Given the often overlapping roles of professionals working together in the kitchen, it can be difficult to articulate the exact difference between chefs and cooks. However, even though the catchall ...

There’s a common misconception that professional chefs cook complex meals at home. In reality, the last thing most chefs want to do after a long day in the kitchen is to spend hours making food for ...

The high volume restaurant is staffed with 50 or 60 employees at a time, including 10 prep cooks and 20 line cooks. “If you’re a cook looking to start out your career in a chain restaurant, the ...

In the D.C. region, conversations often start with, “What do you do?” WTOP’s series “Working Capital” profiles the people doing the work that makes the region unique. In the kitchen of a high-rise ...