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sous chef

[soo-shef, soo-shef] / ˈsuˌʃɛf, suˈʃɛf /




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But now the restaurant is "scrambling to do something to stay afloat" and figure out "what can be done without a gas connection", sous chef Dhruv Thapliyal told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

On Wednesday, they served a mussel dish with garlic confit and serrano chili developed by his breakfast sous chef.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

Their place in the Village would cost $7,500 a month in rent nowadays— hard to afford on Rachel's salary as a café waitress and Monica's job as a sous chef.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2024

Curtis Mccalla, the Jamaican sous chef at Akoko, welcomes the inclusion of African cuisine by Michelin.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2024

I was pretty much my mom’s sous chef growing up, which is just a fancy way of saying I was her kitchen assistant.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds




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