Kitchen Slang

Sandbag means...

• to bring down the rest of the staff with your inability to keep up

• to burn the food at your station

• to get fired from your position in the kitchen

12-Top means...

• There are 12 kitchen staff working

• There are 12 tables in your section

• There are 12 diners at the table

Firing means...

• Wait staff needs to take orders

• Cooks have the green light to start cooking

• The kitchen has run out of a dish

86'd means...

• The dining room is overcrowded

• The kitchen ran out of that dish

• The chef overcooked the food

Walk-in means...

• The health inspector is here

• Customers sitting at the bar and want a table

• Customers without reservations

Deuce means...

• Potty language

• Two entrees for the price of one

• Two people dining

In the weeds means...

• Way behind on your jobs

• Getting ingredients from the garden

• Working in the garde manger

A la minute means...

• Carefully prepping ingredients ahead of time

• In a minute, doing something without prep

• On the side