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Definition: Chef |
ChefNoun1. A professional cook. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "chef" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references) |
Etymology: Chef \Chef\, noun. [French expression]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Supervises, coordinates, and participates in activities of cooks and other kitchen personnel engaged in preparing and cooking foods in hotel, restaurant, cafeteria, or other establishment: Estimates food consumption, and requisitions or purchases foodstuffs. Receives and examines foodstuffs and supplies to ensure quality and quantity meet established standards and specifications. Selects and develops recipes based on type of food to be prepared and applying personal knowledge and experience in food preparation. Supervises personnel engaged in preparing, cooking, and serving meats, sauces, vegetables, soups, and other foods. Cooks or otherwise prepares food according to recipe [COOK (hotel & rest.) 313.361-014]. Cuts, trims, and bones meats and poultry for cooking. Portions cooked foods, or gives instructions to workers as to size of portions and methods of garnishing. Carves meats. May employ, train, and discharge workers. May maintain time and payroll records. May plan menus. May supervise kitchen staff, plan menus, purchase foodstuffs, and not prepare and cook foods [EXECUTIVE CHEF (hotel & rest.) 187.167-010]. May be designated according to cuisine specialty as Chef, French (hotel & rest.); Chef, German (hotel & rest.); Chef, Italian (hotel & rest.); or according to food specialty as Chef, Broiler Or Fry (hotel & rest.); Chef, Saucier (hotel & rest.). May supervise worker preparing food for banquet and be designated Banquet Chef (hotel & rest.). (references) |
| Prepares, seasons, and cooks food in railroad dining car, following recipes for preplanned menus: Broils steaks, chops, fish, and poultry. Toasts bread and prepares waffles and pancakes, using prepared mixes. Mixes ingredients for cooked and uncooked desserts, such as pudding, custard, gelatin, and fruit desserts. Washes, peels, cuts, seeds, and cooks vegetables. May inventory supplies of food and prepare requisitions. May carve meats. May supervise other kitchen workers. May be designated according to specialties prepared as Cook, Fry (r.r. trans.). When preparing and serving food to passengers in Pullman Lounge (combination sleeping and dining car) may be designated Pullman Attendant (r.r. trans.). (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A chef, from the French for chief or head person, is the executive in charge of a kitchen, responsible for recipe and menu creation, staff training, and overseeing all cooking. A chef directs the staff of cooks, bakers, butchers, and everyone else involved in the preperation of food.Almost all establishments that prepare large amounts of food, such as restaurants and hotels, employ a chef to run the cooking operation. Chefs normally are trained by an apprentice system, wherein they spend time during the beginning of their carear doing all the jobs involved in food preperation, eventually gaining the experience needed to become a chef. Additionally, culinary schools for the training of chefs have been established in the major cuisine centers of the world, such as Paris, San Francisco, New York, and Tokyo.
See also: List of chefs
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Chef."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
CHEF | English | A kitchen Management system for people with mental handicap | N/A |
| Ch. | German | Chef | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inexpedience | Super-excellence, supereminence; superiority; perfection; coup de maitre; masterpiece, chef d'ouvre, prime, flower, cream, elite, pick, A, nonesuch, nonpareil, creme de la creme, flower of the flock, salt of the earth; champion; prodigy. |
Proficient | Noun: proficient, expert, adept, dab; dabster, crackerjack; connoisseur; (scholar); master, master hand; prima donna, first fiddle, top gun, chef de cuisine, top sawyer; protagonist; past master; mahatma. |
Servant | Maid, maidservant; handmaid; confidente, lady's maid, abigail, soubrette; amah, biddy, nurse, bonne, ayah; nursemaid, nursery maid, house maid, parlor maid, waiting maid, chamber maid, kitchen maid, scullery maid; femme de chambre, femme fille; camarista; chef de cuisine,cordon bleu, cook, scullion, Cinderella; potwalloper; maid of all work, servant of all work; laundress, bedmaker; journeyman, charwoman; (worker); bearer, chokra, gyp, hamal, scout. |
Skill | Masterpiece, coup de maitre, chef d'euvre, tour de force; good stroke; (plan). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Chef |
