Sophia Velador grabs a stack of plates in the dish pit at Alder & Sage in Long Beach on Jan. 2, 2025. She takes three buses from Anaheim to Long Beach and travels about one and a half hours to get to ...

My dish hose has a mind of its own. Every time I use it to spray a geyser of water onto a dirty plate, it splashes clean whatever it touches - and shoots much of the detritus back into my face. By the ...

A restaurant worker recently posted a viral video on TikTok, showing piles of dirty dishes that he had to wash after the dishwasher called out. The video comes from user Eddie (@32.eddiee), and has ...

Workers in the restaurant industry don't tend to stay in one place for long. This group took notice of their workers who have stuck around. 2023 is a year of milestones at Food & Wine. There are a few ...

Editor’s Note: In this ongoing series, we pay homage to the often invisible workforce behind our restaurant meals. They’re the invisible, unsung and underpaid heroes of the restaurant industry. Though ...

A dishwasher that previously wasn't getting hot enough to sanitize dishware and left behind food residue has been fixed after ...

One of the world’s top restaurants is making its long-time dishwasher a partner in the business. Ali Sonko, an immigrant from the Gambia, will become a partner in Noma when the restaurant reopens in ...

For most it’s a grind having to wash an assembly line of pots and pans first thing in the morning. For Sophia Velador, who helms the dish pit at the breakfast and lunch spot Alder & Sage in Long Beach ...

My dish hose has a mind of its own. Every time I use it to spray a geyser of water onto a dirty plate, it splashes clean whatever it touches – and shoots much of the detritus back into my face. By the ...