Let me turn that around — do you even know what it's like being a cook?

He declared, "I won't send out a single dish I'd be ashamed of as a cook."

That cook's knife work was like art — I couldn't take my eyes off it!

Still, the cook says nothing, keeps tossing the pan, and works on getting the flavor right.

After failing so many times, I felt down thinking I was just a hopeless cook.