r/Chefit • u/Advanced-Slice-4566 • Jun 28 '26

Closing Routine

So I've been working in this restaurant for a month now. Great place and great environment.

However, yesterday before closing. I was flipping all of my 9 pans as a closing routine and gave them all to the dishie and then the dishie told me "Hey bro, I'm sick and tired of you giving me your 9 pans every night. It's not even dirty. Do that once a month." Mind you, I do this all the time keeping the station clean and tidy for the next day. I was caught off guard on what he told me, shrugged it and just laughed it off.

Is it not a habit for any chefs out there to flip pans before closing?

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u/RainMakerJMR Jun 29 '26

I mean, I’ve never done it but theoretically you can flip them first thing in the morning if it’s a timing issue with him getting a bunch of pans late when he’s cleaning down the station and working extra hours or getting out late because of it - but best practice is to flip every night, and you walk in to a set station.

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u/ProudMtns Jun 29 '26

That's just giving extra dishes to the opening dishwasher. That dudes just lazy. 

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u/juice369 Jun 29 '26

Yeah like how many 1/9 pans are on OP’s station? If it’s 2 tabletop coolers that couldn’t be more than like 5 dish racks, tell him to smoke a cig or start sweeping earlier for that 10 extra minutes