| English words defined with "chef": cordon bleu ♦ pastry cook ♦ satisfaction. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "chef": chef assistant, CHEF DE FROID, Chef d'OEuvre, CHEF, PASSENGER VESSEL, chef, under, chief steward/stewardess, Cooks ♦ executive steward/stewardess, executive-chef assistant ♦ house steward/stewardess ♦ KITCHEN STEWARD/STEWARDESS ♦ Lobster Sauce ♦ PASTRY CHEF ♦ SOUS CHEF, SPECIALTY CHEF, STEWARD/STEWARDESS, STEWARD/STEWARDESS, BANQUET, STEWARD/STEWARDESS, CHIEF, PASSENGER SHIP, supervising-chef assistant. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "chef": Kerchief. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Chef" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (boss, chief, leader, superior), Dutch (boss, chef, chief, leader, superior), French (boss, chef, chief, cob, cock, gaffer, head, headman, leader, ringleader, superintendent, top dog), German (boss, chief, commander, gaffer, guv, head, leader, principal, superior), Romanian (bacchanalia, banquet, binge, blow out, booze, bust, carousal, damp, debauch, do, drinking bout, fancy, feast, good cheer, libation, racket, relish, revel, spread, spree, whim, wish), Swedish (boss, chief, commander, director, executive, governor, guv, guvnor, head, leader, manager). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | If you made an omelette, I'd expect to find a pile of broken crockery, a cooker in flames, and an unconscious chef! (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco) A good chef never reveals his secrets (She-Wolf of London; writing credit: Hans Beimler) You should be a chef. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) We're short a chef. (C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation; writing credit: Kenta Fukasaku; Koshun Takami) The chef will be upset (Flash Gordon; writing credit: Michael Allin; Alex Raymond) | |
Clever | Chef Throws His Heart into Helping Feed Needy (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Der Chef wünscht keine Zeugen (1964) The French Chef (1962) Chef d'orchestre et éducateur Wilfrid Pelletier (1960) Le Grand chef (1959) Chef Donald (1941) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Cooking breakfast at a camp on the Olympic Peninsula Believe the chef is Harry A. Seran Triangulation party of Harry A. Seran. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | In: "Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Oceanie ....." by the French ships ASTROLABE and ZELEE under the command of Dumont D'Urville. Plate 14. Chef Patagon en costume de guerre, Patagon et Patagone. Detroit de Magellan. Library Call Number Q115 .D9 1842. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |
 | Reichsmarschall Göring hatte in St. Florentin-Vergigny in Frankreich eine Unterredung mit dem Chef der französischen Regierung, Marschall Pétain ... Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Ah Loy, retiring chef, shaking hands and saying good-bye to T. Gates, crew's cook, on the Presidential yacht Mayflower. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Toussaint Louverture (General en Chef á St. Dominique) ... Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mirabeau chef d'une légion, de l'Armeé noire et jaune en grand uniforme. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The chef at the Rimrock Camp in the central Oregon land development project gets ready to go into action on the dinner gong. Oregon. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mary Roberts Rinehart, lifting lid of pot on stove, and chef standing alongside. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Sir Henry Clinton, K.B. Commandant en Chef les troupes de sa majesté Britannique dans l'Amérique / / Smart pinx. ; Dupin sculp. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Dieses Bild emport die Welt : der Chef der sudvietnamesischen Polizei erschoss einen Gefesselten. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Strawberry chocoloate dream" by Wendy Cain Commentary: "My daughter, a chef, made this ." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Eating out can be a challenge as the person with celiac disease learns to scrutinize the menu for foods with gluten and question the waiter or chef about possible hidden sources of gluten. (references) | |
Human Rights | Central African Republic | On July 9, USP guards interrogated and reportedly killed Corporal Chef Alfred Kokassa, also a Yakoma. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Julia Child | Well, when you're chef, you're in charge of the whole kitchen, so you have to know a great deal about buying and shopping and ordering people around, and so forth. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Chef" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 88.44% of the time. "Chef" is used about 622 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 88.44% | 550 | 11,313 |
