Operations

Back of house (BOH)

The kitchen and prep areas of a restaurant — chefs, line cooks, dishwashers, expediters, kitchen managers. Distinct from FOH (servers, hosts, bartenders). Menu changes affect BOH workflow more than FOH.

Related Terms

Operations
Front of house (FOH)
Customer-facing roles in a restaurant — servers, hosts, bartenders, sommeliers, runners. Distinct from BOH (back of house). Digital menus shift FOH workload from order-taking to upselling and table service.
Operations
Expediter
The kitchen role responsible for assembling, plating, and verifying that each ordered dish leaves the kitchen correctly. The expediter calls out tickets and coordinates timing across stations. KDS systems augment but do not replace this role.
POS & Software
Kitchen Display System (KDS)
A digital screen in the back of house that replaces printed kitchen tickets, displaying incoming orders, tracking ticket times, and routing items to specific stations. Some menu platforms (MenuTiger Advanced, Toast) include KDS; display-only menu platforms (Menujo) do not.

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