sous-chef
Americannoun
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sous-chefs
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of sous-chef
< French, equivalent to sous under (< Latin subtus (adv.) underneath, below) + chef chef
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She’s got main-character energy throughout the series, as a football thrower for Elroy, a homework helper for Judy and a dinner sous-chef for Jane.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
The cram course in haute cuisine food prep enabled Edebiri to approximate the skill set of a gifted sous-chef.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2022
Episode 6 of the FX hit, in which sous-chef Sydney randomly gifts a dish she’s working on, illustrates why some critics try to eat as unknowns.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2022
Plump, red-haired and sassy, she and I immediately hit it off and at her request, I became her sous-chef of sorts.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2022
Gogol is grateful for something to do, to be occupied and productive, even in the role of sous-chef to Donald.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
Harris often mentions in interviews that she loves to cook Sunday dinner for everyone, her husband and stepchildren acting as sous-chefs, Emhoff donning goggles when it’s his turn to chop.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2020
Sure enough, John, the self-taught head chef, and his wife, the smile at the entrance, take turns delivering the five-course dinner along with sous-chefs Ethan Taylor and Connor Hartman, the owners’ only employees.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2018
The sous-chefs wore Kenzo tiger sweatshirts in different colors.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 13, 2017
Generations of chefs in Europe worked within the apprentice system, starting out by peeling potatoes all day at age 16 and rising — slowly — to positions as sous-chefs and chefs de cuisine.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2015
It's an elite ranking, and after Achatz's toast, one of his sous-chefs, Andrew Graves, lifted his glass and confided, "I just want to say that I'm relieved."
From Time ● Dec. 27, 2010
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