A WETHERSPOON WORKER REVEALS HOW THEIR CURRIES ARE PREPARED

A Wetherspoon worker has revealed exactly how the pub chain's curries are prepared.

Taking to Reddit the anonymous employee, from the UK, who claims to have worked in the pub for 10 years, shared some secrets about the popular curry dishes on the extensive menu. 

Wetherspoon curries have been extremely popular ever since the pub launched its first-ever Curry Club in 1998, where the dish is offered at a reduced price every Thursday up and down the country. 

However the employee has now claimed the curries are actually microwaved for three minutes and 30 seconds before being dished out to customers. 

Posting on the forum he wrote: 'I've worked for Spoon for over 10 Years... ask me anything!'

Which promoted one person to ask: 'How long are the curries microwaved for? I love the Vindaloo.' 

To which he replied: '3mins 30sec. Prefer 3:21 myself, slick slide and save yourself 12 seconds. Doesn't work with the new microwaves tho.'

Meanwhile another contributor wanted to know where the buttermilk chicken burgers are from. 'I think it's a Tyson chicken product,' the employee claimed. 

Someone else, asked: 'Where do they get their hash browns from?' 

The employee claimed: 'They are McCains; so are the chips.' 

Eddie Gershon, from the Wetherspoon PR team told Express.co.uk: 'We do not comment on the identity of particular suppliers but confirm that our products are sourced from high-quality providers many of whom have worked with Wetherspoon for a long period. 

'Our curries are made to bespoke Wetherspoon recipes, which arrive frozen and are then heated in the microwave.' 

It comes after another man who claimed to work in the Wetherspoon kitchen for five years revealed the menu items they would steer clear of as a customer.

The man, who is anonymous but lives in Scotland, wrote a Reddit post detailing what he claimed was the general working pattern in the kitchen and revealed nuggets of information about how food is prepared.

While he said some of the food, such as beef burgers, were 'cooked fresh', he recommended other customers swerved dishes such as steak.

He also revealed the types of order that would make him groan when they came through on the ticket, and the ones he dreaded cooking.

As people on the thread questioned him about his time in the kitchen, he revealed he had worked there while he was at university and enjoyed the social aspect of his job more than he enjoyed socialising on campus.

Posting under the name Itsdarkinhere11, the former employee said he never saw anything untoward in the kitchen while he worked there, such as taking unpleasant revenge on rude customers by messing around with their food.

Addressing the food orders that he dreaded receiving, the unnamed former employee said he used to roll his eyes if a large group of 10 or more people submitted an order.

He said: 'I had a whole table of five send their food back like three times when I was doing a breakfast shift myself because the black pudding was 'too crumbly'.

When asked if he had any crazy customer stories, the former employee said the bar staff probably had more entertaining tales to tell as their role was more client-facing, however he did claim a customer once took matters into her own hands when she was unsatisfied with her meal.

'A lassie came into the kitchen absolutely steaming and swung for a manager because her fish was cold,' he said.

Writing about the meals that were worth eating versus the dishes which were less appetising, the poster claimed the curries and pizzas were 'decent'.

He added the beef burgers were 'made from scratch' and not frozen, but was less impressed with chicken and vegetarian/vegan burgers.

The former employee also claimed that, when it came to eggs, they were either fried on a flat grill, or scrambled/poached in the microwave. He added the poached eggs are delivered to the kitchen already poached and heated up to order.

Eddie Gershon, a spokesman for Wetherspoons, said: '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.'

He added the fish on the menu is 'freshly battered every day' and that pizzas and paninis were made to order.

As for the curries, which are heated up in the microwave in a Wetherspoons kitchen, Eddie said they are made as 'bespoke Wetherspoon recipes' which are then frozen and delivered to sites.

He said: '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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