Kitchen Terms Quiz

Created to showcase a special on the service menu or to get acquainted with the menu.

Shouted near/ behind a co-worker with a hot item in their hand.

A completed dish is awaiting final inspection and deliver on the pass.

Where completed orders are placed for final inspection and delivery.

The number of menu items left before it becomes 86'd.

Shout when you are nearing a blind turn ( in a precarious position).

To make additional orders out of what would be considered not enough for what's needed. 

Substituting a similar ingredient for another.

This phrase is accompanied by an amount of time or number of tickets.

The menu item is currently cooking.

Letting someone know  that you heard what they said.

kitchen is overwhelmed with new orders or inundated with the current orders not yet completed.

Using unused food after conclusion of service.

The number of a specific menu item needed to complete the order on the tickets.

Shouted when a cook wishes to walk down the line, between stoves and prep.

Too busy to do anything else, so don't even ask.

Shouted near/ behind a co-worker with a sharp item in their hand.

Term used to tell the chef that a certain menu item has been completely sold out.

Beginning the initial stage of cooking, typically said aloud to inform the brigade.

Chef or expediter will inform the line of an order, and read the ticket and place on rail.

The only way that you should address your superior in the kitchen.

Describes a dish that has sat for too long on the pass, rendering it unfit to serve.

A.S.A.P. (usually because a server forgot tot put in an order)