Kitchen Management: Prep Lists, Pressure & the Art of Running a Kitchen
Pot Luck Food Talks: Kitchen Stories From Behind the Pass · Chef Phil & Eric | Experienced Cooks & Restaurant Insiders
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Show Notes
🎙️ EP161 - Chefs live and die by the prep list. This episode is kitchen discipline: owning your section, juggling a thousand timers, costing without bullshit, and letting go of those ego dishes nobody orders.
🎧 Topics Covered in This Episode:
📋 Night Prep Lists – Building a bulletproof station
🐂 Grab the Bull by the Horns – Taking real control of your section (and surviving clopening)
🗣️ Commies, Demi, CDP – Communication and chain of command that actually works
⏱️ Chefs as Project Managers – Living inside a storm of timers
💻 Apps & Excel – Why most kitchen software still sucks
📊 Costing 101 – Steak, fries, rosemary salt & the hidden percentages
💸 Margin of Error – Airport pricing and not lying to yourself
📈 Dynamic Pricing – When burgers behave like plane tickets
🤝 Front of House Magic – The golden goose and the perfect check
⭐ Dogs, Plow Horses & Stars – Menu engineering for real kitchens
🥔 Buying Better Product – Quality vs. racing to the bottom
🧠 Ego Dishes – Specials, sweetbreads & gently educating guests
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