Eli5 how on earth to restaurants get the orders out for each table at the same time despite the dishes taking different amounts of time to cook?

Question

Like, so many different tables, they can’t do each table at a time, so confusing

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Answer 1

The menus are planned out in advance so X takes 5 mins to cook Y takes 6 mins to cook So you put Y on first then do X.