mise en place

Meaning

Noun

• development
• The preparations to cook, having the ingredients ready, such as cuts of meat, relishes, sauces, par-cooked items, spices, freshly chopped vegetables, and other components that are required for the menu and recipes ingredients measured out, washed, chopped and placed in individual bowls; and equipment such as spatulas and blenders prepared, and oven preheated.
• The preparation and layouts that are set up and used by line cooks at their stations in a commercial or restaurant kitchen.

Origin

• Borrowed from French mise en place.