How to pronounce sous-chef
American English pronunciation
SOO-shef
- IPA
- /ˈsuˌʃɛf/
- Syllables
- SOO · shef (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What sous-chef means
The cook who is second in charge of a restaurant kitchen
In a sentence: When the head chef was away, the sous-chef ran the busy kitchen.
Where it comes from: It comes from French, where sous means under, so a sous-chef is the chef just under the head chef. Italian has a similar phrase that English turned into underboss.
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