On Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 2:59:18 PM UTC-6, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
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> Chef is a real, earned title of recognized education. I am talking
> about people who attend classes at an accredited school or have
> fulfilled a number of years of specific training under an experienced
> chef . The result is that person is then entitled to be called chef.
> I am sure that eateries have convenient terms for people in their
> employ but that doesn't meet the meaning of chef as I used it.
> .
> Janet US
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Many years ago I was watching an interview of Leah Chase of Dukey Chase
restaurant in New Orleans. She said many people had asked her why she
didn't wear a chefs hat like others in the business. She said she was
not a chef, she was a cook. She said she never went to culinary school
and had not earned that right to wear a chefs hat nor call herself a
chef.