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Gourmet means someone who enjoys fine food and wine and is good at judging their quality. (noun)

An example of a gourmet is the chef, Julia Child.

See gourmet in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person who likes and is an excellent judge of fine foods and drinks; epicure

See gourmet in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(go͝or-māˈ, go͝orˈmāˌ)

noun

A connoisseur of fine food and drink.

Usage Note: A gourmet is a person with discriminating taste in food and wine, as is a gourmand. Because gourmand can also mean “one who enjoys food in great quantities” or even “a gluttonous eater,” care should be taken to make clear its intended sense. An epicure is much the same as a gourmet, but the word may sometimes carry overtones of excessive refinement. This use of epicure is a misrepresentation of Epicurean philosophy, which, while it professed that pleasure was the highest good, was hardly given to excessive concern with food and drink.

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