male cook
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- 1 male cook、male chef
This word refers to a man who cooks, either professionally or as the person responsible for cooking at home or at an event.
male cook、male chef
A man whose job or assigned role is to prepare food.
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วันนี้พ่อเป็นพ่อครัว wan níi phɔ̂ɔ pen phɔ̂ɔ khrua Dad is in charge of cooking today. วันนี้พ่อเป็นพ่อครัว details
Learning notes
Explanation
พ่อครัว is a common, neutral noun for a male cook or a man who is responsible for preparing food. It consists of พ่อ, which marks the person as male here, and ครัว, a word associated with kitchens and cooking. In this compound, พ่อ does not literally mean “father.” The corresponding term for a woman is แม่ครัว. It can refer to a professional working in a restaurant or to a man temporarily handling the cooking at home, at a camp, or during an event. The classifier for counting people is คน, as in พ่อครัวหนึ่งคน, “one male cook.”
Usage
It is commonly used when talking about a male cook working in a restaurant, cafeteria, hotel, or other kitchen. It can also describe a man handling the cooking at home, at a camp, or for an event.
Caution
พ่อครัว specifically refers to a man. Use เชฟ when gender is irrelevant or when emphasizing the professional title “chef.” พ่อครัว alone does not mean “head chef”; หัวหน้าพ่อครัว or เชฟใหญ่ is used for that position.
Differences from similar words
1 male cook synonyms
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เชฟ is a loanword used for a professional chef of any gender. พ่อครัว explicitly refers to a man and can also describe someone temporarily responsible for cooking, even when cooking is not his profession.