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If you are a chef in a fancy restaurant and some one

requests a dish that contains lamb and takes about 4hrs to cook, how do you make it in just 15 to 20min?

i have always wondered how chefs do that in a restaurant, do you cook the lamb a day before and then heat it up again the next day when a customer asks for a lamb dish such a tagine?

please advise because i would like to run my own small restaurant in future :-)

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beatricegalant offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 9 #
An Unknown Location | 4 months ago (17 minutes after post)

You prepare all food you have in the menu half cooked or ready to cook, prepare everything so when the customers come and order, all you have to do is to assemble or cook it. If a restaurant opens for lunch at 11:30am for instance, they start preparation (chopping, cutting etc.) at 9:00am in the morning. Good luck with your idea, restaurant business is one of the most interesting but very tiring job.

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sean.maguir offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 4 months ago (18 minutes after post)

its called par cooking. you undercook the lamb before dinner service and then finish the cooking process right in the last 15 min when someone orders it

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faye_alamang offline Verified User (12 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 4 months ago (45 minutes after post)

ok what if no body during that day decided to order a lamb dish, then what do you do? freez the food for next time?

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joe offline Verified User (4 months, 1 week) Long Term User Shouts: 9 #
An Unknown Location | 4 months ago (1 hour, 20 minutes after post)

faye, if no one orders it.. it goes to the bin!! because if u serve poor quality meat the next day.. u will lose more in rep.

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faye_alamang offline Verified User (12 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 4 weeks ago (6 days, 20 hours after post)

i see well thanks for the advice really apreciate it ;-)

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