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Head but no heart when he's in charge of restaurant (4)

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I believe the answer is:

chef

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'head but no heart' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'he's in charge of restaurant' is the wordplay.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'charge of restaurant' becomes 'cf' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'he' put inside 'cf' is 'CHEF'.

'when' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for chef that I've seen before include "Key kitchen worker" , "Professional cook" , "who has a set of knives?" , "responsible for courses" , "Cooker?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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