chef de partien.

1831 Globe 12 Aug. Each [banker at the casino] is obliged to enter into the cabinet of his chef, to make his report... The chef de partie (so this privileged inquisitor is styled) writes these particulars in a register kept for that purpose.

1895 Pall Mall Mag. Sept. 550 Only upon rare occasions, when some heavy player is having a run of luck, is it necessary to make a second call [for money]. Wells, for instance, forced the chef de partie to fetch further capital no less than four times in one afternoon.

1906 Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 339/2 Immediately on arriving at the [trente-et-quarante] table..one of the ladies contrives to enter into conversation with the chef de partie (umpire or referee of the game).

1968 ‘D. Torr’ Treason Line 105 Vittoria's mother had invited him..for his dexterity in wielding the palette. As chef de partie in the high chair he could run a game of baccarat banque or chemin-de-fer as slickly as any professional.

2002 Kamloops (Brit. Columbia) Daily News (Nexis) 21 Dec. bb03 Four years ago, when a job posting went up for a pit boss, known at the casino as chef de partie, Henderson applied and was promoted to the managerial position.

1939 Times 28 Apr. 10/5 List of occupations in respect of which reservation of men [for call-up to the military] is suspended..Cook..chef de partie.

1962 Financial Times 23 Jan. 14 Each department of the kitchen has a chef de partie in charge, responsible to the chef for his output.

1988 Irish Times 3 Mar. 19 The qualified trainee can enter the trade at a number of levels... In a busy hotel, he might join the staff as a chef de partie, or section chef in charge of desserts or main courses.

2015 Gulf Weekly (Nexis) 11 Mar. Chef Ali..would have been proud that his motley crew, led by Indian Chef de Partie Vijay Devaraj, was well up to the task of dazzling us.