executive chef
noun
a chef responsible for managing the staff, menu, and operation of a restaurant kitchen or group of restaurant kitchens.
executive chefs
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pluralof executive chef.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He always checks in on his staff and the food, and says it’s obvious when executive chefs spend no time in the kitchen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025
It's interesting and funny, but Amar made reference to it, how a lot of our chefs own their restaurants or are executive chefs, so they're not usually doing prep work.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2023
Not all executive chefs earn undergraduate degrees at culinary schools, she said.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2022
These two chefs, both in their mid-20s, have been promoted from sous-chefs to executive chefs, sharing the workload, at Oceana in Midtown Manhattan.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2020
He also enlisted the help of Mirko Paderno, currently one of the executive chefs at Officine Brera, to consult on the truck, and Bertoncin, who is responsible for the truck’s daily-changing, pasta-only menu.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2017
