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Chef vs Cooker - What's the difference?

chef | cooker |

As nouns the difference between chef and cooker

is that chef is the presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household while cooker is (chiefly|british) a device for heating food.

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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    cooker

    English

    (wikipedia cooker)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, British) A device for heating food
  • (chiefly, British, except in compounds) An appliance or utensil for cooking food.
  • A cooking apple.
  • * 2004 , Laura Mason, Food Culture in Great Britain (page 94)
    • For the British market, apples are classed as early, mid-season, or late, and subdivided into eaters or cookers .

    Synonyms

    * stove

    Derived terms

    * AGA cooker * electric cooker * gas cooker * multicooker * pressure cooker * slow cooker

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