Kitchen brigade chart
Kitchen brigade positions...
Kitchen brigade
Restaurant kitchen team structure
The kitchen brigade (Brigade de cuisine, French pronunciation:[bʁiɡaddəkɥizin]) is a system of hierarchy found in restaurants and hotels employing extensive staff, commonly referred to as "kitchen staff" in English-speaking countries.
Kitchen brigade system and their responsibilities
The concept was developed by Auguste Escoffier (1846–1935).[1][2] This structured team system delegates responsibilities to different individuals who specialize in certain tasks in the kitchen or in the dining room.
List of positions
This is a comprehensive list of the members of a full kitchen brigade. Only the largest of establishments would have a staff of this size. As noted under some titles, certain positions are combined into other positions when such a large staff is unnecessary.
Note: Despite the use of chef in English as the title for a cook, the word actually means "chief" or "head" in French. Similarly, cuisine means "kitchen", but also refers