Workplace Tracks

Working Line Cook

Track Overview

The job: produce plated food to standard, at speed, through a set break.

The shift: setup, service, breakdown — with the demand arriving in spikes on a published schedule.

What makes it hard in this room: twelve minutes, twice a night, and a station that was built into a hundred-year-old building rather than designed.

Prerequisites for the whole track: Modules 4, 7, 21, 23, 24, 25, 43, 44, 45, 51.

What this track does not cover: the pit, which is Pit Production Cook, and the constraint analysis, which is Kitchen Lead.



Contents

  1. Station Setup
  2. Working the Flat Top
  3. Working the Fryer
  4. Chicken Fried Steak and the Breading Station
  5. Plating and the Pass
  6. Modifications and Allergens
  7. The Set Break
  8. Holding and the Line's Own Product
  9. Breakdown and Close
  10. Working When Something Goes Wrong

Lessons

  1. Lesson 1 — Station Setup
  2. Lesson 2 — Working the Flat Top
  3. Lesson 3 — Working the Fryer
  4. Lesson 4 — Chicken Fried Steak and the Breading Station
  5. Lesson 5 — Plating and the Pass
  6. Lesson 6 — Modifications and Allergens
  7. Lesson 7 — The Set Break
  8. Lesson 8 — Holding and the Line's Own Product
  9. Lesson 9 — Breakdown and Close
  10. Lesson 10 — Working When Something Goes Wrong

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