fry cook

American  

noun

1. a cook who mainly prepares fried foods, as at a lunch counter.

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Example Sentences

Anil Yadav, chief executive of Yadav Enterprises, reportedly got his start in the restaurant industry at age 17 as a fry cook at a California Jack in the Box.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

A number of restaurant chains have adopted the robotic fry cook, including Jack in the Box in San Diego, White Castle in the Midwest and CaliBurger on the West Coast, Bell said.

From Reuters • Oct. 4, 2022

Previously, even a magnifying glass couldn’t capture those subtle plays-on-words and puns printed on the newspaper held by the fry cook.

From Washington Post • Jun. 10, 2022

Fans have tapped into the old habits of a fry cook, air-frying anything they get hold of and hoping it works.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2022

“Eddie used to be fry cook at the San Carlos for a while.”

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck