Section 9: Expediter and Food Runner
Lesson 4 of 19

Pickup from the expo window

+10 XP

Read the ticket. Confirm with the kitchen. Move fast and quiet.

Pulling food from the window is a craft. Do it wrong, food sits, plates lose temperature, the line backs up. Do it right and the kitchen and the floor stay in rhythm.

  • Read the ticket on the rail before you grab the plate. Match the table number. Match the protein. Match the modifications.
  • Confirm with the kitchen: Chef, this is the chicken for table 18, correct? Wait for the nod.
  • Plate it cleanly, garnish per spec, wipe the rim of the if needed.
  • Move fast and quiet. Do not slam plates. Do not crowd the pass.
  • If a plate is not to spec (wrong protein, wrong garnish, wrong temperature), do not run it. Hand it back politely: Chef, sorry, can we re-fire this one, the protein looks off?
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