chef de partie

English

Etymology

From French chef de partie.

Noun

chef de partie (plural chefs de partie)

  1. A chef in charge of a particular area of production in the kitchen, such as fish or roast meats.
    Synonyms: station chef, line cook
    Hypernyms: chef, cook
    Coordinate terms: head chef, chief cook and bottle washer
    Near-synonyms: sous-chef, subchef, underchef, subcook, undercook (all sometimes synonymous)
    • 2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 263:
      Various of his clean-cut, youthful chefs de partie, cast as if from a late 2000s Lanvin menswear show, move around in purposeful silence prepping their sections, with quick, hesitant moves, as they reprioritise their mental to-do lists.

French

Pronunciation

Noun

chef de partie m (plural chefs de partie, feminine cheffe de partie)

  1. chef de partie, line cook
    Coordinate term: sous-chef