head chef
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Noun
head chef (plural head chefs)
- The main chef in a restaurant, in charge of the kitchen and of the team of other chefs.
- Synonyms: master chef, executive chef
- Hypernyms: chef, cook
- Coordinate terms: sous-chef, subchef, underchef, subcook, undercook, chef de partie, station chef, line cook; chief cook and bottle washer