From ancient times to the present, people have different opinions about chefs: those who praise them call them heavenly chefs, Ding Yi's family, food generals and seasoning masters; The disparagers call it a slave, a child under the kitchen, a child under the stove, and a greasy head.

Ancient chefs have some particular names, such as Imperial Chef, Official Chef, Four Chefs, Home Chef, Temple Chef, Ship Chef, Military Chef and Prostitute Chef. Every "military force" has several branches.

For example, the ancient military camp was also called the military chef as the cook, the cook, the fireman and the rotor army; In religious temples, temple chefs are also called monk chefs, Taoist chefs, rice heads and vegetable heads.

Among the chefs, the chef's alias is the most elegant, which is called the authority, the head, the case, the teacher, and the wine doctor.

From the Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period, chefs can also be called bubble people, cooks, orcs, fishermen, wine people, pulp people, wax people, turtle people, salt people and chicken people. The person who cooks the beast is the orc, the person who cooks the turtle is the turtle, and the person who cooks the chicken is the chicken.