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head chef
The lead chef in a professional kitchen, responsible for creating the menu, managing the kitchen staff, and ensuring the quality of the dishes.
Der Chefkoch dieses Restaurants hat bereits drei Michelin-Sterne erhalten.
The head chef of this restaurant has already received three Michelin stars.
The word is built simply: it combines 'Chef' (manager, boss) and 'Koch' (cook). A Chefkoch is therefore literally the “boss of the cooks” in a kitchen.
Als Chefkoch leitet er ein Team von fünf Köchen.
As head chef, he leads a team of five cooks.
Careful: while in English, 'chef' often refers to any professional cook, 'der Chefkoch' in German specifically means the head chef. The general term for a cook is 'der Koch' (cook).
In diesem Restaurant arbeiten ein Chefkoch und vier weitere Köche.
One head chef and four other cooks work in this restaurant.
Common phrases include 'der Chefkoch empfiehlt' (the head chef recommends), which can appear on a menu, or saying that a head chef 'Sterne verliehen bekommt' (is awarded stars), e.g. Michelin stars.
Das Tagesgericht wird heute vom Chefkoch persönlich empfohlen.
Today's special is personally recommended by the head chef.
head chef
Both words can refer to the head chef of a professional kitchen and may overlap in meaning. Küchenchef is usually the more common term for the management role in everyday professional use, while Chefkoch places greater emphasis on the prominent cooking role. For an official job title, Küchenchef is therefore usually the better choice.
Für die Zeitung wurde der Chefkoch des ausgezeichneten Restaurants interviewt.
The head chef of the award-winning restaurant was interviewed for the newspaper.
Der Küchenchef des Restaurants leitete das Küchenteam und plante die Speisekarte.
The restaurant's head chef led the kitchen team and planned the menu.
