What does producer mean in cooking?

producer means: Grower, processor. (in Cooking Dictionary)

What else does producer mean?

• A person, organization or individual that produces products or services. (in Merlin Dictionary)
• The person responsible for overseeing and controlling the commercial, administrative and financial aspects of staging or creating and disseminating a film or an audio recording. (in Merlin Dictionary)
• An furnace which produces producer gas. (in Merlin Dictionary)
• A plant or organism that makes its own food by photosynthesis, chemosynthesis, and is the first level of trophic levels in a food chain. (in Merlin Dictionary)