Mise en Place and Time Management

What does mise en place mean? (translate as)

• "know your place"

• "work efficiently"

• "everything put in place"

• "everything has a place"

Mise en place involves preparing the following in advance EXCEPT ...

• assembling ingredients

• stovetop

• equipment

• washing, trimming, cutting, preparing ingredients

The goal of mise en place is ....

• to avoid mistakes

• to have things ready on time

• to set records for speedy preparation

• to do as much in advance as possible without loss of quality

Ideally, when following mise en place, you would ....

• have every ingredient prepared and measured out in advance

• be able to assemble a recipe without stopping to prepare recipe ingredients

• have all ingredients, equipment, and tools assembled before you start assembling a recipe

• do all of the above

"The first step of any recipe, whether written or not, is always a part of advance preparation: __________________"

• assembling your equipment

• assembling and preparing the ingredients

• preheating the oven

• washing your hands

Where do you find prepreparation tasks?

• in the ingredient list - as past tense verbs

• in the directions

• as a note at the bottom of the recipe

• you don't find them; you just have to figure them out

Which of the following is an example of a prepreparation task?

• washing your hands and putting on your apron

• washing, peeling, and cutting vegetables

• bringing water to a boil

• assembling equipment

What term means "to fit two or more tasks together smoothly"?

• multi-tasking

• blending tasks

• dovetailing

• task efficiency

What is "a list of tasks and an estimate of how long each task will take"?

• a schedule

• a time table

• a to-do list

• a work plan

To work efficiently, when should you do your clean up?

• the minute you start working in lab

• after your done eating

• as you work

• after food is assembled and before you eat