The man cook: medium skin tone emoji is your go-to symbol for chef energy, kitchen confidence, and the legendary "let him cook" moment. On Apple/iOS, he rocks a crisp white chef’s hat (toque) and jacket with a red neckerchief, smiling calmly while holding a gray skillet with a sunny-side-up egg—that bright yellow yolk is the instant giveaway. The medium skin tone shows on his face and hands, making the character feel personalized and warm. It looks like he’s mid-sizzle, plated to impress, and absolutely unbothered by your microwave dinner.
People drop this when they’re bragging about dinner, posting meal-prep victories, or teasing a surprise feast for date night. It doubles as playful banter—“what’s cooking?”—and carries big “chef’s kiss” vibes without using the actual kiss emoji. Foodies and home cooks use it in Stories and Reels to caption recipe drops, sourdough updates, or that one perfect sear you swear could land you on a cooking show.
Culturally, it’s a staple of internet slang: “let him cook” means give someone space to finish their idea or keep the momentum going—whether it’s a hot take on X, a teammate popping off in a game, or a musician layering tracks in the studio. It can be sincere (they’re on a roll) or ironic (this speech is going off the rails… but let him cook anyway).
It’s also prime for humor: self-roasting when you burn toast, sarcastic flexing with instant noodles, or tossing Gordon Ramsay jokes and Ratatouille references. Flirty? Try “I’ll cook for you” with this emoji and watch it do half the rizz. Either way, the hat + egg-in-pan combo is visually iconic—one glance and everyone knows the kitchen is open.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 3664 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 |
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| Emoji Code Version | iOS 10 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 👨🏽🍳 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 4 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 👨🏽🍳 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 👨 🏽 ‍ 🍳 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 👨 🏽 ‍ 🍳 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f468, 1f3fd, 200d, 1f373 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F468, U+1F3FD, U+200D, U+1F373 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128104, 127997, 8205, 127859 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xA8, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBD, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8D 0xB3 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 91 A8, F0 9F 8F BD, E2 80 8D, F0 9F 8D B3 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 221 250, 360 237 217 275, 342 200 215, 360 237 215 263 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC68, 0xD83C 0xDFFD, 0x200D, 0xD83C 0xDF73 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc68, d83cdffd, 200d, d83cdf73 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56424, 55356 57341, 8205, 55356 57203 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F468 0x0001F3FD 0x0000200D 0x0001F373 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F468, 01F3FD, 200D, 01F373 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128104, 127997, 8205, 127859 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F468\U0001F3FD\u200D\U0001F373" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x91\xa8\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbd\xe2\x80\x8d\xf0\x9f\x8d\xb3" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC68\uD83C\uDFFD\u200D\uD83C\uDF73" |
