Learn French: Je vais rencontrer le nouveau chef. - I am going to meet the new boss.

To say you are going to do something in French, use the near future tense. Just take the present tense of the verb aller (to go)—which is je vais here—and add the dictionary form (infinitive) of the main action verb, rencontrer (to meet).

Doesn't chef mean a cook?

In English, yes! But in French, un chef is a general word for a boss, manager, or chief in any workplace. If you specifically want to talk about a cook, you would usually say un cuisinier or un chef de cuisine.

Why is nouveau placed before the noun chef?

Most French adjectives come after the noun they describe. However, a small group of common adjectives describing Beauty, Age, Goodness, and Size (often remembered by the acronym BAGS) go before the noun. Nouveau (new) falls under the Age category, so it is placed right before chef.

Would the sentence change if the new boss were a woman?

Yes! Because adjectives must match the gender of the noun, you would change the masculine nouveau to the feminine nouvelle. The sentence would become Je vais rencontrer la nouvelle chef (or la nouvelle cheffe).