a professional cook who prepares food in a restaurant, hotel, or private home

head chef in a professional kitchen

to go to the kitchen to prepare a meal; to cook

kitchen implements

female cook

The professional cook in charge of a kitchen and its staff, often responsible for menu planning and management.

to help in a communal or mess kitchen

a person who cooks professionally; a head cook

a person whose profession is to cook

(dialect) cook; chef

a head cook or master chef in a kitchen.

a chef who cooks for the emperor or the royal family

a kitchen (in a restaurant, school cafeteria etc) in which food preparation processes are made visible to customers (by means of transparent glass, live video etc) to promote hygiene and ensure accountability in food safety practices

a master chef; a highly skilled cook

kitchens and bathrooms

kitchen helper; assistant cook

food scraps and other organic waste from a kitchen, often collected for recycling or composting

proficiency or talent in the practice or art of cooking

the kitchen area of a restaurant

A nobleman stays clear of the kitchen because, having seen a living animal, he cannot bear to see it die (an idiom from Mencius illustrating benevolence).