What are ghost kitchens & why are they taking over our cities?

[@NickGazard]

There’s more to this though - they’re not necessarily buildings, in some cases windowless shipping containers on an industrial estate. More concerning though is that food delivery is about data. So if a delivery company sees a high number of Indian or Burger orders they create a fictional brand in that area, eg. Holy Cow from Deliveroo and directly compete with the local restaurants they also deliver from. They also just undercut them and offer specials. Good for them and larger brands, less so for the smaller local independent being successful.

[@pollumG]

Very true. They should tax these ghost kitchens harder.

[@alastairmackay4589]

Nick Gazard Is that so the illegal immigrants can start cooking before they even leave the dock?

[@Ibrahim-vx5kq]

Amazon does the same thing, they see which products are selling the best on Amazon, copy the product, slap 'Amazon basics' on the side and undercut the competition because they have enough money to Unfortunate

[@511dydy]

Its a sign that you need to cook at home more

[@joshdelaet3536]

Ariaditya Pramestu people don’t cook or socialize anymore, where you been?

[@peterbustin2683]

@@joshdelaet3536 Its a sign !

[@511dydy]

@@joshdelaet3536 at home

[@Ben-ew3hv]

the way you say pollos hurts my soul,

[@CountDrunkula]

He calls Welsh lads "Bolloss"

[@Angry_Squirrel555]

My thoughts as well.

[@mikehart5619]

It should sound more like po-yos air-mahn-os

[@tubeWyrme]

Why not just call them "Delivery Kitchens" instead of using the loaded terms "Dark" or "Ghost"?

[@CountDrunkula]

So that goths finally have a second job prospect taking the monopoly away from CEX.

[@4jp]

They are also called "cloud" or "virtual" kitchens/restaurants. The idea is that they may not actually exist as storefronts or their own space. The provider might do all the work after the "restaurant" owner creates the menu. These restaurants do not deliver in most cases. They partner with uber eats and similar services for that

[@user-neo71665]

So failures like Jamie Oliver have something evil sounding to blame

[@toyotarizzle]

@@4jpMajority are actual restaurants though, like Chilis sells Its Just Wings only through a 3rd party delivery app. You can buy Chili's wings at Chili's but not Its Just Wings even though it's made at Chili's. Maybe that's why pizza hut doesn't sell wings but they sell wingstreet wings cause if pizza hut sold wings and they sold wingstreet wings something would happen.

[@Ibrahim-vx5kq]

Ghost because they aren't really seen, people aren't gonna notice the multiple kitchens in an industrial estate They are called cloud kitchens as well sometimes Ghost kitchen just sounds better

[@dyu8184]

Still haven't gotten into the food delivery craze, I rather just go out or walk over to the local restaurant if I want something for myself.

[@NigelDraycott]

dyu totally agree,

[@mountainman6172]

I indulge three months on take-away delivered to my home. In those cases, I just use Just-Eat or -gasp- call the restaurant directly.

[@Henk14789]

It's a sign that the rent is too damn high!

[@himesama_k407]

Henk159 like in Vancouver !

[@maxximumb]

If they are subject to the same health and hygiene rules as regular restaurants and take away places, I don't see the problem. I think the number of private homes that are now offering food in pre-cooked portions should be regulated the same way as commercial food preparation.

[@2760ade]

Yes, this concerns me also. I won't eat food from any restaurant or takeaway that doesn't have a good hygiene rating. But if ordered food is not cooked on the premises, you have no way of knowing the level of cleanliness!

[@TheGrandTourFans]

Looks like a great way for restaurants to avoid Food and Health controls. The inspector does check the restaurant and the kitchen, but nobody knows where the ghost kitchen is...

[@Angry_Squirrel555]

The Grand Tour Fans, F&H regulations apply to a dine-in or ghost kitchen just the same as both are regulated by the Health Department. These are standards that must be applied to no matter where the kitchen is located. If someone gets sick from the food in either place it can trigger a health inspection, so it’s in the best interest of the business to adhere to the regulations at both places. At least in the US, as far as the UK goes I have no idea. That would be something to research though.

