chef de partie
English
editEtymology
editFrom French chef de partie.
Noun
editchef de partie (plural chefs de partie)
- A chef in charge of a particular area of production in the kitchen, such as fish or roast meats.
- Synonyms: line cook, station chef
- 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.
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editFrench
editPronunciation
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Noun
editchef de partie m (plural chefs de partie, feminine cheffe de partie)
- chef de partie, line cook
- Coordinate term: sous-chef