[mmcdermott]

I don't know. I've found mis-en-place to be a great help when cooking at home and I've never worked as a cook in a restaurant or caterer. It helps with timing and it is also just nice to feel like the cook itself is simply "going downhill."

Now, for qualifiers, I live in a full house so things aren't always where I left them (so simply removing searches is useful) and I do cooks both small (just my meal) and large (for the whole group or pre-cooking meals for the work week).