[@kkho2198]

@@Angry_Squirrel555 yeh but a rock bottom grade kitchen will never be noted... as long as you dont give customers food poisoning

[@Stoppii8]

This isn't James May content...

[@CountDrunkula]

Wait there.... there you go, there's your biscuit.

[@Felix-vj7fb]

Where’s may

[@simonsackett]

Setting up dark kitchens around the country to supply the demand for 70's sandwiches.

[@superlameusername362]

3 months from now.

[@WalterBurton]

@@simonsackett lol

[@WalterBurton]

@@simonsackett lol

[@SilverScarletSpider]

Online food delivery services take a bigger cut out and profits over the restaurant themselves. It’s ridiculous.

[@PlittHD]

Use the online service to find restaurants and then call the place directly

[@NotaPizzaGRL]

@@PlittHD Make sure it's the actual number of the restaurant. Grubhub and them also like to set up numbers for restaurants who use their services. So if you search for the number you'll get theirs instead of the real number.

[@Ibrahim-vx5kq]

People are so lazy now that they don't care about how much more it costs to delivery, they want the convenience so will pay extra

[@matty6848]

I ordered a Chinese takeaway in Stevenage last week and I said I would pick it up as it was a 45 min wait. I drove down too be met with a kitchen in a industrial unit. Rang the bell, the guy came too the door and handed me my food, which I’ve got too say was lovely. It was a classic ghost kitchen..

[@a.s.j.g6229]

Where is James may

[@Astralfirework]

He was probably busy sorting wing nuts by size and finish when this was being recorded.

[@cwardlow7]

He's working in a ghost kitchen for 70's sammies

[@Deacon_Ix]

A lot of major fast food brands are already delivering out of a single ghost kitchen

[@xxDOTH3DEWxx]

Delivery is so damn expensive though. In America at least. Not sure about the other shore

[@EverythingNuclear]

I'm fairly sure that Uber Eats in the UK has a flat £3.49 delivery fee. So that's like, idk $4.10/4.20?

[@xxDOTH3DEWxx]

@@EverythingNuclear do they have a $10 minimum order? We do for many delivery services in the US. So $10 plus a delivery fee ends up costing far more than going to get it yourself, which is obvious. I cant justify doing it here.

[@Sven_Hein]

It's become the same with nearly every service. Like locksmiths, car mechanics and service hotlines etc.

[@brianartillery]

I very seldom eat takeaway or delivered food. It's expensive. And a bit lazy.

[@dharmamonkey]

Jamie Oliver’s restaurants should have gone on Just Eat

[@nostradamusus]

that's an insult to Just Eat.

[@maminparvaresh]

I can't speak for others, but the reasons I personally order online is firstly because of cost and secondly ease of use. I can see the food, I can see the price, I can waste as much time as I want and I don't have to get out, also as I said, there's the cost. If I physically go to a restaurant, not only I have to pay more for my food, but also I have to pay for commute and the additional payments that restaurants add, so...there's a lot to it. Lastly, I have to mention my social anxiety, I really don't want to be out just to eat, why would I when I can eat from my home doing what I want to do.

[@maminparvaresh]

@@KrispyCrem3 I do truly believe that being social is the best medicine and treatment for social anxiety too, however that's beside the point of the video and my comment to go through, I do however, appreciate your comment.

[@WhereverHugo]

Wow, this video looks great!

[@Artix902]

Los Pollos is pronounced "poyos"

[@Mushnp]

Brit's can't pronounce foreign words. They say fillet incorrectly as well.

[@alantaylor2117]

Polla off

[@damionlee7658]

The concern that I have with this is one of transparency. We are all familiar with the health and hygiene ratings on windows/doors of food establishments. Using a delivery app, you may not know for sure where you for is being made. A lot of people may end up opting for a choice because they have been in/seen the restaurant, only for the food to be made off-site. What happens when the ghost kitchen has a different rating to the restaurant? Will the rating be shown for the ghost kitchen, or, more likely, which ever has the higher rating. Perhaps if the restaurant has the higher rating they will claim they need to use that one to attract people using the app to eat out at the restaurant, and if the ghost kitchen has the higher rating they will claim transparency of where delivered food is prepared is the most important factor. This may not be so bad when one is 5 and the other is 4. But what if the restaurant is 5 and the ghost kitchen is 1? What if you live in a city and a large chain has several ghost kitchens, with varying ratings? This may help convenience for the restaurant, and even improve productivity/profits... But the potential for poor food handling/hygiene becoming a masked problem where the consumer has no idea if the kitchen their order is coming from is a bad choice, or even just knowing where their order will be prepared before ordering it, becomes a serious concern.

