chefware

English

Etymology

From chef +‎ -ware.

Noun

chefware (uncountable)

(rare) High-end cooking supplies such as knives, pans, and utensils.
- 1966 January 6, Gasconade County Republican, volume 63, number 12, Owensville, Mo., page 2B:
  Look over this set of chefware on display in our store. We know you will agree that it is the nicest food service equipment obtainable.
- 1969 September 21, Durham Morning Herald‎^[1], Durham, N.C.:
  Triple coating of easy-to-clean chefware with stainless steel rims to prevent chipping.
- 1997, Michael Wolff, editor, Net Guide: Your Complete Guide to the Internet and Online Services, Dell Publishing, →ISBN, page 417:
  The place for professional chefware at the economical prices restaurants pay.
- 1997 July 8, The Sydney Morning Herald, number 49,874, section “Good Living”, page 2:
  Mirror finished, copper-sandwich-based, Escoffier chefware is the ultimate in chefware saucepans, skillets and stockpots. And everyone who attends either Accoutrement store before July 31st, 1997 will have the chance to win the magnificent four piece Escoffier professional chefware set. Plus, with the purchase of any other piece of Escoffier chefware, we have a special 1.4lt Escoffier saucepan reduced from $79.95 to $39.95.
- 2003 August 13, Elizabeth Large, “Hot Pots: Celebrity chefs create a stir with their own lines of kitchenware”, in The Sun, Baltimore, Md., page 3f:
  (None of the other cookware sets tested was chefware.)
- 2003 December 10, “Where to buy pots, pans”, in Chicago Tribune, 157th year, number 344, section 7, page 5:
  Wondering where to buy your favorite chef’s cookware? Here are some suggestions to get you started, although these are by no means the only places chefware is sold.
- 2009 June 4, Simon Hartley, “Southern escaping the 'black hole'”, in Otago Daily Times‎^[2], archived from the original on 29 June 2018:
  Founded in 1989, Southern supplies a wide range of hospitality-related products and services, including hotel and motel supplies, chefware, glassware, tableware and cleaning equipment to sectors as diverse as bakeries, prisons, airports and universities.