[Sca-cooks] Feastocrate vs. Head Cook

[Barbara Nostrand]

Noble Cousins!

Greetings from Solveig! Why not simply use chef? Chef appears to be
etymologically related to chief and capt = head. The Chef is the leader
of cooks. I am currious as to when chef actually came into use. I
agree that it may be quite recent and is only really descriptive in
the context of restaurant culture which is itself quite recent.

Autocrat (as opposed to its offspring) is a real word and is descriptive
of the function. In medieval times, this job might be performed by a
head butler of some sort.
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					Your Humble Servant
					Solveig Throndardottir
					Amateur Scholar

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