sous-chef
noun
the second in command in a kitchen; the person ranking next after the head chef.
sous-chefs
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pluralof sous-chef.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The restaurant’s version, developed by sous-chefs Greg Heitzig and Frédéric Aumeunier, will be savory: chestnut-filled ravioli set on a chestnut-and-sage pesto and crowned with a mousse made with Parmesan and white chocolate.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 15, 2021
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
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
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
