Cook

A cook is a person who prepares food for consumption. In Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Canada this profession requires government approval (examination after three years apprenticeship). A cook is sometimes referred to as a chef, although in the professional kitchen, the terms are not interchangeable. The executive chef or sous chef is generally never referred to as a "cook" (and in fact would likely be an insult). The term "cook" within a restaurant kitchen usually refers to a person with little to no creative influence on a menu and little to no command over others within the kitchen, such as a line cook. These are usually all members of a restaurant kitchen that are underneath the sous chef in the brigade de cuisine. Other...