sous chef

Example Sentences

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Now, “people are eating more chicken thighs—for protein, for flavor, and for economical reasons,” said Chef Eric Huang, Pecking House’s founder and a former Eleven Madison Park sous-chef.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

She hands Prado a cutting board and tells her sous-chef to cut the tomatoes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2024

Episode 6 of the FX hit, in which sous-chef Sydney randomly gifts a dish she’s working on, illustrates why some critics try to eat as unknowns.

From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2022

Plump, red-haired and sassy, she and I immediately hit it off and at her request, I became her sous-chef of sorts.

From Salon • Sep. 25, 2022

Gogol is grateful for something to do, to be occupied and productive, even in the role of sous-chef to Donald.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri