A former Wetherspoons employee who claimed to have worked in the kitchen at the popular pub brand for five years has revealed the menu items he would avoid as a customer.
The man, who is anonymous but lives in Scotland, wrote a Reddit post in which he explains what he thinks is the general pattern of work in the kitchen and reveals a lot of information about how food is prepared.
While he said that some of the dishes, such as B. beef burgers are “freshly prepared”, he recommended to other customers to change dishes such as steak.
He also revealed the types of orders that would make him groan when they come in on the ticket and the ones he doesn’t cook for.
When people on the line asked him about his time in the kitchen, he revealed that he worked there during college and enjoyed the social aspect of his job more than socializing on campus.
A man who claims to have worked for a Wetherspoons pub for five years answered questions on a Reddit forum about how meals are prepared in the kitchen
The former employee, who posted under the name Itsdarkinhere11, said he had never seen anything awkward in the kitchen while working there, such as taking nasty revenge on rude customers by messing with their food.
The unnamed former employee said he always rolls his eyes at large groups of 10 or more people placing an order when he addressed the food orders he dreaded.
He said: “I had a whole table of five send their food back three times while I was doing a breakfast shift myself because the black pudding was ‘too crumbly’.”
The anonymous poster, who worked for a branch of the pub in Scotland, said the curries, which are microwaved on site, were “decent”.
When asked if he had any crazy customer stories, the former employee said the bar staff probably had more entertaining stories to tell because their role was more customer-focused, but he claimed one customer took matters into her own hands when she was unhappy with their food.
“A girl walked up to the kitchen and waved at a manager because her fish was cold,” he said.
The poster wrote about edible and less palatable meals and claimed the curries and pizzas were “decent”.
He added that the beef burgers are “made from scratch” and not frozen, but he was less impressed with the chicken and veggie/vegan burgers.
The former employee also claimed that eggs were either fried on a flat grill or scrambled/poached in the microwave. He added that the poached eggs are delivered to the kitchen already poached and heated to order.
Eddie Gershon, a spokesman for Wetherspoons, said: “Most of the time breakfast is cooked to order. To ensure that customers are served quickly, some items are pre-cooked and held for a limited time during some busy times.
“Our poached eggs are pre-poached to ensure that the quality of the product remains consistent for the customer.”
He added that the fish on the menu is “baked fresh every day” and that pizzas and paninis are made to order.
As for the curries, which are microwaved in a Wetherspoon kitchen, Eddie said they are made as “custom Wetherspoon recipes,” which are then frozen and shipped to locations.
He said: “A small percentage of our dishes, by volume sold, are microwaved. Most high volume dishes such as hamburgers and steaks are grilled, and some other dishes such as pizzas and jacket potatoes are oven cooked.
“Wetherspoon’s top three cooking methods are (in order): 1. Grill (‘clam’ or flat grill OR ‘Schar’ grill), 2. Fry, 3. Oven cook.”
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