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{{Short description|Restaurant leadership position}}
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| name = Chef de partie
| image = Op de laatste dag van de Horecava in de Amsterdamse RAI vond een wedstrijd plaat, Bestanddeelnr 093-0552.jpg
| caption = C. W. van Dusschoten, a chef de partie (1966)
| official_names = Station chef, line cook
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| type = Profession
| activity_sector = Single department
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A '''chef de partie''', '''station chef''', or '''line cook'''<ref>{{cite news |author=Sophie Brickman|date=September 12, 2010 |title=How French Laundry's chefs reach for the stars |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/12/FD1F26JG.DTL#ixzz0zTNfXIKk |work=San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref> is a [[chef]] in charge of a particular area of production in a restaurant. In large kitchens, each chef de partie might have several cooks or assistants, sometimes referred to as '''demi-chefs''', who operate in specific stations.<ref>{{Cite news |title=What Is a Demi-Chef? |last=Pratt |first=Justin |date=2012-10-21 |url=https://work.chron.com/demi-chef-11567.html |access-date=2025-04-06 |work=[[Chron.com]] |publisher=[[Hearst Communications]] |via=[[Houston Chronicle]] |issn=1074-7109 |oclc=30348909 |quote=Job Description: Demi chefs assist executive chefs with an array of different tasks in the kitchen.}}</ref>

In most kitchens, however, the chef de partie is the only worker in that department. Line cooks are often divided into a hierarchy of their own, starting with "first cook", then "second cook", and continuing as needed by the establishment.

==Station chef titles==
Station chefs who are part of the [[brigade system]]:
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