kitchen helper
Sous chef, informally
A kitchen helper is someone who assists with basic food preparation and cleanup in a restaurant or institutional kitchen.
The role typically involves tasks like washing dishes, chopping vegetables, and maintaining cleanliness—support work that keeps the kitchen running but doesn't require formal culinary training.
She started as a kitchen helper before becoming a line cook.
- prep cookEntry-level culinary worker
- dishwasherAppliance that cleans cookware
- dirty dishesUsed plates needing washing
- busboyRestaurant table clearer
- peelerSkin-removing utensil
cutting board · apron · chopping · scrubbing · mincing · dicing · utensil · spatula · whisk · ladle · mixing bowl · scullery · trainee · apprentice · rinse · pots · pans · counter
- household staffmaid, butler, housekeeper, cook, nanny
- kitchen staffchef, sous chef, head chef, cook, line cook
- church volunteersusher, greeter, lector, reader, altar server
- kitchen traineescommis, culinary student
- manual laborfarming, lifting, carrying, shoveling, loading
- cafeteria workerslunch lady, cook, chef, cashier, server
kitchen helperhead chef
Kitchen's top cook
executive chef · chef de cuisine · master chef · sous chef · kitchen manager
kitchen helpermaître d
Chief dining room attendant
head waiter · sommelier · server · waitstaff
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