Creative languages
Chef
Chef is an esoteric programming language where programs look like cooking recipes. Variables are ingredients, and control structures are cooking methods. Designed to challenge and amuse programmers.
- Created by
- David Morgan-Mar
- First appeared
- 2002
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Your first program
Hello, World!
Hello World Cake with Chocolate sauce.
Ingredients.
100 g chocolate
250 g butter
250 g sugar
3 eggs
115 g flour
1 tsp baking powder
Cooking time: 25 minutes.
Preheat oven to 180°C.
Grease a cake tin.
Method.
Put chocolate and butter in a mixing bowl.
Melt until smooth.
Add sugar and eggs.
Beat until fluffy.
Fold in flour and baking powder.
Pour mixture into the cake tin.
Bake for 25 minutes.
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Content reviewed August 2026 · Start with primary sources and verify version-specific details.