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culinarian

culinarian

1 6.9
A person who cooks and prepares food
  • noun
  • /ˌkjuːlɪˈnɛəriən/
translation icon : culinario
  • The culinarian prepared a delicious three-course meal for the guests at the restaurant.

Little things like that might escape someone that isn't a culinarian's eye.

Examples

  • "I am a self-taught culinarian who fell into the enterprise by pure necessity.

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  • The culinarians have started a group called Pilot Light, which aims to improve the food and nutrition environment in Chicago schools.

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  • As a passionate culinarian, she loves experimenting with new recipes in her kitchen.

  • Many aspiring culinarians attend culinary school to master the techniques of professional cooking.

Synonyms

chef
vsculinarian
559 2.3

A professional cook who leads a restaurant or hotel kitchen

focuses on personal cooking skill rather than formal kitchen leadership
cook
vsculinarian
356 1.0

A person who prepares food at home or at work

emphasizes skill in preparing food rather than being only a job
gastronomist
vsculinarian
7.4

A person who knows a lot about food and cooking

is mainly about practical cooking skill rather than broad food expertise

How Skilled

chef
559 2.3
culinarian
1 6.9
cook
356 1.0
kitchen help
1 2.5

Surface Forms

culinarian singular
culinarians plural

Morphology

culinarian = culinary (transparent) = culinary + an

Formed by adding the agent/relational suffix '-an' to 'culinary', so a person associated with cooking is a straightforward derivation.

Etymology

A culinarian comes from the Latin culina, meaning 'kitchen', and is related to culinary. So, a culinarian is really a 'kitchen person', a skilled cook or chef.