# Restaurant-service challenge: kitchen brigade coordination

> Teams run a professional kitchen and dining room for one evening service. Orders, timings and handovers decide whether every plate leaves on time. Duration: 4 hours. Group size: 10–60 people. Setting: Indoor. Price from €120 per person. Popular locations include Istanbul, Izmir, Urla.

URL: https://bravodays.com/en/experiences/kitchen-brigade-service-challenge
Last updated: 2026-10-21
Publisher: BravoDays (https://bravodays.com)

## Key facts

- **Duration:** 4 hours
- **Group size:** 10–60 people
- **Setting:** Indoor
- **Physical intensity:** High intensity
- **Price from:** €120 per person
- **Available in:** Istanbul, Izmir, Urla

## Overview

Teams run a professional kitchen and dining room for one evening service. Orders, timings and handovers decide whether every plate leaves on time.

After a briefing from professional chefs, the group is organised like a real kitchen brigade: head chef, stations for starters, mains and desserts, a pass that checks every plate, and front-of-house staff who take orders and serve guests. Each team learns a short menu and the basic techniques with the chefs.

Then service begins. Orders arrive at an increasing pace from "guests" (colleagues, or a second group), and the brigade has to coordinate timings across stations so that every table's dishes are ready together. Special requests and surprise changes keep the pressure up.

After service, everyone sits down to eat together while the facilitator and chefs debrief: where did orders get stuck, how was the pass used, and which kitchen habits, such as calling back orders, could help your team at work?

## What your team will practise

- Coordinating timings across several stations
- Using call-backs and checks at every handover
- Staying calm and supportive when orders pile up
- Seeing how one bottleneck affects the whole service

## Included

- Professional kitchen and dining room
- Head chef, sous-chefs and facilitator
- All ingredients, aprons and equipment
- Dinner with soft drinks after service
- Debrief with the chefs

## Not included

- Alcoholic drinks unless arranged
- Transfers unless booked as an add-on

## Available in

- [Istanbul](https://bravodays.com/en/locations/istanbul)
- [Izmir](https://bravodays.com/en/locations/izmir)
- [Urla](https://bravodays.com/en/locations/urla)
- [Bodrum](https://bravodays.com/en/locations/bodrum)

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