He let go of his executive chef and was himself working longer hours.

But the executive chef does a lot of cooking just for the first family.

So last year it hired an executive chef to run its own food service.

In many places, their salaries are second only to the executive chef.

"This is what you live for," the executive chef tells him.

He was the youngest executive chef in the restaurant's history.

Advancement to the level of executive chef is faster these days.

But for all the job openings, there can be only one executive chef in every restaurant.

A worldwide search was conducted in 1999 for an executive chef.

I was also an executive chef in my career.

He is now executive chef at a large firm of West End financiers.

At age 22 he was executive chef at the Hotel de France.

Others might call him executive chef, overseer or even chief cook and bottle washer.

He is now executive chef for the museum's cuisine.

Brad Steelman, who took over as executive chef about a year and a half ago, holds up his end.

Perry co-owns and is executive chef of restaurants in Australia.

He became executive chef and owner of the Ballroom in 1982.

"By the next weekend, I had an offer to be executive chef, which, as you know, is quite an honor for an American."

And he has named himself executive chef at his restaurants.

It was his last day as executive chef.