phrase General Slang

a la minute

· phrase · kitchen

Cooked to order the moment the ticket lands.

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French for 'at the minute'. Nothing pre-cooked, nothing held — when the order prints, you start cooking. Slower service, better food. The opposite of batch-cooking or par-cooking, and the philosophy behind most chef-driven restaurants.

“We do the steaks à la minute, so warn the four-top it's a 20-minute cook.”
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French for "at the minute." The dish is built and cooked on the fly when the ticket prints — no batch-cooking, no holding, no shortcuts. The opposite of prep-ahead. Fine-dining kitchens lean on it for proteins and sauces where freshness is the whole point; the trade-off is slower tickets and a sweatier line.

“We do every steak à la minute — that's why the wait is twenty minutes.”
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a la minute In A Sentence

We do the steaks à la minute, so warn the four-top it's a 20-minute cook.

Origin & Usage

French culinary term, brought into English kitchens via the classical brigade system (Escoffier era).

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People Also Ask

What does "a la minute" mean?

In a professional kitchen, it means a dish is cooked to order the moment the ticket comes in, rather than prepared in advance.

How do you use "a la minute" in a sentence?

"We don't batch the risotto — every plate goes out a la minute."

Where does "a la minute" come from?

It's a French culinary phrase literally meaning "to the minute," used in kitchen brigades to mean made fresh on the spot.

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