American English pronunciation

How to pronounce chef

IPA transcription: ['ʃɛf]

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Noun

  • a professional cook

Usage examples

  • It is owned by RoadChef.
  • In the event of a tie, the aforementioned chef would decide.
  • What sort of genius is your Lordship's gastrical chef?
  • Amateur chef wearing a white cooking apron is about to chop a chicken with a butcher knife.
  • The other chefs include Julie Baylis, Kelly Cruickshanks, John Doyle, and Luigi Carola.
  • A chef is preparing a meal in a professional kitchen.
  • The latter bill attracted the support of celebrity chef Jamie Oliver.
  • Many chefs have developed variations using seafood other than anchovies or tuna.
  • A chef is cooking some food for a man in a green shirt
  • A sous chef busily working away in a steamfilled kitchen.