But with the popularity of French cooking, the shortened Chef became a fancy way to designate the head cook elsewhere in the world starting in the 70s.
In French "Chef Spirituel" cannot be associated with cooking, it can only mean "spiritual leader", the same as a "Pope" or cult leader.
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o0shad0o ago
Note that "chef" in French is "chief", so that kinda translates to "spiritual leader", and may not be related to "spirit cooking".
Or that the term "chef spiritual" was noticed by some english speaker and started a meme about "spirit cooking"?
EvaEverywhere ago
You are right.
Chef = Leader
Chef de cuisine = Kitchen boss
But with the popularity of French cooking, the shortened Chef became a fancy way to designate the head cook elsewhere in the world starting in the 70s.
In French "Chef Spirituel" cannot be associated with cooking, it can only mean "spiritual leader", the same as a "Pope" or cult leader.