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Cheeseburger
Cheeseburger: a hamburger topped with melted cheese, word attested 1938. Origin contested: Lionel Sternberger, Pasadena Rite Spot, 1924, versus Kaelin's Louisville 1934 and a 1935 Denver trademark; American and cheddar are the standard cheeses.
Cheesecake
Cheesecake, also sernik (Polish), Käsekuchen, a tart-like dessert of sweetened curd or cream cheese on a pastry or crumb base; recipes run from Cato's Rome and the 14th-century Forme of Cury to New York, Basque, Japanese, and Polish styles.
Cheesesteak
Cheesesteak (Philly cheesesteak): Philadelphia's signature hot sandwich of thinly sliced griddled ribeye, melted cheese (Cheez Whiz, American, or provolone), and fried onions on a long roll, invented in 1930 by Pat Olivieri and famous for the Pat's vs. Geno's rivalry.
Cheetos
Cheetos (チートス) is a cheese-flavored puffed cornmeal snack brand created in 1948 by the Frito Company's C.E. Doolin and now made by Frito-Lay, a PepsiCo division. Sold in over 40 countries; includes Crunchy, Puffs, and Flamin' Hot lines.
Cheez Whiz
Cheez Whiz is Kraft Heinz's pasteurized process cheese spread, invented for Welsh rarebit and launched 1952-1953; thick orange sauce, 410 mg sodium per serving, sold in the US, Canada, and the Philippines, distinct from Easy Cheese and Velveeta.
Cheez-It
Cheez-It, the American baked cheese cracker brand introduced in 1921 by Green & Green of Dayton, Ohio; later Sunshine Biscuits, Keebler, Kellogg, and Kellanova; owned by Mars since 2025; about 20 flavors.
Chef
Chef, which derives its title from the French chef de cuisine (chief of the kitchen), is a professional cook defined by its supervisory and menu-creating responsibilities.
Chef (2014 film)
Chef is a 2014 American comedy-drama written, directed by, and starring Jon Favreau, who plays a Los Angeles chef rebuilding his career and family life through a food truck.
Chef (2017 film)
Chef is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama directed by Raja Krishna Menon, starring Saif Ali Khan as a burnt-out chef who reconnects with his son through food.
Chef Boyardee
Chef Boyardee is an American canned-pasta brand founded in 1928 by Italian immigrant chef Ettore "Hector" Boiardi, whose phonetically spelled name and portrait brand the products. Sold to American Home Foods in 1946, later Conagra, and to Hometown Food Company in 2025 for $600 million.
Chef de cuisine
Chef de cuisine (head chef) is the title for the chef who runs a professional kitchen, atop Escoffier's brigade de cuisine; distinct from executive chef in multi-kitchen hotels and groups.
Chef's knife
Chef's knife (French knife): Western all-purpose kitchen knife, 6-12 inch broad tapered blade for dicing, mincing, slicing, chopping; distinguished from santoku by length, curved belly, and rocking-cut technique.
Chef's Table
Chef's Table is a Netflix documentary series created by David Gelb, premiering April 26, 2015, profiling one renowned chef per episode; distinct from spin-offs France, Pastry, BBQ, Pizza, Noodles, and Legends.
Chef's uniform
The chef's uniform, often called chef's whites, is the standard working dress of professional kitchens, including the tall white toque, double-breasted jacket, and checkered trousers.
Chelsea boot
Chelsea boot: laceless ankle boot with elastic side gussets and pull tab, patented in 1837 by Queen Victoria's bootmaker J. Sparkes-Hall; named for London's Chelsea in the 1950s-60s and popularized by the Beatles' Cuban-heeled Anello & Davide Beatle boot.
Chelsea Charms
Chelsea Charms (born 1976, Minneapolis) is the stage name of an American big-bust model and exotic dancer who claimed the world's largest augmented breasts via banned polypropylene string implants, appeared on This Morning in 2011, and was sculpted by Marc Quinn.
Chelsea Fernandez
Chelsea Fernandez (Chelsea Lovely Fernandez) is a Filipino model and beauty queen, Binibining Pilipinas Globe 2022 and first runner-up at Miss Cosmo 2025 in Vietnam.
Chemical peel
Chemical peel: a dermatologic skin-resurfacing procedure applying acids (glycolic, salicylic, TCA, phenol) at superficial, medium, or deep depths to treat acne, wrinkles, pigment disorders, and scars; distinct from laser resurfacing and unregulated at-home peel products.
Chemise
Chemise: loose straight-cut undergarment from Old French/Late Latin camisia; historic body linen for men and women, Marie Antoinette's 1783 chemise dress, Victorian underwear layer, now silk sleepwear or lingerie-as-outerwear.
Chendamangalam handloom weavers
Chendamangalam handloom weavers of Ernakulam district, Kerala, a Devanga Chettiar community settled under the Paliam chief ministers, weave GI-tagged kasavu set mundu, dhotis, and sarees with the puliyilakara border on fully manual looms.
Chenille fabric
Chenille fabric is a soft, fuzzy cloth made from chenille yarn, named from the French word for caterpillar; it was created in France in the 1780s.
Chenin blanc
Chenin blanc, also called Pineau de la Loire or Steen, is a high-acid white wine grape from France's Loire Valley, first named by Rabelais in 1534, a savagnin descendant, now most planted in South Africa (16,192 ha in 2023).
Cheongsam
The cheongsam, known in Chinese as the qipao (旗袍) or Mandarin gown, is a fitted one-piece dress for women that developed in China in the 1920s from Manchu robes.
Cheslie Kryst
Cheslie Kryst (Cheslie Corrinne Kryst, 1991-2022), American attorney, Miss USA 2019, and Extra correspondent; first attorney to win Miss USA, died by suicide in New York at 30.
Chess pie
Chess pie, also known as Jefferson Davis pie, is a very sweet Southern American dessert pie with a dense custard filling of eggs, butter, and sugar.
Chewbacca Mask Lady
Chewbacca Mask Lady, or Chewbacca Mom, is the nickname of Texas mother Candace Payne, whose May 2016 laughing Chewbacca-mask video became the most viewed Facebook Live video then.
Chewing gum
Chewing gum, a chewable confection of insoluble gum base with sweeteners and flavors; ancient birch-bark tar and chicle origins, Thomas Adams and Wrigley industry, sugar-free dental benefits, synthetic polymer base.
Chewing tobacco
Chewing tobacco (spit tobacco) is cured smokeless tobacco in loose leaf, plug, or twist form held between cheek and gum. Unlike snuff or snus, it is leaf tobacco; 273.9 million users worldwide in 2019, mostly in South Asia; causes mouth, esophageal, and pancreatic cancer.
Chewy (company)
Chewy, also known as Chewy.com, is an American e-commerce company selling pet food, supplies, medications, and health services, launched in 2011 and publicly listed since 2019.
Chez Panisse
Chez Panisse, Alice Waters' Berkeley restaurant opened August 28, 1971 with Paul Aratow, pioneered California cuisine and farm-to-table dining with a daily-changing fixed menu, direct farmer sourcing, and the Edible Schoolyard Project.