Wait staff, cooks, and dishwashers

Question

I want to give a Christmas card to the bussers, cooks & dishwashers in my restaurant. How do I say those 3 titles?

Answer 1

Score one for Eddy and our dictionary. I was surprised to find a very adequate translation (by double-clicking on "bussers").

That's cool! I didn't know that you could do that! - RAWRKAL, Dec 20, 2010

Answer 2

Have you tried our dictionary?

Answer 3

It's regional. Here in Texas we say Wait Staff = meseros. Cooks = Cocineros. Bussers = limpiadores. I don't know about dishwashers but I would assume "lavadores" (de.... platos etc...).

I have been told that camarero is thought of moslty here as an airplane waiter or something odd like in a hotel, and mesero is a typical waiter in a restaurant. Bussers says "ayudantes de camarero". A good literal translation but it wouldn't fly here in Texas. They would certainly not want to be called "ayudantes" and the waiters wouldn't be called "camareros" either for that matter. But maybe you are closer to Spain where that might work well who knows. And I'm not native, but I do work in a restaurant where I use these terms all the time based on what I have been taught by my native mexican friends / tutor.