mise en place
noun
: a culinary process in which ingredients are prepared and organized (as in a restaurant kitchen) before cooking
Wash and chop vegetables the night before the party: Professionals call it mise en place; we call it making life easier.—
Glamour
GlamourMise en place is the religion of all good line cooks.—Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain
also
: the set of ingredients prepared using this process
The class's combined mise en place would amount to thirty-six pounds of mirepoix, big bags of all the other minces, chops, and dices … —Michael Ruhlman
Michael Ruhlman Examples of mise en place in a Sentence
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There’s even been a rare dose of reality-style drama, as when contestant Shuai Wang accidentally tossed teammate Henry Lu’s entire mise en place setup in the trash — removing all the pickles from a dish in a pickle-centric challenge and sending Henry to the bottom.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 1 May 2025
My time management improved exponentially, as did my understanding of mise en place and its importance.
—Noel Burgess, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Beyond its practical benefits, mise en place can also serve as a powerful tool for cognitive health.
—Rai Mincey, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
My signature quality is mise en place—a French term for preparing for the service, preparing the restaurant.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2025
His veg-heavy minestrone, for example, offers an opportunity for parents to mise en place next to their future sous chefs.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
Twelve diners at a time perch on barstools around the open kitchen led by executive chef Mauro Siega, where chefs cook proteins over an open fire and work from a mise en place of aged, fermented and otherwise preserved ingredients.
—Ann Abel, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
But then again, that could be said of each and every mise en place seen below, too.
—Madeleine Luckel, Architectural Digest, 26 Nov. 2024
The ingredients are all there (mise en place, as us chefs call it).
—Meecham Whitson Meriweather, Vulture, 26 June 2024
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Alison Herman, Variety, 1 May 2025
My time management improved exponentially, as did my understanding of mise en place and its importance.
—Noel Burgess, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Beyond its practical benefits, mise en place can also serve as a powerful tool for cognitive health.
—Rai Mincey, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
My signature quality is mise en place—a French term for preparing for the service, preparing the restaurant.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2025
His veg-heavy minestrone, for example, offers an opportunity for parents to mise en place next to their future sous chefs.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
Twelve diners at a time perch on barstools around the open kitchen led by executive chef Mauro Siega, where chefs cook proteins over an open fire and work from a mise en place of aged, fermented and otherwise preserved ingredients.
—Ann Abel, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
But then again, that could be said of each and every mise en place seen below, too.
—Madeleine Luckel, Architectural Digest, 26 Nov. 2024
The ingredients are all there (mise en place, as us chefs call it).
—Meecham Whitson Meriweather, Vulture, 26 June 2024
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“Mise en place.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mise%20en%20place. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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