コック

こっく

noun

cook

1. cook

A person who prepares food professionally, typically in a restaurant or hotel kitchen. Can refer to cooks of various levels, not necessarily a head chef.

彼(かれ)はホテルでコックとして働(はたら)いている。

He works as a cook at a hotel.

コックの帽子(ぼうし)をかぶった男性(だんせい)が厨房(ちゅうぼう)にいる。

A man wearing a cook's hat is in the kitchen.

見習(みなら)いコックとして修行(しゅぎょう)を始(はじ)めた。

I started training as an apprentice cook.

USAGE NOTES:

コック is from the Dutch word 'kok' (cook), introduced during the Edo period.
More general term than シェフ; can refer to any professional cook.
コック帽(ぼう) or コックの帽子(ぼうし) refers to the traditional tall white chef's hat.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

コックになる (to become a cook)
見習(みなら)いコック (apprentice cook)
コック長(ちょう) (head cook)

RELATED TERMS:

シェフ (chef)
調理師(ちょうりし) (cook, certified culinary professional)

Related Words

Related: シェフ (chef)

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Added 2026.1.16 11:32 · Revised 2026.6.4 22:12

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