sous chef

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She’s got main-character energy throughout the series, as a football thrower for Elroy, a homework helper for Judy and a dinner sous-chef for Jane.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

In the hit TV show, the character Sydney Adamu, a Black unapologetically ambitious sous-chef, is attempting to help the show’s hunky, emotionally touchy male protagonist transform his dead brother’s sandwich shop into a Michelin-star restaurant.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2023

Nestle and fluff the ingredients of this sous-chef salad with cooked and raw vegetables.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 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

I ran back to the kitchen before one of them could offer to be my sous-chef.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks