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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/ANZBOI420 on 2024-10-17 20:56:31+00:00.

As it says in the title I’m currently concerned about the culinary industry here in nz after doing a good few trail runs around b.o.p (roto and turanga) while looking for a job i noticed a lot of places are just using prepackaged foods and desserts, cheap substitutes and basically each place basics being a production line like Macca where it’s more just counting while waiting for food then cooking the food, while charging you a arm and a leg first a ok tasting burger.

I mean the main things I saw at this years bidfood show (nz main food wholeseller) was all just pre-made products.

and from what I heard from a kitchen hand at my current job is thier school is thinking of dropping how to deconstruct chicken and how to trim meats properly aswell as how to make mother sauces and stocks which I would say should be the basics in cooking, Because the industry buys it all pre-made now and it just feels that in the few decades if this continues most places will all have the same tasting burger the same tasting sauces all because it’s the cheapest to order

Yes I understand that ingredients are expensive now especially vegetables as well as taking into account staff costs and other expenses like rent and ect

But as far as I’m aware from talking with people at these places and people at places that make %90 by scratch it’s all comes down to money hungry owners that are never around with them not expecting to put money back into the business (which is a really bad way of thinking while owning one imo) compared to the other ones where the owners are basically always there helping and talking with workers And putting back into the business

Thanks for coming to my rant

TLDR;to many money hungry owners making their kitchens make cheap food while selling it at high prices which is ruining the industry and it might soon affect culinarily courses wich will most probably decrease culinary knowledge in the future