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

You start cooking the longest cooking portion of the meal first (like a steak). As time passes, you start the rest of the meal at the required time. In a perfect world, everything finishes at the same time.