noun
General Slang
sous chef
· noun · kitchen
Second-in-command who actually runs the kitchen most nights.
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Number two under the head chef and, in practice, the person calling the pass when the exec is doing press or sleeping. Manages the line, disciplines the brigade, and absorbs the chaos so the menu lands clean.
“Chef's off Sunday, so the sous is running the pass.”
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sous chef In A Sentence
Chef's off Sunday, so the sous is running the pass.
Origin & Usage
French 'sous-chef de cuisine', literally 'under-chief of the kitchen', another fixture of Escoffier's brigade structure.
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