kitchen hand

A form of kitchenhand — A person who is employed to assist a cook in a kitchen.

Meanings

nounkitchen hand (plural kitchen hands)

plural kitchen hands

  1. alternativeAlternative form of kitchenhand.

    At 16, he started work as a kitchen hand in a nearby restaurant.

    1999 April 7, Achrene Sicakyuz, “The Chinese (Michelin) Star of Paris”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2025
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    At no restaurant I’ve ever visited do the kitchen hands or customers present the chef with a surprise ingredient, give him or her a stringent time limit and say, “Go!”

    2007 October 3, Frank Bruni, “TV Chefs, Far From Reality”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2012

    I stumbled into the world of cooking at 17, as a kitchen hand at a ski fields bistro in Mount Buller, Victoria.

    2018 May 3, Zach Green, “I'm cooking to protect our culture, our food and our stories”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 May 2018
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APA

kitchen hand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kitchen%20hand

MLA

“kitchen hand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kitchen%20hand. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kitchen hand,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kitchen%20hand.

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