cheffier; cheffiest
: characteristic of or befitting a professional chef (as in showiness, complexity, or exoticness)
Caul … is one of those cheffy ingredients that is worth requesting from the butcher.—
Xanthe Clay
Xanthe ClayThe sandwiches … were delivered to churches housing people in crisis. … Yet even those sandwiches were lavished with all the cheffy care that World Central Kitchen brings to its hot meals.—Hanna Raskin
Hanna RaskinRoulades are a cheffy way to serve pork loin with stuffing.—Jet Tila
Jet Tila[Sheldon] Simeon's ambitious, cheffy restaurant recipes share space with more approachable home-cooking ideas, such as boiled peanuts spiced with the flavors of oxtail soup …—Helen Rosner
Helen Rosner… incorporated cheffier methods, such as browning the beef before roasting it, to layer more flavor, and deglazing the pan with red wine.—Stephanie Breijo
Stephanie BreijoExamples of cheffy in a Sentence
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Bizzy Burger sells small-sized burgers with cheffy toppings like roasted garlic and sweet onion or wild mushrooms, but they’re priced as low as $3.50 per burger.
—Dallas News, 13 Dec. 2022
Once upon a time, there was an out-of-the-way hot dog shop in Avondale called Hot Doug’s, where owner Doug Sohn proffered cheffy versions of encased meats on a bun.
—Adam Lukach, chicagotribune.com, 4 Mar. 2022
The creators of Caruso’s Grocery — Michael Babin, founder of the Neighborhood Restaurant Group, and chef Matt Adler, a veteran of the upscale Osteria Morini — aimed for something that was with neither cheesy nor cheffy with their intimate eatery near the NRG’s sprawling Roost food hall.
—Washington Post, 27 July 2021
These more cheffy dishes are offset by simpler ones the Warshams frequently make at home, like an overnight oatmeal inspired by carrot cake.
—Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2021
Deli Desires Soup with balls is often of the order this time of year, and Deli Desires is spinning up a cheffy, vegetarian take on the classic matzo ball goodness .
—Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2022
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Dallas News, 13 Dec. 2022
Once upon a time, there was an out-of-the-way hot dog shop in Avondale called Hot Doug’s, where owner Doug Sohn proffered cheffy versions of encased meats on a bun.
—Adam Lukach, chicagotribune.com, 4 Mar. 2022
The creators of Caruso’s Grocery — Michael Babin, founder of the Neighborhood Restaurant Group, and chef Matt Adler, a veteran of the upscale Osteria Morini — aimed for something that was with neither cheesy nor cheffy with their intimate eatery near the NRG’s sprawling Roost food hall.
—Washington Post, 27 July 2021
These more cheffy dishes are offset by simpler ones the Warshams frequently make at home, like an overnight oatmeal inspired by carrot cake.
—Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2021
Deli Desires Soup with balls is often of the order this time of year, and Deli Desires is spinning up a cheffy, vegetarian take on the classic matzo ball goodness .
—Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2022
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“Cheffy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheffy. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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