Question: Hello, I am learning some vocabulary on Drops and with

I think of a Chef as maybe...more "educated, sophisticated" cooking. Fancy, expensive, niche restaurants.
A Cook, in my opinion, is more well rounded. A cook is everyday meals...like a diner or smaller restaurants. A Cook is able to handle all/many types of foods, cooking styles and cook for larger groups.
In my opinion, I would rather have a Cook in my kitchen, as they are more able and willing to try different things.

@YinYan Yes, I also have that kind of image when I think of a Chef. Some one who has been trained in a school were where they have been taught specific techniques or specializes in specific cuisine. Nowadays, the line between Chef and Cook has become so blurred because not only trained Chef’s can have a cookbook or a cooking show. Do you know if the words I mentioned for Chef and Cook in Tagalog are used interchangeably?

We commonly use “kusinero” and “tagaluto” interchangeably. “Kusinero” is an adaptation of the Spanish “cocinero” in which the suffix “ero” gives it the general meaning of “one who works in the kitchen (Sp. cocina)”.“Tagaluto” is the Tagalog word for “the one who cooks”. The “taga” prefix is also used to identify one’s task within a division of tasks. Thus, “tagaluto” is the one who cooks, “tagalabá” is the one who does the laundry (washing part), “tagaplantsa” is the one who does the ironing, “tagapamilí” is the one who does the marketing/shopping, etc..“Kusinero” is associated with the kitchen while “tagaluto” is not necessarily so, i.e., the location could be anywhere. In that way, “tagaluto” is more generic than “kusinero”. Neither word would normally be understood as “chef” unless we elaborate on what we mean. So “chef” is also “chef” in Filipino.