kitchen staff
Behind-the-line crew
Kitchen staff refers collectively to the people who work in a kitchen, especially in restaurants, hotels, or institutional settings.
The term encompasses everyone from head chefs to dishwashers: The kitchen staff arrives at five to prep for dinner service.
It emphasizes the group as a unit rather than individual roles.
- sous chefKitchen's second-in-command
- dishwasherAppliance that cleans cookware
- expeditorOne who hastens processes
- food runnerRestaurant plate deliverer
- short orderRapidly prepared food
chef · brigade · back of house · line cook · prep cook · plating · pastry chef · clocking in · garnishing · menu · busboy · mise en place · sautéing · chopping · catering · filleting · commis · turnover
- Restaurant Operationsmenu planning, inventory, food cost, reservations, hostess
- food industryrestaurants, eateries, fast food, cafeterias, catering
- restaurant workwaiter, waitress, server, chef, cook
- cafeteria workerslunch lady, cook, chef, cashier, server
- food workersbutcher, bartender, server, caterer, chef
- hospitality workersservers, waiters, hostess, hosts, bartenders
restaurant operational zone
kitchen stafffront of house
Guest-facing venue operations
wait staff · servers · waiters · waitresses · service staff