line cooks
Station-based chefs
Line cooks are the kitchen workers who staff individual stations during service—grill, sauté, fry, garde manger.
They execute dishes according to recipes and the head chef's standards, working under pressure during rushes.
The term comes from the line of stations in a professional kitchen: Three line cooks called in sick, so we're running behind.
- expediterOne who accelerates processes
- short orderRapidly prepared food
- chefProfessional kitchen leader
- knifeSharp cutting utensil
- fryCook in hot fat
grill · sauté · mince · mise en place · chop · food preparation · prep · team coordination · dice · broil · waiter · station · sear · kitchen staff · pastry chef · chef whites · back of house · garnish
- food industryrestaurants, eateries, fast food, cafeterias, catering
- hospitality workersservers, waiters, hostess, hosts, bartenders
- restaurant peoplechef, owner, manager, host, hostess
- Kitchen Managementinventory, ordering, food cost, labor cost, sanitation
- restaurant kitchenkitchen, prep area, walk-in cooler, walk-in, freezer
- workersworkers, employee, employees, laborer, laborers
line cooksexecutive chef
Senior kitchen authority
head chef · chef de cuisine · master chef · sous chef · kitchen manager
line cooksservers
Machines providing network resources
waitstaff · maître d · restaurant manager · hosts · bartenders
line, cook, lines, cooks, lined, lining, liner, liners, lineage