Why say all day in a kitchen?
In chef slang, the expression all day is used to indicate the total number of orders needed. As tickets come in, a chef will shout out the orders followed by all day. If there are three orders of fries on one ticket and four orders of fries on another ticket, there are seven orders of fries all day.
What does 3 all day mean in kitchen?
3. All day. What does all day mean in the kitchen? This term refers to the total number of certain dishes the kitchen needs to make at a given time. Often, there are multiple ticket orders in the window.