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View synonyms for sous-chef

sous-chef

[ soo-shef; French soo-shef ]

noun

, plural sous-chefs [soo, -shefs, soo-, shef].
  1. the second in command in a kitchen; the person ranking next after the head chef.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sous-chef1

< French, equivalent to sous under (< Latin subtus (adv.) underneath, below) + chef chef
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Example Sentences

Later, as a sous-chef and chef people would not respect my authority.

For years, McFarland had been the sous chef at the popular Pearl Oyster Bar in Greenwich Village.

He began as a dishwasher, then became a “prep drone,” “line-cook,” and eventually sous chef.

The 32-year-old then went abroad to the prestigious Bank restaurant in London where he worked as sous chef for one year.

After he graduated, Eli returned to Atlanta and reunited with Blais, working as his sous chef at One.

I found him ten years afterwards a sous-chef de gare on the Belgian frontier.

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