Refers to a professional chef, especially the head chef in a restaurant kitchen. A common loanword from French.
from French
The chef at this restaurant is French.
I heard the chef at that restaurant trained in France.
I ordered the chef's recommended dish.
He has served as the chef at that hotel for five years.
sous-chef
chef coat; chef's whites
chef's knife
chef-owner; chef and owner
Borrowed from French 'chef', meaning chief or head, used in Japanese to refer to a professional chef, especially the head of a kitchen.