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chef de cuisine

American  
[shef duh kwee-zeen] / ʃɛf də kwiˈzin /

noun

French.
  • chefs de cuisine
    plural
  1. chef.


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Etymology

Origin of chef de cuisine

Literally, “head of kitchen”

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He landed his first chef de cuisine role at age 26 at the since-shuttered David Burke & Donatella.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 13, 2025

He will be the chef de cuisine at the diner set to open on Santa Monica Boulevard with a drive-in movie theater, a post on X by a self-identified Tesla investor said.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 18, 2025

Hollingsworth, who was Thomas Keller’s chef de cuisine at the French Laundry, co-owned the restaurant with Carl Schuster, a founding partner of Wolfgang Puck catering and CEO and founder of Cast Iron Partners.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 30, 2024

“The first time I was introduced to prime rib I was a young line cook working in a steak house,” says Bobby Vollmer, now chef de cuisine for the Falls Buffet at Snoqualmie Casino.

From Seattle Times Dec. 15, 2022

Seeing some fine big fellows swimming about in a deep hole is a great temptation, especially when you know they are grey mullet, and the chef de cuisine is short of the wherewithal for dinner.

From Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon by Sir Samuel White Baker

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