subchef

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noun

A subsidiary or assistant chef.

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

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Meanings

nounsubchef (plural subchefs)

plural subchefs

  1. A subsidiary or assistant chef.

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

    1 more example

    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

    Synonyms: underchef, sous-chef, subcook, undercook, chef de partie, station chef, line cook

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA subsidiary or assistant chef.

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underchefsous-chefsubcookundercookchef de partiestation chefline cook
Also see
chef de partiesubcookunderchefundercook

Origin

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

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APA

subchef. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subchef

MLA

“subchef.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subchef. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subchef,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subchef.

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