Expo is the most fun job in a restaurant, but it will make you cry.

No Parmesan, no chocolate and no charred food? Glad I'm not at that table, they sound annoying.

Dom, you are so right. I loved expediting. It made me feel like the boss of everyone.

There is absolutely NOTHING I miss about working in restaurants or bars. I'm glad I had the experience I guess but I'll take my desk job any day thanks.

I love the fact that there are these masochistic people in the world who work in restaurants. They make everyone's life and dining experiences better, and I thank GOD that I'm not one of them. *Tip o' the hat to everyone in the restaurant industry*

Looks like a lot more fun than the assembly line like cooks who are not allowed to look up from what they are doing.
If restaurants are really this efficient with their kitchen and this expediter role, why do they mess up, forget things and take way too long so frequently? Seems like we are not hearing the whole story. My food seems like it was sitting under a heat lamp for extra long. I think this video might be a shame.

@6 - they're just doing that to mess with you.

@6, you might also not be eating in a restaurant like Alinea. Their "tour" is $225 before wine. The staff all wear custom suits by Zegna. Seattle does not have this kind of restaurant. I'm sure it's all very molecular and fascinating, but I know I wouldn't be going even if we did; I pay a tenth of that even for special occasions.

Their menu is a little confusing: they have an item called "Hot Potato", which contains cold potato (and birch log). I'm sure it's all very molecular and all.

@6..bill.. you do mean s-h-a-m, right ? .. you also know that restaurants have varying degrees of jobs and people , with varying degrees of expertise. unless you've been to this one, who knows what might be going on the day you experience food that's been sitting under a heat lamp. i watched a waitress walk by my food at least 4 times , while the manager rendered my disapproving glances invisible, during a breakfast at portage bay cafe last week. normally the staff turn over orders quickly, but who knows the exact reason why it broke down this particular day ( they didn't have an expediter that morning..perhaps because it was a slow tuesday and they didn't need one ) commenters 4 & 5 really are on to something here. i also worked in the industry for a decade or so, and as much as i loved it, it nearly drove me to a very unhealthy relationship with strong drink. cut these folks some serious slack. shit happens.

There are a number of foods I can barely tolerate, and a smaller number that I will not eat under any circumstances. But what kind of spoilsport doesn't like Parmesan?

@10: I guess that's why people go to this place and pay $225 for dinner, LOL!

@ 6. Go to Rover's. Get the tasting menu with wine pairing. Then come back and comment. You have to pay for perfection, silly.

Nothing shown in this video resembles actual food.

This depicts a stylized battle of chefs who try to con rich people into paying the highest dollar for something you cant eat, versus rich people who try to create self imposed dietary limits and allergies and picky tastes that eliminate everything edible from their diet.

The result is a place like this- a restaurant that serves non-food to people who wouldnt eat food anyway- at the highest possible price.

These people deserve each other.

A round of foam for everyone in the house!

Ick, foam. It reminds me of spitbugs or the pulmonary secretions of pneumonia patients. Seriously, I have sucked shit like that out of the lungs of the near-dead. I could NEVER put foodfoam in my mouth. Foam can not go out of fashion too quickly. Someone, stop the madness, just stop it.

@14 FTW!!