At the small inn, she was the head cook and bottle washer, preparing meals and washing every dish herself.

When the startup's founder fell ill, Maria stepped in as the chief cook and bottle washer, juggling investor calls, emergency bug fixes, and even the coffee runs.

In our small startup, the founders had to be chief cooks and bottle-washers to keep everything running.

She described her job at the family diner as head cook and bottle-washer, doing everything from menu planning to washing the bottles.

In the old ship's galley, the head cooks and bottle-washers argued about the best way to sterilize jars.

As the chief cook and bottle-washer of the small theater company, Maria handled everything from catering to cleanup.

When the committee tried to rewrite the policy together, too many cooks spoil the broth, and we ended up with a muddled document.

Whenever the committee argued about the menu, someone sighed and muttered, 'too many cooks spoil the stew.'

During the group project, when everyone tried to take charge, someone warned, 'too many cooks spoil the soup.'

When we couldn't agree on a solution, she reminded us with the old proverb that there's more than one way to cook an egg.