厨房英语 Kitchen English（免费学）

Wait staff to chef

• Can you put a rush on table two’s order?
• What’s the ETA (estimated time of arrival) on the lasagna?
• How much longer for the roasted chicken?
• What’s the soup of the day?
• One of my customers wants to know what you put in your cream sauce.
• Didn’t I punch in a garlic bread with cheese?
• I’m missing three side salads.
• Table seven said to give compliments to the chef.
• My customer says this hamburger isn’t cooked enough.
• Are you too busy to make me a staff meal?
• How much should I charge for an extra side of salsa?

Chef to wait staff

• Can you run this food? It’s getting cold.
• The special is a rack of lamb with a tossed salad.
• I can do it, but it’s going to cost extra.
• We just got five orders at once.
• It’s going to be another minute for the rice.
• Are all of these separate cheques for the same table?
• Did you want the chicken wings to come up first?
• You asked for that hot sauce on the side, right?
• How does your table like their cheesecake?
• Don’t forget to punch in those salads.
• Taste this soup and tell me what you think.

Sample Conversation

Executive chef: Get ready. Anna is punching in her order of ten now.
Line cook 1: Should I get the salads and soups ready?
Executive chef: Yes, let’s see. We need five caesar salads and two soups of the day.
Line cook 1: Any holds?
Executive chef: Yes, hold the croutons on one salad, and put the dressing on the side for another one.
Line cook 2: Should I get the steaks on the grill?
Executive chef: We’re going to hold on the steaks until the appies(appertizer) are out. I need you to put down two orders of fries.
Line cook 2: I thought we were all out of fries?
Executive chef: Oh, that’s right. Did you tell Anna that when she started?
Line cook 2: No, but I wrote it on the notice board.
Executive chef: Mary, can you tell Anna there’s no fries left for her table’s order. Ask her what they want instead.
Waitress: She just went for a smoke break. I’ll check with them.
Executive chef: It’s to go with the kids’ meals. Tell them we can do roasted or mashed potatoes instead.
Waitress: Kids? Oh, they’re not going to be happy about that.
Executive chef: Tell them ice cream for dessert is on me.