[@Vespuchian]

More concerning: are Ghost Kitchens even rated? If the location isn't listed as a restaurant is it even held to restaurant standards?

[@damionlee7658]

@@Vespuchian they are certainly held to the same inspection requirements and standards by the Food Standards Authority, as with any commercial kitchen.

[@Vespuchian]

@@damionlee7658 Good to know, thanks!

[@JohnSpo]

ive ordered from ghost kitchens in brooklyn for quite some years now. The first one I discovered when I went to the location to try to order a take out and there was no restaurant there.

[@johnbanks4761]

food deliveries? no thanks..i am not an invalid, not disabled, not lazy..so i have no problem with getting my own food

[@B4503D]

you need to cook your food at home, eating out or order inn is meant to be a treat, not a lazy crutch!

[@Ibrahim-vx5kq]

People are too lazy now and they have enough money to pay for delivery Some people order all 3 meals a day, even if the weather is nice 🤦

[@undeniable_1]

Thankfully not here yet. I deliver food to make extra money. All the places I've been to are actual restaurants.

[@caitlinmarie1918]

So I live somewhere that doesn’t have skip the dishes or urber eats can you pick up from a ghost kitchen or is it strictly delivery?

[@SinkyYT]

I used to delivery from a ghost kitchen about 20 years ago. The guy made Indian food inside an old building next to an airfield used during the war. I was always told to be vague if customers asked where the premises were located.

[@elund408]

another way for us to sit at our computers and insulate ourselves from reality.

[@alt7488]

it's to do with economics and profits, to get uber eats etc you pay them a commission of 30 odd percent plus delivery fees, the average profit on food at a restaurant is bout 30 percent, so to make a profit you either have to charge more on uber eats,and yes companies do it,or reduce costs.

[@zaugitude]

Wow! Think of the increase in single use containers. That’s.....neat 😐

[@Angry_Squirrel555]

Sure there’s a lot of garbage that one can get delivered, but higher end restaurants don’t do this sort of thing because there’s a standard of food quality that is more important to them. Sure I can get any kind of TGI McF-wads food delivered to my door but the quality of that food is truly trash. It’s lukewarm, most likely soggy, and overpriced for what you ultimately get (when you account for delivery fees included). If you want truly good food then either learn how to make it yourself or get off your lazy rear and go to a restaurant. You truly get what you give in this situation.

[@WalterBurton]

Hear, hear! 👍

[@frankisawesomee]

This world is changing so fast 💨

[@23bcx]

The only food I have ever ordered online is pizza. But I also don't go to fast food restaurants if there is a line of more than one or two groups and will leave a traditional restaurant if there is a wait time, in those cases it is easier to go somewhere else. I guess I just like instant gratification, I will always try to but from a local brick and mortar store before I order things online.

[@MartinAhlman]

When do we get ghost pubs? I'm hoping for never.

[@horalesupervato1]

Yeah idk bout that.. I’d worry bout hygiene & cleanliness.. I’ll stick with cooking my own food thank u

[@gideonmele1556]

“Mr May, what is your opinion of ghost kitchens?” “Wot? Is that what they call them? That’s juvenile.” Proceeds to eat a 70’s sandwich with red wine *angry Clarkson noises in the distance

[@avlisk]

It's a great idea. The ghost kitchens don't have to deal with the public tramping in, which only adds cost and aggravation to the business. Just cook me the food and get it here quickly.

[@IrishEagIe]

Well, it isn't shut-in gluts who are causing the surge, it's people & parents families who have been working all day and are to wrecked to cook a meal.

[@MrTea101]

A sign people are working too much for less, noadays it's normal to get 2 jobs or more. Nobody cooks 4 square meals at home anymore, or even cook at all.

