# cheffing

Pronunciation: say "SHEF-ing" /ˈʃɛfɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The professional work and craft of a chef, from preparing ingredients to cooking and presenting dishes in a kitchen.
   - Simple: The work of cooking food in a restaurant kitchen as a chef.
   - _Cheffing demands long hours on your feet and steady nerves under pressure._
   - _She fell in love with cheffing during a summer job at a coastal hotel._

## Verb

2. Present participle of chef. — present participle and gerund of chef
   - Simple: Present participle of chef. Use this form for cooking work that is happening right now.
   - _He is cheffing for a private client three nights a week._
   - _While cheffing at the gala, she managed two hundred covers single-handedly._

## Origin

Formed from "chef" combined with the suffix "-ing."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/cheffing (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).