コック

こ

っ

く

Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun

A person who cooks professionally, especially in a Western-style restaurant. The word is a loan from Dutch 'kok' and is common in everyday Japanese.

from Dutch kok

見み

習なら

い

を

始はじ

め

て

三さん

年ねん

に

なる

。

It's been three years since I started as an apprentice cook.

シェフ
シェフ often implies a head chef or a higher status, while コック is a more general term for a professional cook.
料りょう理り人にん
料理人 is a native Japanese word for a cook or chef, and can be used in both Japanese and Western cuisine contexts, whereas コック is strongly associated with Western-style cooking.

Borrowed from Dutch 'kok' (cook).