In a message dated 8/29/01 10:48:00 AM Central Daylight Time, Seton1355 at aol.com writes: << Hi, quickie question: What is a sous-chef and .. >> Sous chefs are those people just under the head or executive chef. They generally see to the daily operations of the kitchen and only bother the BIG GUY or GAL when there's a problem. Finnebhir