| Noun (proper) | 8.99% | 56 | 45,296 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.09% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.32% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (common) | 0.16% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 622 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "chef": chef doeuvre ♦ chef d'oeuvre ♦ chef steward. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "chef": Chef-d'oeuvre, chef-d'oeuvres, chef-proprietor. | |
Ending with "chef": Sergeant-chef. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
pampered chef | 3,491 | pamper chef | 103 |
chef | 1,656 | chef boyardee | 103 |
magic chef | 1,088 | chef.com pampered | 100 |
chef job | 462 | chef juliano | 98 |
chef catalog | 414 | magic chef appliance | 96 |
iron chef | 377 | pastry chef | 95 |
personal chef | 364 | chef picture | 85 |
chef hat | 327 | chef apparel | 75 |
chef school | 299 | swedish chef | 74 |
pampered chef recipe | 263 | great chef | 68 |
chef uniform | 257 | sous chef | 68 |
naked chef | 256 | chef supply | 65 |
chef knife | 183 | magic chef refrigerator | 64 |
chef coat | 164 | chef clothing | 64 |
camp chef | 159 | chef shoes | 61 |
chef pants | 126 | chef apron | 61 |
pastry chef job | 123 | famous chef | 56 |
chef choice | 116 | chef clothes | 56 |
chef jacket | 110 | magic chef part | 56 |
chef wear | 108 | chef on a shoestring | 56 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "chef"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | kuzhinier (cook), kryekuzhinier. (various references) | |
Arabic | طاه (cook), رئيس الطهاة, رئيس (boss, chief, elder, head, leader, president, reis, ruler). (various references) | |
Asturian | xefe. (various references) | |
Bemba | kapika. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | главен готвач. (various references) | |
Cebuano | kusinero. (various references) | |
Chamorro | kusineru. (various references) | |
Chinese | 厨师. (various references) | |
Czech | vrchní kuchař, šéfkuchař. (various references) | |
Danish | chefkok, kok, koekkenchef. (various references) | |
Dutch | chefkok, chef (boss, chief, leader, superior). (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | yahuc runa. (various references) | |
Esperanto | ĉefkuiristo. (various references) | |
Estonian | peakokk. (various references) | |
Faeroese | høvuðskokkur. (various references) | |
Farsi | سراشپز. (various references) | |
Finnish | keittiömestari. (various references) | |
French | chef (chief). (various references) | |
Frisian | sjef-kok. (various references) | |
German | chefkoch, Speisewagenkoch, Oberkoch, koch (cook), küchenchef, Alleinkoch. (various references) | |
Greek | σεφ (chief). (various references) | |
Hebrew | אשף מטבח. (various references) | |
Hungarian | séf, konyhafőnök (head cook). (various references) | |
Indonesian | koki (cook). (various references) | |
Italian | capocuoco. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 調理人 , 調理師 , 賄い方 (cook, kitchen manager), 料理人 (cook), 板前 (cook), 板前 (cook), シェニール糸 (chenille, chenille yarn, shepherd, shepherd's check, sherry). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | まかないかた (cook, kitchen manager), いたまえ (cook), りょうりにん (cook), シェフ , ちょうりにん, ちょうりし. (various references) | |
Macedonian | shef. (various references) | |
Manx | ard-choagyrey. (various references) | |
Maya | piib. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | efchay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | chefe (authority, boss, chief, chief-, chieftain, cock-a-doodle-doo, commander, commander-in-chief, command-in-chief, compere, conductor, conservator, controller, director, employer, father, fugleman, governor, head, headman, kingpin, leader, master, prince, principal, proprietor, sirdar). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | chefe. (various references) | |
Provencal | cap. (various references) | |
Romanian | bucãtar-şef (chief, head cook). (various references) | |
Russian | шеф-повар, главный повар. (various references) | |
Samoan | sifikuka. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | glavni kuvar. (various references) | |
Spanish | jefe de cocina, jefe (bellwether, boss, chief, chieftain, foreman, guv, head, headman, leader, manager, master, minister, oc, officer, president, scoutmaster, superior), cocinero (coccus, cook, Kitchener, male cook). (various references) | |
Swedish | kock (coccus, cook, Kitchener, male cook), köksmästare. (various references) | |
Turkish | şef (captain, chief, clerk, commander, gaffer, general, guv, guvnor, head, headman, principal, supervisor, taskmaster, top dog), ahçıbaşı, ahçı. (various references) | |
