chefdom

English

Etymology

From chef +‎ -dom.

Noun

chefdom (uncountable)

1. Collectively, all chefs.
2. The state of being a chef.
   • 2009 February 26, Corey Mintz, “Prepping for a culinary career”, in Toronto Star‎^[1]:

     Still they keep coming, perhaps spurred on by the celebrity status that chefdom has achieved in the past decade.