If you have a food allergy it needs to be made aware as soon as you sit at your table. In kitchens, behind the scenes we get all new cutting boards, and wash our knives throughly. In clean kitchens(the only ones you should be eating at) we make sure to clean and sanitize our cutting boards in between prep of every different ingredient, and gloves are a big deal.
Where I work, A cook that doesn't deal with the ingredient will make the dish for you and a server will take it to the dining on a separate tray than the rest of the food to ensure safety. When it comes to the restaurant style you are talking about, they are required to cut new vegetables/meat in the back (to make sure no one mixed up the tongs/spoons used to serve. And they will cook the food in a separate pan all by itself.
Food allergies are nothing to fool around with, it could kill a person. Some states, including Massachusetts(where I work) are now requiring, on top of sanitation courses, that all food service personnel take a food allergy training class.
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