0 a chef (= a cook) who is in charge of one section of a kitchen in a restaurant:
I assist my chef de partie in assembling the cakes.
He was only 22 and already a chef de partie.
He rapidly rose through the ranks to become chef de partie in a major London restaurant.
The chefs de partie complain about the intensity of the work and the antisocial hours.
At 2 p.m. the chefs de partie arrive and are allocated the dishes they will be in charge of cooking for that night.
A chef de partie is a section chef, such as a saucier or patissier.
