chef's recommendation

Meaning

This is a dish or a selection of dishes that the head chef of a restaurant particularly suggests to customers. These dishes are often specialties of the house, made with fresh seasonal ingredients, or highly popular choices.

Examples

• If you can't decide what to order, I highly suggest the chef's recommendation.

  If you can't decide what to order, I highly suggest the chef's recommendation.

• The roast duck is the chef's recommendation for tonight.

  The roast duck is the chef's recommendation for tonight.

• Is there a chef's recommendation on the menu that we should try?

  Is there a chef's recommendation on the menu that we should try?

• We ordered the chef's recommendation and it turned out to be absolutely delicious.

  We ordered the chef's recommendation and it turned out to be absolutely delicious.

• The waiter pointed out the chef's recommendation, which was a locally caught sea bass.

  The waiter pointed out the chef's recommendation, which was a locally caught sea bass.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I want to eat the chef recommendation.

  ✓ I want to order the chef's recommendation.

  Do not forget the possessive apostrophe 's' in 'chef's'. The recommendation belongs to the chef.

• ✗ What is the chef suggest?

  ✓ What is the chef's recommendation?

  'Chef suggest' is grammatically incorrect. Use the noun phrase 'chef's recommendation' or the verb construction 'What does the chef recommend?'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Since it was our first time at the steakhouse, we asked for the ___.

  💡 The dish suggested by the head cook.

  Show answer

  chef's recommendation

• Tonight's ___ is a slow-cooked beef brisket served with roasted vegetables.

  💡 The meal the chef advises you to try.

  Show answer

  chef's recommendation