Wondering what exactly a sous chef does? This role is one of many of the "kitchen brigade" - a formal, hierarchical system ...

How Auguste Escoffier changed dining forever. So much of what we take for granted about fine dining today comes from one man who was born 175 years ago.

The exact origins of “Yes, chef” are unknown, but some historians trace it to the 19th-century French chef Auguste Escoffier, who established the brigade system, a strict chain of command for ...

The steaming chaos and viciously hurled epithets of such reality shows as “Top Chef” and “Kitchen Nightmares” thankfully have no place in “Kitchen Brigade,” which sees a gifted chef ...