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Fire

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

/ˈfaɪər/verbCore term

In culinary arts & cooking, fire means: In a kitchen, to start cooking a dish or a course for a table, called out by the chef at the pass when the timing is right.

In Turkish: ateşlemek, pişirmeye başlamak, çıkarmak

How it is used

A kitchen call: "Fire table six!" "Fire two lamb!" "Fire mains on twelve." Cooks answer "Firing!" or "Yes, chef." Orders may come in first and be fired later, when the guests are ready for that course.

Example sentences

  1. Fire table four's mains; they've just finished their starters.

  2. Don't fire the fish until I call it.

Common collocations

  • fire a table
  • fire mains
  • fire the next course
  • "Firing!"
  • ordered and fired
  • ticketA printed or written order sent from the dining room to the kitchen, showing the table, the dishes and any special requests or allergies.
  • passThe counter between the kitchen and the dining room where finished plates are checked, often under heat lamps, before servers take them out.
  • main courseThe largest and most important dish of a meal, usually served after the starter and before dessert. Often shortened to main.
  • serviceThe period when a restaurant is open and the kitchen is cooking and sending out orders, such as lunch service or dinner service.

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