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Chef vs Superchef - What's the difference?

chef | superchef |

As nouns the difference between chef and superchef

is that chef is the presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household while superchef is an exceptional chef (person who cooks).

chef

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household
  • *<1845 , R. H. Barham, Blasphemer's Warning'' in ''Ingoldsby Legends (1847), 3rd Ser., 245
  • *:The Chef' s peace of mind was restor'd, And in due time a banquet was placed on the board.
  • The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment
  • *1849 , Thackeray, Pendennis (1850), I. xxviii. 266
  • *:The angry little chef of Sir Francis Clavering's culinary establishment.
  • Any cook
  • *Kiss the chef

    • Usage notes

    When used in reference to a cook with no sous-chefs or other workers beneath him, the term is connotes a certain degree of prestige—whether culinary education or ability—distinguishing the chef from a “cook”. As a borrowing, chef was originally italicized, but such treatment is now obsolete.

    Synonyms

    * (head cook) cook

    References

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    superchef

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An exceptional chef (person who cooks).
  • * 1987 , Davidyne Mayleas, The Woman Who Had Everything
    • Now he's going to be a superchef for a chain of restaurants.
  • * 2007 , Margie Rynn, Pauline Frommer, Pauline Frommer's Paris: Spend Less See More
    • Yet another bistro created by a superchef , here's an opportunity to see how the mighty Michel Rostang interprets humble bistro cuisine.
  • * 2007 , J McKelvie, Streatham Ice
    • "You're a very lucky bloke, Alex, to have a superchef mum." "It's usually brown bread and chick peas," I said.