I kēlā me kēia makahiki ma ʻOkakopa 20, kona lā hoʻomaha ʻoihana - ʻO kā Chef lā - nā chef a me nā loea kuke mai nā wahi holoʻokoʻa o ka honua e hoʻolauleʻa ai.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka lā International i 2004 ma ka hoʻokumu ʻia o ka World Association of Culinary Communities. ʻO kēia hui, ma ke ala, he 8 miliona mau lālā - nā ʻelele o ka ʻoihana kuke mai nā ʻāina like ʻole. No laila, ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka loea i ka poʻe loea.
Hamka International chefs lā (International Chefs Day) ma mua o 70 mau ʻāina i lilo i nui. Ma waho aʻe o nā loea culinary ponoʻī, nā ʻelele o nā luna, nā limahana o nā ʻoihana huakaʻi a, ʻoiaʻiʻo, nā mea nona nā hale lawelawe lawelawe, mai nā hale liʻiliʻi a i nā hale ʻaina kaulana, e komo i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā hanana ʻoliʻoli. Hoʻonohonoho lākou i nā hoʻokūkū mākaukau chefs, alakaʻi i nā mea ʻono a hoʻowalewale me ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana o nā ipu kumu.
I nā ʻāina he nui, ʻaʻole nānā iki ʻia i nā hanana i komo ai nā keiki a me nā ʻōpio. Kipa aku ʻo Chefs i nā hale aʻo a nā keiki, kahi e aʻo ai lākou i nā keiki pehea e kuke ai a wehewehe ai i ka nui o ka ʻai olakino. Hiki i ka poʻe ʻōpio ke aʻo hou aʻe e pili ana i ka ʻoihana o kahi chef a loaʻa i nā haʻawina waiwai i ke ʻano o ke kuke ʻana.
ʻO ka ʻoihana kuke kekahi o nā mea i koi nui ʻia ma ka honua a ʻo kekahi o nā mea kahiko loa. ʻO ka mōʻaukala, he hāmau e pili ana i ka mea i hele mua me ka manaʻo o ke kuke ʻana i ka ʻiʻo mai ka pāʻani a i ʻole nā mea kanu i hōʻiliʻili ʻia i ka nahele. Akā aia kahi moʻolelo e pili ana i kahi wahine nona ka inoa i hāʻawi i ka inoa i ka ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa - kuke.
Ua mahalo ka poʻe Helene kahiko i ke akua o ka hoʻōla iā Asclepius (aka ka Roman Aesculapius). Ua manaʻo ʻia kāna kaikamahine ʻo Hygeya ke kahu o ke olakino (ma ke ala, ʻo ka huaʻōlelo "hoʻomaʻemaʻe" i hoʻomaka ʻia mai kona inoa). A ʻo kā lākou mea kōkua pono i nā mea āpau, ʻo ia ke kuke ʻo Kulina, ka mea i hoʻomaka e kākoʻo i ke ʻano o ke kuke ʻana, i kapa ʻia ʻo "kuke".
ʻO nā mea i kākau ʻia ma ka pepa, ua hōʻike ʻia ma Babulona, ʻAigupita Kahiko a me Kina Kahiko, a me nā ʻāina o ka Hikina ʻAlapia. Ua iho mai kekahi o lākou i o mākou nei i nā monuments kākau o kēlā au, a inā makemake ʻia, hiki i kekahi ke hoʻāʻo e kuke i nā kīʻaha a ka pharaoh ʻAigupita a i ʻole ka mōʻī o ka Celestial Empire i ʻai ai.
I Lūkia, ua hoʻomaka ka hoʻomoʻa ʻana ma ke ʻano he ʻepekema i ka 18 kenekulia. ʻO kēia ma muli o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o nā hale lawelawe mea hoʻomomona. I ka mua he mau hale inu rama kēia, a laila hale inu hale a me nā hale ʻaina. Ua wehe ʻia ka lumi kuke kīʻaha mua ma Rūsia i ka makahiki 1888 ma St.