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