Turkmen | konditer (r) (pastry chef). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | шеф-кухар, кухар (cook), головний кухар. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | đầu bếp. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | archimagirus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 27, Verse 2 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai dhsanteV auton aphgagon kai paredwkan auton pontiw pilatw tw hgemoni |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et vinctum adduxerunt eum et tradiderunt Pontio Pilato praesidi |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | & hyo lædden hyne ge-bundenne & sealden hyne þam pontiscan pilaten þamdemen. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And thei ladden hym bounden, and bitoken hym to Pilat of Pounce, `meire, or chef iustice. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And brought him bounde and delivered him vnto Poncius Pilate the debite. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And they put cords on him and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate, the ruler. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 27, Verse 2 |
| Cebuano | Ug siya ilang gigapos ug gitaral ug gihatud ngadto kang Pilato nga gobernador. |
| Chinese | 就 把 他 捆 綁 解 去 交 給 巡 撫 彼 拉 多 。 |
| Croatian | I svezana ga odveli i predali upravitelju Pilatu. |
| Danish | Og de bandt ham og førte ham bort og overgave ham til Landshøvdingen Pontius Pilatus. |
| Dutch | En Hem gebonden hebbende, leidden zij Hem weg, en gaven Hem over aan Pontius Pilatus, den stadhouder. |
| Finnish | ja he sitoivat hänet ja veivät pois ja antoivat hänet maaherran, Pilatuksen, käsiin. |
| French | Après l`avoir lié, ils l`emmenèrent, et le livrèrent à Ponce Pilate, le gouverneur. |
| German | Und banden ihn, führten ihn hin und überantworteten ihn dem Landpfleger Pontius Pilatus. |
| Haitian Creole | Apre yo fin mare l', yo mennen l' ale, yo renmèt li bay Pons Pilat, gouvènè peyi a. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Mereka membelenggu Dia, dan membawa Dia, lalu menyerahkan-Nya kepada Pilatus, gubernur pemerintahan Roma. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka diikatnya Dia serta dibawa pergi, lalu diserahkannya kepada Pilatus, yaitu wakil pemerintah. |
| Italian | Poi, messolo in catene, lo condussero e consegnarono al governatore Pilato. |
| Manx Gaelic | As erreish daue v'er chiangley eh, leeid ad eh ersooyl, as livrey ad eh gys Pontius Pilate yn kiannoort, |
| Maori | A, no ka oti ia te here, ka arahina atu, tukua ana ki a Pirato, ki te kawana. |
| Norwegian | og de bandt ham og førte ham bort og overgav ham til landshøvdingen Pilatus. |
| Portuguese | e, maniatando-o, levaram-no e o entregaram a Pilatos, o governador. |
| Rumanian | Dupq ce L-au legat, L-au dus wi L-au dat kn mkna dregqtorului Pilat din Pont. |
| Russian | Й, УЧСЪБЧ еЗП, ПФЧЕМЙ Й РТЕДБМЙ еЗП рПОФЙА рЙМБФХ, РТБЧЙФЕМА. |
| Shuar | Tiar Jesusan jinkiawar apachi uuntrin Punsiu Piratui Júkiarmiayi. |
| Spanish | Y después de atarlo, le llevaron y le entregaron al procurador Pilato. |
| Swahili | Wakamfunga pingu, wakamchukua, wakamkabidhi kwa Pilato, mkuu wa mkoa. |
| Swedish | Och de läto binda honom och förde honom bort och överlämnade honom åt Pilatus, landshövdingen. |
| Uma | Jadi', rahoo' -imi pai' rakeni hilou rabua' hi Gubernur Pilatus. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "chef": chefdom, chefdoms, cheffed, cheffing, chefs. (additional references) | |
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"Chef" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bche, Cedf, ceef, Cef, ceff, ceh, cehe, cehg, chaf, chaif, chamf, chauf, che, chea, chec, ched, chee, cheef, chefe, cheff, cheg, Cheif, chek, chel, ch'el, chelf, chep, cher, chet, chev, chex, Chey, chf, Chhen, chhet, chif, chifa, chiff, Chlef, chuf, cief, coef, creef, cref, cxe, Hce, hef, khaf, khe, Scheff, shef, Shefc, shefi. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "chef" (pronounced she"f) |
| 2 | -e" f | clef, deaf, ref. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-f-h" | |
-1 letter: feh. | |
-2 letters: ef, eh, he. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-f-h" | |
+1 letter: chafe, chefs, chief, fetch, fiche. | |
+2 letters: chafed, chafer, chafes, chiefs, fetich, fiches, fleche, fleech, flench, fletch, french. | |
+3 letters: affiche, chafers, chaffed, chaffer, chamfer, chaufer, chefdom, cheffed, chiefer, chiefly, chuffed, chuffer, fetched, fetcher, fetches, filched, filcher, filches, finches, fitchee, fitches, fitchet, fitchew, fleches. | |
+4 letters: affiches, cavefish, chaffers, chaffier, chamfers, chaufers, chauffer, checkoff, cheekful, cheerful, chefdoms, cheffing, chestful, chiefdom, chiefest, chuffest, chuffier, farouche, fetchers, fetching, fetiches, filchers, fitchets, fitchews, fleeched, fleeches, flenched, flenches, fletched, fletcher, fletches, flichter, flinched, flincher, flinches, flitched, flitches, flysches, fourchee, frenched, frenches, fuchsine, kerchief, mischief, subchief, wheyface. | |
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