Chefs and employees working in the restaurant kitchen of the Hotel Statler (1539 Washington Boulevard Detroit, Michigan) in Detroit Michigan. Opening slate of film reads: "Here we are in the heart of the hotel, looking down the long line of ranges where Broiled Lobsters and Roast Chicken are done to a turn. (At lower right of slate is statement: "Produced by Ford Motor Company.") More than a dozen chefs in classic white uniforms are seen preparing meals that are being picked up by waiter in tuxedos. Another view of chefs at work. A slate reads: "If cleanliness is next to Godliness, surely this is a wonderful place to work. It is unknown, while pots and pans shine like milady's mirror." Several views of a young woman tending several large coffee pots and dispensing pots of it to waiters. Another slate reads: "System! There is enough of it here to delight a General. Note the order and precision with which everything is carried forward." Views of kitchen staff interacting with the formally dressed wait staff members who check each order before taking it on trays to the dining room. Next slate reads: "Dainty salads with sweet cream and delicious fruits, prepared by the hand of an expert."Four women are seen behind a counter, making these fancy salads and passing them to waiters. Closeup of one being prepared.
Kitchens of the Hotel Statler restaurant, in Detroit Michgan. Steward in the cooling storage checks meat. A butchered Alaskan reindeer hangs in the corner of the cooling storage. Ribs hanging alongside. Chunk of whale meat on the table.
Dining at Hotel Statler in Detroit Michgan. A baker decorates the pastry stand. He arranges ribbon flowers and buntings around the handle of pastry stand. Pastries and the decorated pastry stand.
Inside look at kitchens in Hotel Statler in Detroit Michgan. A creative model of musicians in an orchestra made of Lobster shells dressed in hats and coats. They hold miniature musical instruments. A chef eats a dish of homemade ice cream.
Baking bread at Hotel Statler in Detroit Michigan. Baker kneading dough and making rolls out of it. He places the rolls in a large brick oven. He takes out the baked rolls on a tray.
Foods being prepared in the kitchens of the Hotel Statler in Detroit Michigan. Vegetables cooked in large steamer. Woman places a tray of vegetables in the steamer. Man selects and cleans fish and lobsters. Soup boils in big copper pots. Butcher cuts turkey.