SAUCE

Motion is essential to everything. Catching things in motion gives most people a decent thrill. I have an especially intimate relationship with motion because I design all the motion in my kitchens. Everything has a cadence and the cadence needs to serve the integrity of the dish. Ingredients have to go in in order and the location of the mise en place has to serve the station that is finishing the dish. I also have to teach my guys how to batch out checks. Again the less motion and steps you do the better so when we see similar items on the checks we consolidate the pick ups to imitate waves leaving the kitchen. All my restaurants are designed down to the inch and space is money so the kitchens are very small for what they churn out. I prefer a smaller kitchen myself because I feel they are tighter and faster to run. When I open a place I jump right on the line and figure the rhythm and cadence of the stations out myself first and then train my guys. I am extremely specific and I teach the “moves” as well as the cadence. I also teach what should be batched and what shouldn’t during multiple ticket pick ups. Adjustments need to be made to the menu if something clogs up the line too much or if its just too hard to execute in the heat of the night. I basically “idiot proof” everything. #motioniseverything #cadence #rhythm #dance #batching #myphilosophy (at Shore Club)