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
With the help of my sister, his reliable sous-chef, he cooks up beautiful, restaurant-quality food on a regular basis.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2024
Nestle and fluff the ingredients of this sous-chef salad with cooked and raw vegetables.
From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2022
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
I ran back to the kitchen before one of them could offer to be my sous-chef.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
But none have been promoted to sous-chef or chef de cuisine; the two women he identified as former sous-chefs there said they had never held that job.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2021
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
In the kitchen, scores of cooks, sous-chefs, egg-separaters, garlic-peelers, ganache-cubers, silver-polishers, and plate-straighteners rushed around.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 26, 2017
Instead of hiring a pastry chef who spent years honing her skills, he chose to hire a pair of sous-chefs in their mid-20s for each restaurant.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2016
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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