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Meanings of head cook in English

A cook who manages other cooks in an establishment such as a restaurant.

Usage of head cook in English
1
When the head cook came in with Jem everyone stood quite still.
The Violet Fairy Book
2
So saying, the head steward led him to the head cook's room.
The Violet Fairy Book
3
But the head cook was older, and among slaves that meant something.
Wench: a novel
4
Both did the hunting but Lum was head cook-infact he was sole cook.
Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Roger...
5
The court orchestra gave its best work, and so did the new head cook.
Barbara Blomberg — Volume 02
6
The head cook looked him over from head to foot, and burst out laughing.
The Violet Fairy Book
7
Some few days afterward she went thither herself, and said to her head cook:-
The Tales of Mother Goose / As First Collected by Charles Perrau...
8
Louis Picot, the head cook, could give no information whatever.
That Mainwaring Affair
9
She was Mr. Shelby's head cook, and a very good one too, she was.
Uncle Tom's Cabin, Young Folks' Edition
10
I just bullied the castle's head cook to tell me what dishes you favored.
Crown of Midnight
11
Your daughter shall be the head cook; and then everything must be to your liking.
Mary Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale
12
The novice drew a revolver from his pocket, and pointed it at the head cook.
Dick Sand: A Captain at Fifteen
13
Let us return to our master-thehead cook, if you choose to call him so.
The History of a Mouthful of Bread / And its effect on the organ...
14
She was the head cook of Mr. Davidson's household.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
15
What did the head cook intend to do there?
Dick Sand: A Captain at Fifteen
16
He had emptied the dishes, and was wiping his mouth as the head cook came in.
The Violet Fairy Book