Renowned for its budget pints and cheap and cheerful meals, Wetherspoons is a British institution as many people flock to the boozer for an affordable night out or weeknight dinner with friends. The chain's menu is brimming with British classics, from fish and chips to a hearty fry-up and meals tend to arrive on tables swiftly, to keep punters happy.
One Wetherspoons chef has spilled the beans on what cooking in the chain's kitchen is really like, and footage of his surprising revelations has been circulating on the social media app TikTok. Punters are stunned by the man's tell-all account of the budget boozer's kitchen, as the man reveals how certain ingredients arrive and how he had to prepare them under strict time constraints.
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Speaking on a Channel 5 TV documentary, the chef explained how the pub ensures that meals fly out of the kitchen speedily to keep hungry patrons satisfied.
The man is filmed in his chef whites in the kitchen of his Wetherspoons branch, speaking to the camera while cooking up one of the chain's signature breakfasts.
He revealed: "The bacon actually comes pre-cooked and is heated on a grill.
"Baked beans obviously come in tins so it’s all just warmed through in the microwaves."
While the chef is cooking away, the voiceover on the programme continues to explain that other ingredients - like the sausages - are kept in what the pub calls a 'hot hold'.
This speeds up the cooking process, as the food items are ready to be served as soon as the customer places an order.
The documentary also detailed how other Wetherspoons breakfast items arrive to the kitchen frozen before being cooked in just under four minutes - including the hash browns.
In a bid to clarify that the brand's breakfasts are quality controlled, the chef says that all food is monitored and kitchen staff are given strict instructions when they start the job.
He says that training is kept uniform to ensure that each meal produced is of the same quality, explaining: "They will train all of their kitchen staff in the exact same way".
In order to encourage staff to keep up the speed, each chef is given a target of serving an order within 10 minutes, according to the chef.
He explained: "All the Wetherspoons within that area will compete against each other as to who is the fastest delivery time that week."
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