brigade de cuisine
Professional kitchen staff
Brigade de cuisine is the French term for the hierarchical kitchen staff system developed in professional restaurants.
The brigade organizes cooks into specialized stations—saucier, garde manger, pâtissier—under an executive chef and sous chef.
The system remains standard in fine dining kitchens: He worked his way up through the brigade de cuisine.
- kitchenFood preparation room
- back of houseNon-public restaurant operations
- hot lineUrgent communication channel
- chefProfessional kitchen leader
- stationFixed stopping point
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Meals prepared at residence
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Residential food preparation room
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