English edit

Etymology edit

sub- +‎ chef

Noun edit

subchef (plural subchefs)

  1. A lesser or subsidiary chef.
    • 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.