cocinero
/koθiˈneɾo/ · B1 · noun · m
cook
🧑🍳 cocina (kitchen) + -ero (person who works at it) = kitchen worker
Cocina comes from Latin coquina, from coquere, to cook. English cook, kitchen and cuisine share that root. Spanish uses -ero for jobs, as in zapatero (shoemaker), so cocinero means the person of the kitchen.