A cook is a person that prepares food for consumption. In Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Canada this professions requires government approval (examination after 3 years apprenticeship). The profession requires profound knowledge concerning nutrition. Personalities acting without profound knowledge are called (or in the position) Kitchen Helper(s).
A cook is sometimes referred to as a chef, although within the professional kitchen, the terms ar...
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A cook is a person that prepares food for consumption. In Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Canada this professions requires government approval (examination after 3 years apprenticeship). The profession requires profound knowledge concerning nutrition. Personalities acting without profound knowledge are called (or in the position) Kitchen Helper(s).
A cook is sometimes referred to as a chef, although within the professional kitchen, the terms are not exchangeable. The executive chef or sous chef is generally never referred to as a "cook".
The term cook within a restaurant kitchen usually refers to a person with little to no creative influence on a menu and little to no command over others within the kitchen, such as a line cook. These are usually all members of a restaurant kitchen that are underneath the sous chef in the brigade de cuisine. Other establishments may have a relatively constant menu, often only having people that can prepare food fast and consistently, having little...
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