SC - Cooks' titles...
Charles McCathieNevile
charlesn at sunrise.srl.rmit.edu.au
Wed Jan 14 21:33:01 PST 1998
un chef de cuisine is a french phrase, which says nothing about the
gender of the person who holds that particular office. One may say
Monsieur le chef, Madame le chef, or Mademoiselle le chef with equal
correctness. One could use maitre, and I think there is a specific
feminine form. But in English it is one thing to be a master, and quite
another to be a mistress. So perhaps chef is a good word after all.
charles ragnar
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