cheffy

American  

[shef-ee] / ˈʃɛf i /

Or chefy or chef-y

adjective

Informal.

1. relating to, suited to, or typical of a professional chef.

   I’ve avoided cheffy techniques in these recipes.

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Etymology

Origin of cheffy

chef ( def. ) + -y ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

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cheffy

Still, Holzman puts his cheffy spin on things, fermenting his dough for five days to develop flavor and topping it with farm-fresh local ingredients.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025

Freezing small portions of high-impact ingredients is one of the easiest, sneakiest ways for home cooks to borrow a bit of that cheffy magic.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2025

It’s a cheffy take, with a thick cod loin enrobed in a crackly beer batter and then topped with a sweet-and-tart layer of roasted tomato and fried onions.

From Seattle Times ● May 18, 2022

It can be many things — home cooking, fast food, cheffy.

From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2021

Stein doesn’t get all cheffy with his burger, preferring to garnish it with the basics: lettuce, red onions, pickles, special sauce and two kinds of cheese.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2021