Restaurant VIP

The answer

CHEF

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CHEF answer page.

Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• MAITRED (5 uses in xd)
• MGR (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for CHEF

Every other clue in this collection answered by CHEF, most used first.

• Gourmet cook - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Pan handler? - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
• White hat wearer - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Cook - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Kitchen VIP - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Toque wearer - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Emeril, for one - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Restaurant employee - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Child, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Course pro? - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Food Network figure - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Valhalla VIP - ODIN, used 161 times
• Mosque VIP - IMAM, used 64 times
• Campus VIP - DEAN, used 59 times
• Restaurant handout - MENU, used 52 times
• Vatican VIP - POPE, used 48 times
• "Alice's Restaurant" singer Guthrie - ARLO, used 42 times

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