Mark food ready on the kitchen screen

Each order shows on the kitchen screen as a card. The oldest order is first, at the top left, so you cook it first. Mark the food ready when it is cooked. Then the waiter knows it is time to serve it.

Cook an order

1. Find the order card. It shows the order number, the dishes and a clock.
2. Press a dish when you start to cook it. Press it again when it is cooked. A line goes through the dish.
3. Press READY when the whole order is cooked.
4. Press Bump when the food leaves the kitchen. The card goes off the screen.

Did you press READY by mistake? On the screen for all stations, a message Order marked READY shows for 10 seconds. Press UNDO in it, and the order goes back.

What the colours mean

• The top of a card is grey for a new order. It turns blue while you cook, and green when the order is ready.
• The edge of a card is green at first. It turns yellow after 5 minutes and red after 10 minutes.
• The clock on a card counts the minutes and seconds since the guest ordered.

At the top, NEW, PREP and READY count the orders in each state. Total counts them all.

New and cancelled orders

The screen checks for new orders every 5 seconds. On the screen for all stations, a new order plays a sound and shows New order. Sometimes a waiter takes a dish off an order. While the sound is on, a box Order Cancellation Alert then shows. Press Acknowledge to close it.

To turn the sound off or on, press the speaker button at the top.

Use the keyboard

Each card has a small number in its top left corner. Press that number on the keyboard to pick the card. Then press Enter for READY, or the Space bar for Bump. Press F to fill the whole screen.