chef/cook – el cocinero (m)/la cocinera (f)

(Pronounced koh-see-neh-roh/koh-see-neh-rah)

To remember that chef/cook is pronounced koh-see-neh-roh or koh-see-neh-rah (cocinero/cocinera) in Latin American Spanish, use the following mnemonic:

The chef's food cost me next to nothing, but had zero (cocinero) flavour.