fry cook

American  

noun

1. a cook who mainly prepares fried foods, as at a lunch counter.

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Example Sentences

Anil Yadav, chief executive of Yadav Enterprises, reportedly got his start in the restaurant industry at age 17 as a fry cook at a California Jack in the Box.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

"It's taken a little too long in my opinion," said Daniel Busby, 33, a fry cook at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel and Casino operated by Caesars, before the deal was reached.

From Reuters • Nov. 9, 2023

Fans have tapped into the old habits of a fry cook, air-frying anything they get hold of and hoping it works.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2022

At Stonewall Jackson High School, Riggleman played running back, wooed a girl named Christine Blair over Wendy’s burgers and worked as a fry cook, farmhand and roofer.

From Washington Post • Sep. 24, 2018

In the past Mrs. Cripe had a fry cook and another lady working the counter.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck