What Is The Difference Between A Cook And A Chef?

[@nickwalker2438]

Chef is just a fancy word for boss. I got the job because I showed leadership and had skills in the kitchen

[@gravitydivide2576]

You're quite right to a degree about that. I am a senior CDP and I got so many offers to move up the ladder and I refused every single one of them. Anything above is just a huge increase in work load, responsibility and the worst part, paperwork. I am happy earning a high wage, not as much as a higher level Sous chef or Head chef, but I don't have the headache. I clock out when my shift is over, unless I have to help that last little push, and I go home, leaving all my work mentally at the door before I exist work. I still refuse to go up, unless a day comes where I get my own kitchen, either owned of a place I plan to work long in prior to retirement.

[@Nathanwyn266]

Love your videos Chef, been working in kitchens just over 2 years and I find your videos really insightful. I aspire to be a head chef one day and your information is a great help. Keep up the good work Chef.

[@chefsPSA]

Much appreciated and I will.

[@djspbb]

I have had people call me a chef before, but I tell them I am just a cook.

[@maryamnural-jerrahi5378]

Cooks find a flavor by following a recipe. Chefs find a recipe by following a flavor.

[@Prodigalson68]

Awesome chef you did a great job at our place thank you

[@MrTrincent]

This channel should have waaaaay more views.

[@chefsPSA]

I agree!

[@CJDAASSASSIN99]

These are very insightful. I just applied to be an executive chef.

[@chefsPSA]

Thanks! I will be putting out about one or more videos a week!

[@lukavrdoljak5151]

A cook is anyone who cooks! A chef is a person that cooks professionally that doesn’t mean they are the head chef

[@nickwalker2438]

I went from being a bartender to a sous chef

[@chefsPSA]

I have never personally been a bartender but I’m sure there is a a lot of cross over skills.

[@nickwalker2438]

@@chefsPSA it’s just ingredients made a different way

[@MoodersInit]

Its weird i joined a kitchen a couple years ago at an airport, as soon as i put on the white coat and a hat everyone refers to me as chef and im like bro i make scrambled eggs and toast and wash plates wtf do you mean 😂

[@chefsPSA]

Great example! Are you liking the kitchen?

[@MoodersInit]

@@chefsPSA it's ok, the kitchen doesn't really give a shit about the food though and it's massively overpriced for what it is because its at an airport so its hard to give a shit when I feel guilty for ripping people off. On top of that I'm vegan and we serve an awful lot of meat 🤣 I love the feeling of being in the zone and producing massive amounts of work though its a rush

[@crazydrummer181]

People look at me like I’m stupid for putting up with the hours and lack of breaks in the kitchen. Is it a problem with society for not understanding? Or is it a problem with the system in general? Should our jobs really be this balls to the wall?

[@jamesfletcher2374]

Passion...

[@DrRonaldSIpock]

for me the difference between a chef and a cook is that a chef doesn't consider costs or consequences. But as a cook I have to make sustainable meals that won't contribute to morbidities or break the bank. One stupid example, I watched a chef video about mashed potatoes. The chef used what I would consider as a month's ration of butter (as well as a lot of dairy) and I am sure it tasted wonderful but it just isn't practical for someone like me.

[@o.bartlett6007]

Enjoyed the video but what you call "Just A Cook" we called "Shoemakers" or just a Chooch.

[@crazydrummer181]

Some of the greatest chefs I’ve known started out as a dishwasher. Some of the worst chefs I’ve known started out in culinary school. It really just depends on the person and how serious they are.

[@chefsPSA]

@@crazydrummer181 there is no guarantee of success in either path. It’s what is in the individual that is the difference

[@bryanray1109]

Chef can you bake?

[@chefsPSA]

I worked as a baker in my first job 27 years ago. I have forgotten most of it.

[@claudiagold1925]

Do you consider pizza makers “chefs’?

[@chefsPSA]

If they lead a team@@claudiagold1925

[@damiandennis3740]

😊

[@petersarubbi]

A cook can prepare a fantastic 3 course meal for 10 people... A Chef can get 3 other people to do that for him/her...😁

[@chefsPSA]

😂😂😂 very accurate