What is the difference between a chef and a cook?

Hi Dheeraj, The word 'chef' is the short form of the French 'chef de cuisine', meaning 'chief of the kitchen'. And as the chief, he has many people working under him including several cooks. Usually in our homes, a 'cook' toils on his/her own! Perhaps much more important, a chef gets paid a lot mo

A chef have a command over all the cooks. His jobs is to: 1. Plan a thing. 2. Execute it. 3. Manage the team and 4. Manage the challenges. A cook works under a chef's instruction.

A chef is a professional cook. Though both do the same job. Chef sounds like a professionally educated person.

Dear Dheeraj, Hi, The word 'chef' is the short form of the French 'chef de cuisine', meaning 'chief of the kitchen'. And as the chief, he has many people working under him — including several cooks. Usually in our homes, a 'cook' toils on his/her own! Perhaps much more important, a chef gets paid a

If you have a culinary degree and/or trained under a notable chef and have moved up the ranks, you are typically considered a chef. If you simply dabble in the kitchen at home or are just starting out at the bottom of the restaurant totem pole, you are almost always considered a cook.