[EDITOR: Build the ladder on screen as he climbs it: DISH > PREP > SALADS > GRILL > CALLING CHITS.]
Hook A: "I started at the very bottom of the kitchen. The dish pit."
[Text: "Dishwasher to running the line"]
Hook B: "I used to finish the dishes early on purpose."
[Text: "Why I finished the dishes early"]
Hook C: "Salads, then the grill, then calling every ticket on a Friday night."
[Text: "Friday night on the line"]
H · What was your first job in a kitchen?
[Hit: Dishwasher. One line.]
E · How did you get off the dish pit?
[Hit: You'd finish fast on purpose so you could learn the other stations. Walk the ladder: prep, salads, grill, then calling chits.]
I · What was the first night calling the line like?
[Hit: The real night: the noise, the tickets, who was on, what nearly went wrong.]
T · What did it feel like when you pulled it off?
[Hit: End on: the feeling. Pride, adrenaline, whatever it was.]