[@ploschi1]

Is there a plugin for e.g. After Effects or a stand-alone plugin for creating animations like these? Looks stunning!

[@stealthworx4371]

"Los pOlLoS" killed me

[@jrgenramdahl123]

A ghost kitchen here in norway was run from the owners apartment, and the meat was stored in the entre by the shoes... Luckily it was shut down.... I would not order from a ghostkitchen at any time

[@ile84]

A real "Los Pollos Hermanos" thats hilarious, wonder if Giancarlo Esposito (Gus Fringe) has been there or is the boss. I bet some people would go nuts if he was to be seen there working :D

[@kickinbackinOC]

My coworker ordered a meal worth about $15- After delivery fees, it was $10 more!

[@Ronaldo114]

Yeah when you order off those delivery apps the fees add up to another plate/meal. Essentially almost if not doubled from the item you are purchasing,

[@mrburgerlover5393]

What do you use to animate

[@alastairmackay4589]

It’ll turn people into mountains of lard, who will need super-size remote controls due to their massive fingers, and they’ll need their front door adapted for when they leave the house - in their super-size coffins ⚰️

[@hilarydrinkwater5392]

Tables of "Special Functions". However, such representations may converge slowly if at all. Rtional approximations are typically used, although they may behave badly in the case of complex argument.

[@nosrin1988]

we really need to get out more.

[@woodenotaku]

Seeing as how the food isn't coming from the restaurant you think it's coming from, what's stopping a third party from entering this race? Suppose you place an order at Place A. But really the food is manufactured and packaged at Place B. Eventually someone will realize that the people buying have no god damn idea where this food is coming from and open up Place C. A completely unrelated store to Places A and B, but using something like a similar or even the exact same name as Place A. Customers can't complain the food they received from Place C didn't come from Place A. It wouldn't have even if they ordered directly from Place A. This seems like an excellent opportunity for organized crime. You just use an app and click to order food. Don't know from where or how. But somehow it ends up at your door. Like magic. And as long as folks aren't getting sick, they may not even notice that what they're ordering, isn't what they think they're ordering.

[@WalterBurton]

The straighter line is just a truncation of the first line. The only value Place A adds to the contract is reach (branding). Therefore, Place B will eventually supplant Place A. There are a bunch of classic examples of this, but I'm not entirely sober at the moment, so I will just refer you to the (much more capable) Intertubes. :-)

[@LibertyDino]

This could actually work well if individuals could join the market easier and sort of how restaurants started in private homes. Obviously with regulations and everything that sadly won't go to be a poor person's way out of poverty.

[@elizabethingram9784]

Interesting. Gack!

[@robertcole74]

I refuse to order home delivery & would rather go out to eat.

[@b_mb4948]

Food for thought...

[@handiman5001]

All it show's us is that people believe they are either to busy (or in reality to LAZY) to cook for themselves or they think it's the in thing to do. In my opinion LAZY comes to mind.

[@misolgit6986]

I have it on good authority that Jamie Oliver's Italian did not cook on the premises food was brought in and re heated

[@nickolastiguan]

There is one near my work, that cooks Indian, Mediterranean and Chinese food 😂

[@wordkyle]

"Pollos" is pronounced "POY-yose" not "PAHL-ohs" That may seem a bit nitpicky, but it was causing me actual physical pain to listen to it.

[@gweilo8888]

Likewise. I stopped watching the video at that point.

[@raysmith1992]

We have become lazy also I feel that restaurants need to give us an experience, having dined at 2 Michelin star restaurants the service and food are at another level, we have eaten in chains and owner run restaurants and there are good and bad. I have only eaten 2 delivery meals, since I can cook a meal in 30 minutes I can do it quicker than one of these food delivery meals. Having been to a Jamie Oliver restaurant I was not impressed uncomfortable chairs, crowded, noisy and the food and service was average. Eating out supports local restaurants and it comes to the table hot, food delivered will never be as hot due to the distance travelled and the weather can influence this.

[@AoyagiAichou]

I love it how people become vegan because it's more environmentally friendly but then keep eating our or worse, getting food delivery.

