sous-chef

The definition of a sous-chef is the second in command in the kitchen or a chef's assistant.

(noun)

An example of sous-chef is the person the kitchen staff takes orders from when the head chef isn't around.

See sous-chef in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a chef's assistant

Origin: Fr, lit., under-chef

See sous-chef in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. sous-chefs (-shĕfsˌ, -shĕfˈ)

The chef who is second in authority in a restaurant or kitchen, ranking below the head chef.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: : sous, under

Origin: + chef, chef

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