Roux also gets to grips with it in his new BBC Two series Service, where he trains eight young people to work front-of-house in a top restaurant.
The compensation debates Lee is referring to have to do with Los Angeles' minimum-wage laws, which create a pay gap between those who work in back-of-house and those who work front-of-house, mainly the servers.
It seems that in the quest for better and more discounts, the founder of Groupon has been working front-of-house in a Japanese restaurant in Chicago to better comprehend the behind-the-scenes operations of local businesses.
The 29-year-old now works front-of-house in a museum, something she "never" thought she would be doing while she was studying.
Early on, she worked front of house.
Sara Galvin began her career working front of house at The Ritz and The Lanesborough, where she met her husband Chris Galvin.
"I worked front of house at a bunch of places but really wanted to open a restaurant of my own," Vose said.
Sometimes I do 'drudge work' — more mechanical work — in front of the telly in the evening.
When it worked, people noticed each other and the work in front of them.
I had just come back from a rough month-long work-trip to Bangladesh, and I had an Everest of work in front of me.
