調理師|ちょうりしchourishi

1. nounlicensed chef; qualified cook

• Synonym料理人りょうりにんNeutralThe general term for a cook or chef; it stresses the occupation and requires no license, unlike the nationally certified 「調理師」.
• Synonym板前いたまえNeutralA Japanese-cuisine chef, as in 「板前修業」; it is specific to washoku kitchens and, unlike 「調理師」, implies no national license.
• SynonymコックNeutralA loanword for cook, often for Western-style cooking but usable broadly; it carries no sense of the national license a 「調理師」 needs.
• Synonym賄い方まかないかたNeutralSomeone who cooks and manages the kitchen; an old-fashioned word centered on running the meals, and unlike 「調理師」 it implies no national license.
• Synonym炊婦すいふWrittenA woman hired to do the cooking; a written, old-fashioned word rarely used today, and unlike 「調理師」 it implies no national license.
• Synonym炊夫すいふWrittenA man hired to do the cooking; a written, old-fashioned word rarely used today, with none of the national licensing that defines a 「調理師」.
• Synonym料理番りょうりばんNeutralThe person in charge of cooking, in a household or group; it has an old-fashioned flavor and, unlike 「調理師」, requires no national license.
• Synonym板さんいたさんCasualA colloquial, friendly way to refer to a cook, often the chef at a sushi shop; unlike 「調理師」 it implies no national license.
• Synonym包丁人ほうちょうにんWrittenA written, archaic name for a cook, seldom used today; it carries no suggestion of the national license held by a 「調理師」.
• Synonym厨夫ちゅうふWrittenA male kitchen worker; a written word that sees little use, and unlike 「調理師」 it implies no national license.
• Antonym素人しろうとNeutralAn amateur or layman; the opposite of the licensed professional that a 「調理師」 is.

Use 「調理師」 for a cook holding the national license, as in 「調理師免許」. For cooks in general say 「料理人」, for Japanese-cuisine chefs 「板前」, and 「コック」 is common for Western-style cooks; 「素人」 is the antonym, an amateur. The remaining terms are old-fashioned or colloquial.

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1. 調理ちょうりを行おこなう職業しょくぎょう。現在げんざいの日本にっぽんでは調理師ちょうりし法ほうに基もとづいて調理師ちょうりしの名なを用もちいて調理ちょうりを行おこなう資格しかくを有ゆうする者もの。