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chef

The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment.

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#1·Apr 26, 2026

The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment.

: The Chef's peace of mind was restor'd, And in due time a banquet was placed on the board.
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  • “Restaurants celebrate authentic Mexican culture and history this Cinco de Mayo https://www.newsbeep.com/us-tx/279339/ Mexican restaurant owner-chef Marco Mendoza prepares a hot molcajete, a traditional Mexican dish, at Cuernavaca’s Grill in downtown…”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “15 years abusing his work colleagues. Mabee, white middle aged male being an arsehole. Amisfield dismissed chef for ‘abuse’ – then owner hired him back | RNZ share.google/Cp18UAwVIVHv...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Selon Buonarroti (2023), " Dans le chef-d'œuvre émouvant de Ruperto Banterle, l'homme s'accroche à la vie qui fuit la femme dans l'espoir de pouvoir la garder sur terre un peu plus longtemps. "”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Only negative experience we had there was when we used their app to order food and the chef was having a fag outside, saw it and said to someone else, "some fucking arseholes have just ordered some fucking food" very much in our hearing.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “[December 1st, 1980] Chef Louis Szathmary, owner of Chicago's famed The Bakery Restaurant, publishes his cookbook "The Bakery Restaurant Cookbook"”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 26, 2026

The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household.

Origin: (from the positions of chef d'office and chef de cuisine), from (English ), from (from which also captain, chieftain), from (possibly related to English head covering). through Latin, and through Proto-Indo-European. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “>> I put heater right over her chef's table”

  • “>> I put heater right over her chef's table”

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#3·Apr 26, 2026

(slang) One who manufactures illegal drugs; a cook.

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  • “Agnès Michaux a passé un an avec Huysmans. Elle en a tiré un petit chef-d’œuvre de biographie”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Verdampte elzaswijn met gebakken inktvishaas, omgeven door rauwe aardappelschijfjes en de fantasie van de chef met acetondressing”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “or for me lol. Now if some bored chef served a tiny serving as an amuse bouche, I would try it. For me to make an entire production, no. Let me go pour me an affogato rn. That's simple, and yum”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Who's ready for grilling season?🔥 James Beard semifinalist and Top Chef winner Kelsey Barnard Clark teaches the fundamentals of grilling and smoking, handing you the techniques in her NEW book, The Flavor of Fire. Available here: lnk.to/FlavorofFire”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Wenn der Chef ein Clown ist, dann kann die Belegschaft nur ein Zirkus sein! Klar ist er wieder Fraktionschef, aber definitiv zum letzten Mal in seinem Leben!”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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