花はな板いた

noun

head chef; master chef

Specifically refers to the top chef in a traditional Japanese restaurant, especially one who works at the counter cutting board. The term carries a sense of mastery and authority in the kitchen.

• あの料りょう亭ていの花はな板いたは、若わかい頃ころから修しゅ業ぎょうを積つんできた。

  The head chef of that traditional Japanese restaurant has been training since he was young.

• 花はな板いたが自みずからお造つくりを出だしてくれた。

  The master chef himself served us the sashimi.