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by chickenfries 2880 days ago
Have fun never eating out, or going over to someone else's house to eat?
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Control what you can, don't worry about the rest.
Usually restaurants use aluminum pans and oil.
Not a chef, but I wouldn't think restaurants use nonstick pans much because they tend to wear out fast.
Some folks below are replying to the contrary, however, in my 10 years of working in NYC restaurants, from your local bar/pub to fine dinning and BRGuest, I have never seen a non stick pan in the kitchen.

Chefs take their frustration out on pans and slam, toss, and scrape them to oblivion.

Edit: adding an anecdote about cooking eggs:

In one restaurant I worked, it was part of the interview process to ask a chef to make an omelette. If the eggs got stuck to the pan or the omelette was destroyed, they didn’t get hired.

When I asked our Sous Chef why this was so difficult he explained that it’s a basic skill that every chef should have and understand the chemical reaction of proteins in a high heat pan with oil.

They use nonstick for a helluva lot - it’s cheap, and it’s easier to clean which saves time. Check out your local restaurant auction for sauté pans.
Commercial-grade non-stick frying pans are available. I own one; it is significantly more durable than the consumer crap.