The man cook emoji is your digital head chef: a male-presenting cook in a tall white toque, ready to whip up something tasty (or at least edible). On Apple/iOS, he’s shown from the shoulders up with a calm, confident smile, wearing a crisp white double-breasted jacket and holding a black frying pan with a sunny-side-up egg—bright yellow yolk, glossy white, total brunch energy. The angle is a subtle three-quarter view, like he just turned from the stove to say, “Yes, chef.” Those instantly recognizable touches—the towering hat, the gleam on the pan—scream pro-kitchen vibes.
People use this when they’re bragging about homemade pasta, announcing meal prep Sundays, or texting “I’ll cook for you” with maximum flirt. It’s also prime for irony: post a picture of burned toast and drop this like a deadpan mic. In meme-land, it joins “let him cook” to mean give the guy time—he’s building a masterplan, whether it’s a spicy comeback, a risky strat in a game, or a conspiracy-thread monologue. Expect cameos next to 🤌 for a “chef’s kiss,” alongside 🍳 for breakfast posts, or with “Yes, chef” nods to Gordon Ramsay and The Bear. Translation: culinary flex, domestic charm, and internet mischief all sautéed in one pan.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1577 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture | ![]() |
| Google Android Picture | ![]() |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | |
| Keywords |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 10 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 👨🍳 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 3 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 👨🍳 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 👨 ‍ 🍳 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 👨 ‍ 🍳 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f468, 200d, 1f373 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F468, U+200D, U+1F373 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128104, 8205, 127859 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xA8, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8D 0xB3 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 91 A8, E2 80 8D, F0 9F 8D B3 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 221 250, 342 200 215, 360 237 215 263 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC68, 0x200D, 0xD83C 0xDF73 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc68, 200d, d83cdf73 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56424, 8205, 55356 57203 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F468 0x0000200D 0x0001F373 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F468, 200D, 01F373 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128104, 8205, 127859 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F468\u200D\U0001F373" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x91\xa8\xe2\x80\x8d\xf0\x9f\x8d\xb3" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC68\u200D\uD83C\uDF73" |