- a person whose job is to cook, especially the most senior person in a restaurant, hotel, etc.
- a new book by a celebrity chef
- 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
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Word Originearly 19th cent.: French, literally ‘head’.Want to learn more?
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