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Chef
A chef is a trained professional cook who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation, often focusing on a particular cuisine. The word “chef” is derived from the term chef de cuisine (French pronunciation: [ʃɛf.də.kɥi.zin]), the director or head of a kitchen. Chefs can receive formal training from an institution, as well as by apprenticing with an experienced chef.
There are different terms that use the word chef in their titles, and deal with specific areas of food preparation, such as the sous-chef, who acts as the second-in-command in a kitchen, or the chef de partie, who handles a specific area of production. The kitchen brigade system is a hierarchy found in restaurants and hotels employing extensive staff, many of which use the word “chef” in their titles. Underneath the chefs are the kitchen assistants. A chef’s standard uniform includes a hat (called a toque), neckerchief, double-breasted jacket, apron and sturdy shoes (that may include steel or plastic toe-caps).
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Chef (noun)
The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household.
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Chef (noun)
The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment.
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Chef (noun)
Any cook.
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Chef (noun)
One who manufactures illegal drugs; a cook.
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Chef (noun)
A reliquary in the shape of a head.
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Chef (verb)
To stab with a knife, to shank, to lacerate with a rambo.
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Cook (noun)
A person who prepares food for a living.
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Cook (noun)
The head cook of a manor house
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Cook (noun)
One who manufactures certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
“Police found two meth cooks working in the illicit lab.”
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Cook (noun)
A session of manufacturing certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
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Cook (noun)
A fish, the European striped wrasse, noshow=1.
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Cook (verb)
To prepare (food) for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.
“I’m cooking bangers and mash.”
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Cook (verb)
To prepare (unspecified) food for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.
“He’s in the kitchen, cooking.”
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Cook (verb)
To be being cooked.
“The dinner is cooking on the stove.”
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Cook (verb)
To be uncomfortably hot.
“Look at that poor dog shut up in that car on a day like today – it must be cooking in there.”
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Cook (verb)
To hold onto (a grenade) briefly after igniting the fuse, so that it explodes almost immediately after being thrown.
“I always cook my frags, in case they try to grab one and throw it back.”
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Cook (verb)
To concoct or prepare.
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Cook (verb)
To tamper with or alter; to cook up.
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Cook (verb)
To play or improvise in an inspired and rhythmically exciting way. (From 1930s jive talk.)
“Watch this band: they cook!”
“Crank up the Coltrane and start cooking!”
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Cook (verb)
To play music vigorously.
“On the Wagner piece, the orchestra was cooking!”
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Cook (verb)
To make the noise of the cuckoo.
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Cook (verb)
To throw.