chef

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The highest positions you can achieve as a chef is the Executive Chef / Group Chef position and it takes long years of dedicated study and hard work before you can attain these positions.

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  1. noun A cook, especially the chief cook of a large kitchen staff.

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  • The highest positions you can achieve as a chef is the Executive Chef / Group Chef position and it takes long years of dedicated study and hard work before you can attain these positions. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • By having many different restaurant style recipes to cook, a chef will be able to prepare most any d —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • By having many different restaurant style recipes to cook, a chef will be able to prepare most any d virgilio vallecera has 113 articles online. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • For starters, their chef is Thai and the bulk of their menu is Thai-focused. —  WordPress.com News
  • City Crab and Seafood had named the crustacean mascot George, as everyone including the chef was attached to him. —  TREND HUNTER - The Latest Trends
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. French, short for chef de cuisine, head of the kitchen; see chief.

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  1. Middle English chef, variant of chief, from Old French chef, modern F. chef, head: see chief.
 

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