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We decided to skip the obvious jokes about a chef of small stature and headed right to the Yahoo! search box, where we entered "short order cook." The results were as appetizing as a chicken-fried steak. On a web page from the California Employment Development Department, we learned that short order cooks, also called grill or line cooks, make "simple, fast-cooking meals and snacks." At the Bureau of Labor Statistics web site, we learned the difference between various types of chefs. Typically, restaurant chefs prepare a wider variety of meals and work on orders individually. Short order
cooks, on the other hand, work in coffee shops or family restaurants, places that emphasize quick service, and usually fix a more limited range of entrees, working on several orders at a time. A final stop at another occupational web site shed some light on the job title, explaining that short order cooks "prepare and cook to order a variety of foods that require only a short preparation time." Ah ha! Now we just have to figure out what the heck a sous chef is.
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