[@philipnorris7962]

Great

[@madmax6662]

delivaroos? 0:01

[@jh221177]

Good no more uber drivers in McDonald's thankfully

[@karlgerber7652]

I had a chef on my radio show who swore the ghost kitchen she worked in was really run by ghosts. You've gotta hear this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4HUhHWvhZdpZ6M

[@SaengerDruide02]

Who the fuck orders coffee to be delivered? Why does starbucks need those kitchens?

[@PhilipCockram]

Learn to cook and save your money .

[@gompputin4998]

James may please make cheesecake

[@ColtonBlumhagen]

"Deliveroos"

[@rogerhudson9732]

No,get out less and actually cook at home. Then invite friends.

[@johnfreda5345]

When McDonald's starting delivering I knew it was the beginning of the end of civilization

[@mohini5288]

I Thought it was 2x speed

[@pollumG]

Jamie's food chain went belly up was because the food there was utter shite. Facts..not what you'd expect from the naked chef thus it made believe that he is overrated. How could he even sign that food off?

[@rud]

I suppose it’s a thing if you live in a city. I haven’t ordered food for the last 10 years. 😀

[@CountDrunkula]

How long until we're 3D printing food so even this industry dies

[@worshipperoftheolympians6011]

i don't think it will die

[@CountDrunkula]

@@worshipperoftheolympians6011 What about when we're living on spaceships?

[@worshipperoftheolympians6011]

@@CountDrunkula then we would have a restaurant and bar

[@katherine1821]

pollo pronounced "poy-yo". polo sounds whacky lol

[@patsfreak]

I can Los polos hermanos but can I get a good burger?

[@Account1746]

Food out the wazoo

[@magnusbruce4051]

I don't really like the terminology used here "dark kitchen" implies that they're illegal, unclean, unregulated rather than just a kitchen without a restaurant area. If it keeps costs down so takeaways aren't as expensive, and these places are inspected by food hygiene inspectors then I'm all for it.

[@invalidcrazy7034]

It just implies they're in the datk, not part of the public network.

[@valeriesanchez3074]

🤔

[@briancherry1]

Hi

[@theElrin]

Get OUT more... Just not right now. Stay home more...now....for now. Stay home...then GET OUT MORE.

[@American-Motors-Corporation]

Jamie Oliver blaming the internet just like all the other overpriced retailers with bad managers!!

[@vhaarr]

Who is this anonymous narrator, and what the hell does this video have to do with James May or his mates? I am confused. Is this channel supposed to be a sterile alternative to the BBC, or can we expect the real content that we subscribed for?

[@bubaloow123]

Jamie Oliver will Blame literally anything before admitting that he's maybe just a bit shit.

[@elliottslab]

yes get out more haha and also lower the business rates

[@Prican777]

Los po-l-l-os?! I’m honestly horrified. Do your homework, it’s Spanish. Not that hard.

[@nataliecameron]

Literally what's wrong with this though, also please at least pronounce Los Pollos Hermanos correctly

[@simonh6371]

Do you know what ''literally'' means?

[@Bob_the_Jedi]

24th!

[@GrandMasterAbe]

You're turning into Business Insider/Vox. Very bad!

[@ssilvaxxx22]

You guys have nothing better to comment do you xD

[@bluceree7312]

Capitalism going its best. also, po *_LL_* os?

[@tylerjackson4168]

People are lazy. I live by myself. I spend 100 dollars for 2 weeks of groceries and I make all 3 meals a day at home. I only spend 20 dollars a week, maybe, on drive thru, dine in, or take out. Delevery is a rip off. How much would it cost to have one meal a day delivered for 2 weeks, then you still gotta make the other 2 or heaven forbid have those delivered too. I could afford it but I wouldn't be saving near as much money. Trying to be financially responsible now that I am in my 30's and have a mortgage. Btw I pay extra on the principal every month. Would be hard to do that if I wasted money having my meals delivered. Ok, rant over, cheers!

[@MrTea101]

Good idea but bad for restaurants. You might as well do what the Chinese's been doing over the last 3 decades, just run takeaways.

[@4jp]

Takeaways require expensive rental space in areas where people will go. This concept allows someone to rent industrial space and turn it into a food factory that can crank out orders and send them out to customers miles and miles away.