noun
General Slang
chef de partie
· noun · kitchen
Station chef — runs one section of the line.
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Mid-tier brigade rank. Owns a single station — sauté, grill, fish, garde manger — and is responsible for everything that leaves it. Reports to the sous, supervises commis cooks under them. The step where a cook stops being a hand and starts being a craftsman.
“He made chef de partie on fish after eighteen months on garde manger.”
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chef de partie In A Sentence
He made chef de partie on fish after eighteen months on garde manger.
Origin & Usage
French, 'chief of the part/section'. Escoffier's brigade de cuisine.
People Also Ask
What is a chef de partie?
It's a station chef who runs one section of the kitchen line.
How do you use chef de partie in a sentence?
"As chef de partie on sauces, she owns that whole station during service."
Where does the term chef de partie come from?
It's French for 'chef of the section,' reflecting the brigade system of kitchen roles.
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