noun
kitchen; cooking area
Often used for institutional, commercial, or school kitchens rather than a home kitchen (台所).
学校の調理場で給食を作っている。
They prepare school lunches in the school kitchen.
レストランの調理場はとても広い。
The restaurant's kitchen is very spacious.
キッチン is a common loanword for a kitchen, especially in modern homes or Western-style contexts, and is more casual than 調理場.
Compound of 調理 (cooking) and 場 (place). The exact historical derivation is straightforward; the word is a standard Sino-Japanese compound.