plural chefs
1
: a skilled professional cook
a trained chef
specifically
: one who is in charge of a professional kitchen
I wrote to the chef of an acclaimed New American restaurant on the Upper East Side about my food experiences. He invited me to spend a few days in the kitchen on a trial basis. —
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: cook
chef
intransitive verb
Examples of chef in a Sentence
The hotel's chef trained at the finest culinary institutes in Europe.
He's the head chef at a five-star restaurant.
a celebrity chef with her own TV show
My friend is an excellent chef.
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Timothy Depeugh, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2025
Plus exciting prizes will be awarded at the end of the month including a Caribbean cruise with Virgin Voyages, a private dinner with celebrity chef Curtis Stone, and dinner for two for a year at Cooper’s Hawk.
—Amber Love Bond, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Listen to this article March Madness may be burning up its brackets at the moment, but Orlando chefs will be setting the gridiron on fire for a cause on Friday (April 4), coming together for the Florida Citrus Sports Foundation‘s annual Sideline Wine & Dine at Camping World Stadium.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
The film chronicles the extraordinary life story of celebrity chef Sash Simpson.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Chef.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chef. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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