Behind the scenes: How a restaurant gets set for service

What goes into setting up a restaurant for service, from measuring tables to checking symmetry
Ben Norum19 December 2017

We take a peek behind closed doors as Margot in Covent Garden prepares for its first customers of the day

In a restaurant the daily work starts well before the first customer arrives, and that’s not just the chefs prepping the food that will be served.

In this video we meet the team behind Covent Garden’s Italian restaurant Margot - including founders Nicolas Jaouen and Paulo de Tarso - to see and hear what goes into the morning set-up, from measuring tables to angles and symmetry.

Watch the video above. Watch more restaurant videos here.

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