Dictionary

chef de partie en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from French chef de partie.

Meanings

1. A chef in charge of a particular area of production in the kitchen, such as fish or roast meats.
   • 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. 2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 263:
   • Near-synonyms: sous-chef, subchef, underchef, subcook, undercook (all sometimes synonymous)

Forms

Coordinates

chief cook and bottle washer · head chef

Hypernyms

chef · cook

Relateds

chief of party

Synonyms

subcook · line cook · station chef · underchef · undercook · subchef · sous-chef