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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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noun

Etymology

Origin of chef de cuisine

Literally, “head of kitchen”

Example Sentences

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Chef de cuisine Tony Jutt handles day-to-day operations here.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2018

Chef de cuisine Kalen Schramke arrived here by way of Rover’s and Terra Plata in Seattle, where it appears he learned a thing or two from Thierry Rautureau and Tamara Murphy.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2014

While Chef de cuisine Andrew Gribas helms the kitchen, Volterra’s chef/owner, Don Curtiss, and Michele Quisenberry, his wife and managing partner, weren’t present on my visits.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2013

Chef de cuisine Daniel Giusti has raised a cautionary flag while inspecting a plate of lumpfish toast before it goes into the dining room.

From Washington Post

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