camp cook
Wilderness meal preparer
A camp cook is someone who prepares meals for groups in outdoor or temporary settings—logging camps, cattle drives, military encampments, or recreational camping trips.
The role emphasizes practical skills and working with limited resources: The camp cook had breakfast ready before dawn.
In Western American tradition, the camp cook held considerable authority over the chuck wagon and its contents.
- chuck wagonMobile frontier cooking cart
- trail bossCattle drive commander
- cattle driveMoving herd to market
- campfireOutdoor fire for gathering
- open fireBegin discharging weapons
cowboy coffee · skillet · dutch oven · beans · coffee pot · grub · hash slinger · chow time · tin plate · mess tent · bacon · flapjacks · sourdough starter · cast iron · outdoor · trail · provisions · apron
- cookschef, head chef, sous chef, pastry chef, executive chef
- food workersbutcher, bartender, server, caterer, chef
- kitchen jobschef, head chef, sous chef, executive chef, pastry chef
- camp followerssutler, laundress, washerwoman, prostitute, concubine
- Outback Jobsdrover, stockman, jackaroo, ringer, musterer
- outdoor cooksgrillmaster, pitmaster, burger flipper, smoker, fish fryer
camp cookexecutive chef
Senior kitchen authority
gourmet chef · cordon bleu chef · celebrity chef · pastry chef · hotel chef
camp cookrestaurateur
Dining business owner
maître d · banquet chef · catering chef · diner · patron
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