A former Wetherspoons employee who claims to have worked in the kitchen for a number of years has revealed an insight into what food items you should steer clear of.
Taking to Reddit, user u/Itsdarkinhere11 shared some of the apparent secrets you’d only know if you worked at the pub chain, including getting a fresh meal if you worked a shift which was longer than seven hours. But the real revelations of their claims came when the original poster discussed the various methods of cooking at Wetherspoons, MyLondon reports.
They alleged most of the chain’s food is either heated up in the microwave or deep fried. However, they said the burgers, steaks, paninis, and pizzas are all made "from scratch", while the fish is "battered fresh".
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In the post, the original poster (OP) claimed the burger patties would "come in a packet as you'd get at Tesco", but they are "properly grilled". The bacon is also cooked fresh, they said.
When it came to which dishes the OP would recommend, or avoid completely, they said: "The pizza is decent in my opinion, and the curries aren't bad for being microwaved. I'd avoid the steaks, I never ate one but always thought they looked awful."
Redditers asked which burgers a customer should go for, to which the OP replied: "The beef ones are cooked fresh, they're not the best but for the price, they're not bad. Gets a bit dicier when you start going for chicken or veggie or vegan in my opinion."
The ex-employee also gave an insight into what they claimed were the cooking methods used in the kitchens, which included eggs "fried on a flat top grill thing" as well as being "scrambled and poached in the micro". They also alleged the poached eggs came "pre-poached".
A spokesperson for Wetherspoons told The Mirror that the "fish is freshly battered every day", with pizzas and their paninis "made fresh to order". They explained the "curries are made to bespoke Wetherspoon recipes and are delivered frozen and then heated in the microwave".
They added: "For the majority of the time, breakfasts are cooked to order. During some busy periods, in order to ensure customers are served promptly, some items are pre-cooked and held for a limited time. Our poached eggs are pre-poached to ensure the quality of the product is consistent for the customer.
"A small percentage of our dishes, by volume sold, are microwaved. Most high-volume products such as burgers and steaks are grilled and a number of other meals such as pizzas and jacket potatoes are oven cooked. Wetherspoon's top three cooking methods are (in order): 1. Grilling ('clam' or flat grill OR 'char' grill), 2. Frying, 3. Oven-cooking."
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