After service, Ramsay said he has five line cooks left in the competition.

A couple of years ago I placed an ad for a line cook.

In front of me the line cooks were working at blurring speed, pained expressions on their faces.

He was working as a line cook for breakfast and lunch, then taking the afternoon session at the Open Hearth.

Now he's a paid line cook at the restaurant on Saturday nights.

I'm a line cook, so I look for the fastest, most practical method.

The line cook, Mattie Jones, 32, has been working at the Open since 1988.

Has he ever been asked, as I have, during the course of an interview for a line cook position: "And how do you handle pressure?

The line cook prepares the simple late-night menu and Clem helps me with the bar.

Through the kitchen pass-through window, the three line cooks give me the thumbs-up.