barber: A surprising...
More grain in a couple of weeks than it would ever get in a lifetime. Its liver expands by eight times. Suffice to say it's like -- it's not the prettiest picture of sustainable farming. The problem for us chefs is that it's so freakin' delicious.
Video examples
Seafood and Survival PIPE...
really became my laboratory I mean I was first cultivating my ego I was going to be the best chef in the world it didn't work out so well it worked out pretty well but what I ended up realizing is what I really enjoyed about food was
Video examples
Would You Eat Bull...
Cho may be Taiwan's most highly respected chef and tonight he will host a very unusual dinner for some very special guests including several of taiwan's top food critics the dish he's chosen to prepare is so taboo it may be
Video examples
The Birth of the Recipe...
for particular types of food they will have sous chef and sous chefs will have assistants and each person reports it in person above them I think it's all for the better it's great today the kitchen tomorrow the world
Video examples
Open Wide! A Capuchin...
oh oh oh that is rank are they gonna lie down oh what have i done with my life to deserve this i never even wanted to be a teacher you know let's be a chef
Example 1 of 10
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Gordon Ramsay
Scottish Chef
The pressure on young chefs today is far greater than ever before in terms of social skills, marketing skills, cooking skills, personality and, more importantly, delivering on the plate. So you need to be strong. Physically fit. So my chefs get weighed every time they come into the kitchen.
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Jermell Charlo
American Boxer
We have a personal chef who helps us stay on track, and we really like to keep things the same all year round. We don't want to change anything up too much if it's working. We eat clean and organic as much as we can, and try not to eat too much of anything.
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Melania Trump
American First Lady
I don't have a nanny. I have a chef, and I have my assistant, and that's it. I do it myself. You know, those hours with your child are really important ones, even if it's just the two of you, being quiet in the car together.
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Jacques Torres
Algerian Chef
I have spent more time in my life working and being in restaurants than being at home. I immediately feel comfortable entering a restaurant, and I feel even more comfortable in the back with the chef and cooks.
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John Lasseter
American Director
I have met a lot of top chefs around the world during my travels. Each one of them has said 'Ratatouille' is their favorite movie and the only movie that truly captures what they do.
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Jean-Georges Vongerichten
French Chef
I love cooking, but I love the business, too. It's important because a lot of chefs forget the business side and have to shut down after six months.
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Joel Robuchon
French Chef
We the chefs have a responsibility to learn about the chemical makeup of food!
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Geoffrey Rush
Australian Actor
I always had a fantasy of being a chef, because I like kitchen life.
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Robert Stack
American Actor
A great chef is an artist that I truly respect.
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Eric Ripert
French Chef
Chefs are leaders in their own little world.
Quote examples
Gordon Ramsay
Scottish Chef
The pressure on young chefs today is far greater than ever before in terms of social skills, marketing skills, cooking skills, personality and, more importantly, delivering on the plate. So you need to be strong. Physically fit. So my chefs get weighed every time they come into the kitchen.
Quote examples
Jermell Charlo
American Boxer
We have a personal chef who helps us stay on track, and we really like to keep things the same all year round. We don't want to change anything up too much if it's working. We eat clean and organic as much as we can, and try not to eat too much of anything.
Quote examples
Melania Trump
American First Lady
I don't have a nanny. I have a chef, and I have my assistant, and that's it. I do it myself. You know, those hours with your child are really important ones, even if it's just the two of you, being quiet in the car together.
Quote examples
Jacques Torres
Algerian Chef
I have spent more time in my life working and being in restaurants than being at home. I immediately feel comfortable entering a restaurant, and I feel even more comfortable in the back with the chef and cooks.
Quote examples
John Lasseter
American Director
I have met a lot of top chefs around the world during my travels. Each one of them has said 'Ratatouille' is their favorite movie and the only movie that truly captures what they do.
Quote examples
Jean-Georges Vongerichten
French Chef
I love cooking, but I love the business, too. It's important because a lot of chefs forget the business side and have to shut down after six months.
Quote examples
Joel Robuchon
French Chef
We the chefs have a responsibility to learn about the chemical makeup of food!
Quote examples
Geoffrey Rush
Australian Actor
I always had a fantasy of being a chef, because I like kitchen life.
Quote examples
Robert Stack
American Actor
A great chef is an artist that I truly respect.
Quote examples
Eric Ripert
French Chef
Chefs are leaders in their own little world.
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