how do restaurants handle same orders arriving in small intervals?

Question

A customer orders x.. The kitchen starts preparing it.. But in few seconds another guy orders the same dish.. Do they start fresh for the next order? Chime on the previous order . What’s the strategy?

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Answer 1

At the restaraunt I work at, they start fresh on the next order.

With that said, many ingrediants are prepped ahead of time, so staring on the next order is less starting the next order from scratch and more taking out the partially made risotto (or ravioli or whatever) and taking it from partially made to fully made.

Some things, though, do take quite a bit longer than others to cook, so the chef tries to get those orders in advance from us when at all possible. (He also will look at reservations and, if a regular comes in who generally orders X, try to get it prepped ahead of time.)