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General Slang
on the line
· phrase · kitchen
Working the cook stations behind the pass during service.
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Physically posted at a station — grill, sauté, fry, garde manger — banging out tickets during a service. If you're 'on the line' you're not prepping, not expo, not chatting. You're cooking food that's going out the window in the next four minutes.
“I can't take the call, chef — I'm on the line until eleven.”
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on the line In A Sentence
I can't take the call, chef — I'm on the line until eleven.
Origin & Usage
Variants
on-the-line
People Also Ask
What does "on the line" mean in a kitchen?
It means working the cook stations behind the pass during service.
How do you use "on the line" in a sentence?
"I've been on the line since five, slammed the whole shift."
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