cook-chilledadj.
/ˌkʊkˈtʃɪld/, U.S. /ˌkʊkˈtʃɪld/ Of food or a meal: cooked, then immediately chilled, to be served reheated within a period of days; prepared using the cook-chill system (see cook-chill n.).
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1989 Daily Tel. 14 Feb. 21/4 There is listeria, found to contaminate 16 per cent of cook-chilled foods.
1989 Which? Mar. 111/3 A quick glance at sell-by-dates shows that many retail cook-chilled foods have a life several days over the recommended five for catering food.
2000 Nottingham Evening Post (Nexis) 22 Aug. 16 The cook-chilled main meals are produced by a firm called Anglia Crown.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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