chef de cuisine

noun

The main or executive chef in a restaurant.

OriginFrench chef de cuisine →
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Meanings

nounchef de cuisine (plural chefs de cuisine)

plural chefs de cuisine

  1. The main or executive chef in a restaurant.

Origin

  1. Frenchchef de cuisine
  2. Englishchef de cuisine

From French chef de cuisine (literally “chief of (the) kitchen”).

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chef de cuisine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chef%20de%20cuisine

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“chef de cuisine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chef%20de%20cuisine. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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