• RGB3x3@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Olive Garden serves nothing but microwavable meals you can get at the grocery store.

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      11 months ago

      This is totally false. Olive garden makes their food on-site as any restaurant does. I worked there for a while

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        11 months ago

        This is myopic bullshit. Olive Garden, like all of its competitors, is a chain with a corporate hub handling all logistics. There is no “scratch cooking” at any Olive Garden. As much of the ingredients as possible are frozen for transport and specifically engineered to be efficiently prepared at each “kitchen”.

        source: decades in culinary across multiple continents, toured Olive Garden and dozens of others both above and below (not much) over the years.

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          11 months ago

          I never said scratch. They definitely do not microwave their food.

          They cook to portioned specs just like the vast majority of restaurants. No one goes to OG thinking it’s Michelin-starred.