Do Carvery cooks, working at the likes of Toby Carvery, find cooking family Christmas dinner for lots of guests easier than your average person?
Posted by Ok_Mushroom5339@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 18 comments
Just watched one worker run the full show at my local carvery spot. Carving the meat for each person in the never ending line, running back and forth from kitchen. Gravy and yorkies have 5 mins left to cook (by him). It got me wondering what cooking a roast/big dinner at home is like.
Brilliant-Second5749@reddit
Had a friend work at a place doing carvery dinners. Roasties were deep fried like chips, Yorkshires were from a packet and veg was bought in prepared so just needed boiled etc. meat was also pre cooked then finished before service. Then again this mate was also a major coke fiend so being whomped off your tits while doing several jobs was probably more doable in that scenario
Electric-aura3000@reddit
I assumed it was all 'freezer food'
Brilliant-Second5749@reddit
Frozen stuff has a different texture
Electric-aura3000@reddit
What I meant by that is, it's all food they don't cook themselves. It's all ready made.
freckledotter@reddit
My BIL is a fancy chef and will cook dinner for 100+ and serve at the same time. Cooking for family is a breeze.
Solo-me@reddit
I've been working in catering all my working life . I prefer not to cook at home for our family, I'm used to large quantities.
Worried-Penalty8744@reddit
People make out like it’s some Herculean task cooking a roast dinner because they always try to get everything out of the oven and onto plaques at the same time .
Cook the Yorkshires first and then reheat them while you’re carving the meat for example. Trying to fit them, meat and roast potatoes in the oven is the way madness lies.
Veg just goes on a steamer and all only takes a few mins with slight time variance.
underwater-sunlight@reddit
A big breakfast for a family is harder than a roast
JustJoshwaa@reddit
Yeah, f*ck doing that
Lenniel@reddit
Have my mum’s hostess trolley, never have to worry about timing.
SnooCakes1636@reddit
Yep. I love making a roast; one of the easiest meals of the week. To the uninitiated, it seems miraculous too - meanwhile i get to relax, entertain, have a glass of wine before pulling it all together.
kunstlich@reddit
Watching my uncle dance around the kitchen half pissed at midday cooking a roast is a key memory of my youth. He still does it, he's a damn maestro of a roast. You're so correct, they're only stressful if you make them stressful.
JustJoshwaa@reddit
I do my Yorkshires and Stuffing Balls a day or two before, freeze and then reheat when I need them. I cook the turkey and prep everything whilst it cooks then let that rest in foil under a mountain of tea towels whilst I cook everything else. I did it for 12 people a couple years ago; it’s all in the planning and preparation and you’re fine.
Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit
I'm not sure how much actual cookery is going on back stage of a Toby carvery 🫣😬
Skinnybet@reddit
Working in a kitchen is cooking roast dinner everyday for all of December. It’s a grind.
ReginaldGinnett@reddit
If you work in a place doing Carvery/Sunday Roasts you will be working on Christmas Day. There's no Chef in that field having time off to do an Xmas dinner
No way you will any time off over Xmas, we're all working , stupid question.
Martipar@reddit
Almost certainly. I went through a phase of eating a lot of chicken, i'd roast a chicken, use it over three days then roast another. I'd use the chicken in all sorts of things. After about 2 weeks i was cooking them by instinct, it was as if my pineal body had tuned itself to the oven, i'd turn the oven on, put the chicken in, watch some youtube videos and go out to remove sa perfectly cooked chicken.
If I were cooking turkeys regularly I am sure i would get into a system a bit slower as i'm less used to cooking them but i'm sure i could given practice.
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