subchef

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ chef.

Noun

subchef (plural subchefs)

1. A subsidiary or assistant chef.

   Synonym: underchef

   Hypernyms: chef, cook

   Coordinate terms: chef, head chef, chief cook and bottle washer

   Near-synonyms: sous-chef, subcook, undercook, chef de partie, station chef, line cook (all sometimes synonymous)

   • 1989, Paul Zindel, Amazing and Death Defying Diary of Eugene Dingman, page 29:

     The subchefs were setting up foodstuffs. Assistants were grating cheese, making gravies, tossing lettuces.