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chef de partie
What does chef de partie mean?
Mid-tier brigade rank. Owns a single station — sauté, grill, fish, garde manger — and is responsible for everything that leaves it. Reports to the sous, supervises commis cooks under them. The step where a cook stops being a hand and starts being a craftsman.
"He made chef de partie on fish after eighteen months on garde manger."
Origin
French, 'chief of the part/section'. Escoffier's brigade de cuisine.
Frequently asked questions
What is a chef de partie?
It's a station chef who runs one section of the kitchen line.
How do you use chef de partie in a sentence?
"As chef de partie on sauces, she owns that whole station during service."
Where does the term chef de partie come from?
It's French for 'chef of the section,' reflecting the brigade system of kitchen roles.
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