What exactly does a sous chef does what are his or her responsibilites; thanks?

Question

what is a sous chef and what do they do

Answer 1

mostly chopping food, cleaning food, anything that would need to be taken care of before the actual cooking of the food (basically the dirty work).  :p

Answer 2

"sous" means under, the sous chef is ranked underneath the executive chef. Directly involved with food production and supervision of daily kitchen tasks by the cooks.

like an assistant to the real deal

Answer 3

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