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cheffery

cheffery noun: the work or art of a chef; culinary skill.

Noun

cheffery (uncountable)

  1. (informal, rare) The work or art of a chef; culinary skill.
    • The dishes appear in a flurry of gel cubes, purées, emulsions and other cheffery.2008, Waitrose Food Illustrated, page 87
    • Well, when we got together on Saturday for lunch, I started talking to my brother-in-law about cheffery and asking him about how to shop for knives. Somehow we get talking about sauces.2013, Mark Hansen, Around the World in a Dutch Oven

Forms of cheffery

alternative formchefery

Origin of cheffery

From chef + -ery. Piecewise doublet of chiefery.

Questions about cheffery

What does cheffery mean?
Cheffery means the work or art of a chef; culinary skill.
What part of speech is cheffery?
Cheffery is a noun.

Words near cheffery in the dictionary

  1. chefesses
  2. cheffed
  3. cheffed-up
  4. cheffer
  5. cheffers
  6. cheffery
  7. cheffier
  8. cheffiest
  9. cheffing
  10. cheffonier
  11. cheffoniers

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