"Sheldon"
"Pete C." > wrote:
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > > How would you define a cook?
>
> > > I think it is someone who prepares food who:
> > > Steve
>
> > Nice attributes, but I don't think most are needed.
>
> > There are people that do have all of the attributes you describe and
> > have a> > genuine interest in learning and expanding the culinary
> > experience. ?I don't> > know what title to give them, but cook, IMO, is
> > not the right one.
>
> Chef vs. cook perhaps? Chef developing recipes vs. cook following them?-
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>Chefs are more involved with the >economics and management of a
>kitchen, chefs are typically not >very cood cooks.

Since a chef must have come up successfully through all the stages of the
kitchen, your comment reflects your prejudice. Chefs are not elected. They
are the "chief" because they earned their ways to the top. Or do you think
Thomas Keller, Greg Achatz, etc. were born with a toque and a whisk?