subchef

noun

subchef

noun

Etymology From sub- + chef. Piecewise doublet of subchief and subhead.

1

A subsidiary or assistant chef.

Near-synonyms: sous-chef, subcook, undercook, chef de partie, station chef, line cook (all sometimes synonymous)
The subchefs were setting up foodstuffs. Assistants were grating cheese, making gravies, tossing lettuces.1989, Paul Zindel, Amazing and Death Defying Diary of Eugene Dingman, page 29:

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