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Behind

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

/bɪˈhaɪnd/phraseCore term

In culinary arts & cooking, behind means: A short warning called out in a kitchen to tell someone you are walking behind them, so they do not step back or turn into you.

In Turkish: arkandayım, arkadan geliyorum, arka!

How it is used

Said loudly and often during service, especially in narrow kitchens. Cooks add details: "Hot behind!" for hot pans, "Sharp behind!" for knives, "Corner!" when coming around a blind corner. Not saying it is seen as dangerous.

Example sentences

  1. Behind! Hot pan coming through.

  2. Always call "behind" when you pass someone at the stove.

Common collocations

  • "Behind!"
  • "Hot behind!"
  • "Sharp behind!"
  • call behind
  • stationAn area of the kitchen where one cook or a small team prepares one type of food, such as the grill, fry, sauce or garnish station.
  • serviceThe period when a restaurant is open and the kitchen is cooking and sending out orders, such as lunch service or dinner service.
  • chef's knifeA large all-purpose kitchen knife with a broad, slightly curved blade, usually 20 to 25 cm long, used for most chopping, slicing and dicing.
  • clean as you goThe working habit of cleaning your station, tools and spills continuously while you cook, instead of leaving all the cleaning until the end.

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