In the restaurant industry, a chef support job is an employee who assists the chef in the preparation of dishes and performs daily tasks such as handling ingredients, cleaning kitchen utensils, and maintaining hygiene. They are sometimes referred to as kitchen helpers or chef assistants and perform a range of tasks including preparing ingredients, chopping vegetables, washing vegetables, cleaning infrastructure, and helping the chef with sauces.

While chef assistants are not as important as chefs in the restaurant business, they are a key force in the operation of a restaurant. Without good handling of ingredients and clean infrastructure, fresh, safe and quality food cannot be guaranteed, and can even bring about foodborne illnesses that put customers' health at risk. Therefore, the quality, standardization and efficiency of chef support work depends on important aspects of food safety and hygiene.

Becoming a qualified chef's aid requires conscientiousness, care, diligence, flexibility and professionalism. They should ensure food safety and sanitation cleanliness, comply with hazardous materials handling regulations, follow the chef to handle preparation of ingredients, cleaning of kitchen utensils, making of sauces, etc. on time, and work as a team to complete the job successfully. In addition, they need to have a high level of physical fitness and a certain level of culinary skills so that they can ensure customers' dining and taste.