chef
noun /ʃef/
/ʃef/
- a person whose job is to cook, especially the most senior person in a restaurant, hotel, etc.
- a new book by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver
- the head/executive chef at a famous London restaurant
- She used to work as a chef in a big hotel in Johannesburg.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- excellent
- good
- cordon bleu
- …
Word Originearly 19th cent.: French, literally ‘head’.