diner cook
Short-order chef
A diner cook works the grill and line at a diner, typically handling short-order items like eggs, burgers, and sandwiches.
The term evokes greasy spoons and all-night establishments more than fine dining—someone who can flip pancakes while managing six tickets at once: He worked as a diner cook for thirty years before retiring.
- grillCooking surface over fire
- short-orderFast-prepared food service
- short orderRapidly prepared food
- griddleFlat metal cooking surface
- spatulaFlat-bladed kitchen tool
hash · hash browns · breakfast · eggs · over easy · bacon · waitress · order up · counter · apron · paper hat · grease · greasy spoon · orders · fry · plate · hungry · coffee
- cookschef, head chef, sous chef, pastry chef, executive chef
- kitchen jobschef, head chef, sous chef, executive chef, pastry chef
- night workersnight owls, night watchman, night auditor, night crew, security guards
culinary prestige and establishment type
diner cookexecutive chef
Senior kitchen authority
celebrity chef · gourmet chef · master chef · saucier · pastry chef
dine, diner, diners, dining, dined, dines, dinette, dinner, dinners