Antonia  +  89586 Wed, 13 Apr 05 02:32 PM What does an executive chef do in a restaurant? Is he sth like a ''chief'' chef? Thank you Antonia Joined on Fri, Mar 11 2005 Contributing Member 1,266

	pieanne  +  89591 Wed, 13 Apr 05 02:48 PM I think in the context of a restaurant, the "chef" is the one who cooks and has many orderlies to accomplish such mundane things as peeling potatoes, + some "under-chef"'s who work/cook under his orders and according to his directives. He's the one who gives the touch to the cooking of a particular restaurant, and wears the famous white hat. On re-reading your post, I guess that you know all that already, and yes, I think the executive chef is the "boss" chef pieanne Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005 South of France ...But I'm Belgian! Veteran Member 7,517 I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...