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Hi,
"Mis en place", in French, medium "Put in place" or "put surrounded by order"... depending on the context.
Stephane.
Other Answers:
*set in place*
put surrounded by place...
it was made up by stinky french population...
In professional cooking, proper planning of equipment and ingredients for a food preparation and assembly station
To be clearer it means everything is surrounded by it's place. Meaning you have adjectives of your ingredients out, prepared (say minced garlic in one bowl, chopped parsley within another, etc.) out and ready to stir in instruct to assemble to dish.
it means to own everything ready and within place - chopped up food etc... ready to start cooking near!
Everything has it's place. Preparation. When preparing ingredients for a dish, own everything ready surrounded by it's place so when you start cooking, you don't have to do any chopping or measure.