Episode notes
🎙️ EP156 – 700 covers. Tickets spilling to the floor. Grill in freefall. This episode is about the nights everything falls apart, and why that’s where real cooks are made.
🎧 Topics Covered in This Episode:
🔥 Friday-Night Meltdown — When the pass loses the plot and how to reset
🧾 Ticket Tsunami — Reading, batching, and staying ahead of the board
🥩 Grill Triage — “Fire everything” vs. perfect sear and rest
🧠 Prioritize & Execute — Jocko’s playbook for the line
🧘 Detach to Survive — Mind control under pressure
🧮 Mental Mapping — Keeping six tables in your head without dying
📣 Expo Done Right — FOH-led pass calls and flow
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