YOU SAID:
my father is doing the dishes
INTO JAPANESE
私の父は料理をしています
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My father is cooking
INTO JAPANESE
私の父は料理です
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My father is a cook
INTO JAPANESE
私の父は料理家です
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My father is a cook.
INTO JAPANESE
私の父は料理家です。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My father is a cook.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.