How would you distinguish between a cook and a chef?!
How would you distinguish between a cook and a chef?
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I can say that in a professional kitchen environment, a Cook is invaluable to implementing the vision of the Chef. A cook is the person who cooks, and the Chef is the one who is the manager and tells and teaches the Cook what to do and how to do it, as well as deals with the business side of running a kitchen.
A Chef is more of a leader than a Cook, but a Chef can definitely cook! After all, that's what the people who pay for the food expect of a Chef.
In comparison to home cooks or enthusiastic foodies...
A Chef Instructor of mine once said.. "There are a lot of good cooks out there. The difference between a Cook and a Chef is presentation."
I don't know if I completely agree with that. I think a Chef can be described as someone confident with cooking almost anything.
I hate it when someone asks me "What is your specialty?"
My typical answer is "Food."
A Chef has to be comfortable with cooking anything, make it taste good, and "sell" it to the people eating it as "something special."
A Chef is on a constant quest for culinary knowledge because the world of food is almost infinite in scope and nobody could ever learn everything about food.
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I am the Executive Chef of a Country Club
i guess a cook would be someone who cooks, like at home, or for their friends, and a chef, for a restaraunt or buissiness. i really don't think the title matters nearly as much as how well you can cook though
A cook follows another's recipe. A chef creates his own.
a chef gets professional training, a cook could be anyone who cooks.
A cook is someone who heats food and assembles according to a recipie or directions.
A chef is a culinary artist. Does not use recipies, rarely measures with tools, and only the chef can see what the outcome will be in their mind's eye.
A cook "pretends" to cook as in instant meals?
A Chef is Wonderful at what he/she does!!!
My most favorite's are Emmeril Lagausse & Bobby Flay!
The title of Chef brings responsibility, your food cost, labor costs, being able to orchestrate the kitchen and your employees, not having much time for anything else, Keeping your work force happy. Then... you can cook for fun.
Unfortunately TV has glamorized the profession, having people think it's easy and almost anyone can do it. However, with the strongest desire and will, it's the best job in the world.
They are the same, chef = cook.
A chef is a professional cook, who may work in a restaurant, hotel, institutional food service or other professional kitchen. The term originally referred to the rank of head cook, but has become generalized to any trained, professional cook.
"Chef" is a contraction of the French phrase chef de cuisine, the "head" of a kitchen, but in English usage has come to mean any professional cook, regardless of rank. The title chef in the culinary profession originates from the roots of haute cuisine in the 19th century and it is in the English language translation that the term chef has become a term that describes function or skill over that of rank. Thus every cook is potentially referred to as a chef from the short-order chef as well as the chef in fine-dining.
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