What is a sous chef?

Answer 1

Sous-chef

A sous-chef is a chef ranking just below an executive chef or chef de cuisine. The word sous is French for "under," related to the prefix "sub-" in English.

The sous-chef is directly in charge of whole kitchen production. Because the executive chef's responsibilities require spending a great deal of time in the office, the sous-chef takes command of the actual production and the minute-by-minute supervision and scheduling of the kitchen staff. The sous-chef may also be in charge of expediting (ensuring food gets to the waitstaff in a timely fashion), plating the food and food presentation. He or she also picks the daily specials.

A direct executive assistant of the executive chef, the sous-chef often shares some duties with the executive chef, such as menu planning and ordering. Kitchens often have more than one sous-chef, each having a particular area of responsibility, such as the banquet sous-chef, in charge of all banquets, or the executive sous-chef, in charge of all other sous-chefs.

Answer 2

Hi Matthew,
A sous chef is the Head Chefs 2ic although he is second in
command he can only be called a sous if the brigade (kitchen
team chef's etc) is greater then 5 otherwise he will be just
classified as a Second Chef likewise a Head Chef is like a
sous if he works under an Executive Chef.
Hope that has been helpful to you Matthew.
Regards............
CoffeeBean

Answer 3

A sous-chef is a chef ranking just below an executive chef or chef de cuisine. The word sous is French for "under," related to the prefix "sub-" in English.

The sous-chef is directly in charge of whole kitchen production. Because the executive chef's responsibilities require spending a great deal of time in the office, the sous-chef takes command of the actual production and the minute-by-minute supervision and scheduling of the kitchen staff. The sous-chef may also be in charge of expediting (ensuring food gets to the waitstaff in a timely fashion), plating the food and food presentation. He or she also picks the daily specials.

A direct executive assistant of the executive chef, the sous-chef often shares some duties with the executive chef, such as menu planning and ordering. Kitchens often have more than one sous-chef, each having a particular area of responsibility, such as the banquet sous-chef, in charge of all banquets, or the executive sous-chef, in charge of all other sous-chefs.

Answer 4

A sous-chef is a chef ranking just below an executive chef or chef de cuisine. The word sous is French for "under," related to the prefix "sub-" in English.

The sous-chef is directly in charge of whole kitchen production. Because the executive chef's responsibilities require spending a great deal of time in the office, the sous-chef takes command of the actual production and the minute-by-minute supervision and scheduling of the kitchen staff. The sous-chef may also be in charge of expediting (ensuring food gets to the waitstaff in a timely fashion), plating the food and food presentation. He or she also picks the daily specials.

A direct executive assistant of the executive chef, the sous-chef often shares some duties with the executive chef, such as menu planning and ordering. Kitchens often have more than one sous-chef, each having a particular area of responsibility, such as the banquet sous-chef, in charge of all banquets, or the executive sous-chef, in charge of all other sous-chefs.








source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sous_chef

Answer 5

Basically right under the chef. It's like he is a chef when the chef's not there, because he's always in his office with phone calls and sales reps. So the sous chef has to keep turning out the plates, coordinating everything, yelling at the help, everything a chef used to do before he got the designation.

Answer 6

Sous chef. Sous means (loosely) under so it particularly is a decrease rank than head chef. you have numerous ranks in a huge kitchen..........Chef de partie Head Chef (the authority in the kitchen) Sous Chef (2nd-in-command) Chef Steward working Chef Chef's Assistant Chef de Partie evening Chef feast Chef and the checklist is going on with chefs making waiting diverse components of a meal i.e. soups, broilers, vegetables, and so on. Wikpedia provide you with the checklist

Answer 7

An Executive Chef's assistant.

Answer 8

The sous chef in just under the main (executive) chef. They do a majority of the prep work as well as preparing "basic" dishes. Since the Exec. chef is supper busy the Sous takes care of the kitchen in their absence.

Answer 9

a sous chef is second in command, one down from the chef he takes over the responsibility of the kitchen when the head chef is unavailable

Answer 10

The sous chef is the cook who supervises the actual food production and who reports to the executive chef.