"A szakács kifut a konyhából és elfut az étteremből."

Translation: The cook runs out of the kitchen and runs away from the restaurant.

[Arcaeca]

Ég az étterem? Vagy volt idegösszeomlása?

[vvsey]

Better yet: "Vagy idegösszeomlása volt?"
The other way around sounds more like a general "Has he had a nervous breakdown?"

[smileyowlie]

Vagy megkostolta a saját fősztyét, nem?

[Arcaeca]

Talán volt is egy hirtelen kapuzárási pánikja. :P

[Krisbaudi]

Why is it not OUT OF the restaurant, instead of AWAY FROM. Is there no distinction in Hungarian?

[smileyowlie]

There most definitely is! "Futni" is the verb "to run". "El" in "elfut" means "away" while "ki" means "out". These are "igekötők" (phrasal verbs) that when added to a verb will, in cases, drastically change their meaning, pretty much the same in German I believe. Eg: "megütni valakit" (to hit someone) isn't exactly the same as "leütni" (to knock them out).
I personally would have said "A szakács KISZALAD a konyhából és elfut az étteremből." "Fut" is repeated in this sentence and there are so many synonyms in Hungarian that it's a crime if you don't use them. I hope that helps ;)

[Krisbaudi]

Koszönöm a felvilágosításért

[JustCallMeJay]

Mit csinált meg az ételnek?