STARTER'S ORDERS

DON'T you think it’s weird the way chefs call each other “chef” the whole time, as if they're way too busy to remember each other’s names?

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I do understand the tradition behind it - its roots are in French kitchen culture - but that doesn’t make it any less odd. Not least because it sounds as if they're calling each other Geoff.I guess that’s why we don’t hear of many high-profile Geoffs in the cheffing business. It would get too confusing.