Dictionary

chefling en · NOUN

Etymology

From chef + -ling. Piecewise doublet of chiefling and headling.

Meanings

1. A young, little, or subordinate chef.
   • A part-time chef at the Santa Fe School of Cooking and full-time Culinary Arts Director at the Santa Fe Community College, Michelle proudly enjoys educating her “cheflings.” 2015, Susan D Curtis, Nicole Curtis Ammerman, Santa Fe School of Cooking:
   • […] they see that up & coming cheflings do not scoff at peelings […] 1988, Poetry Australia, numbers 117-122, page 65:
   • “Do I ask you?”, she shouts, “what goes on in the kitchen? How do I know you're not buggering your cheflings in the larder?” 2008, Rikki Ducornet, Tom Motley, The One Marvelous Thing - Page 83:

Forms