prep station
Chef's cutting area
A prep station is a designated workspace in a kitchen where ingredients are prepared before cooking—chopping vegetables, measuring spices, portioning meat.
In professional kitchens, prep stations are organized areas with cutting boards, knives, and containers for mise en place.
Home cooks use the term for any countertop area set up for food preparation: I cleared a prep station near the stove.
- mise en placePre-cooking ingredient arrangement
- cutting boardSurface for slicing food
- chefProfessional kitchen leader
- sous chefKitchen's second-in-command
- knifeSharp cutting utensil
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- kitchen stations
- restaurant equipmentdeep fryer, fryer, griddle, grill, range
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prep stationstovetop
Burner platform for cooking
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