Posted on 07/09/2013 12:05:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Employee Brandon Huber's viral video shows piles of raw meat sitting in the summer sun. And he says it is about to be served to buffet customers once the state inspection is over.
The food is fit for flies.
But instead, the rancid meat was being served to customers, a Golden Corral restaurant employee says in a shocking video.
‘I cook this food every day, and now I see what is involved into it,’ 21-year-old Brandon Huber says.
‘I cook this food every day, and now I see what is involved into it,’ 21-year-old Brandon Huber says. Brandon Huber's viral video of raw meat sitting in the summer sun by a parking lot dumpster has nearly 2 million views on YouTube — it also has customers, and the franchise's owner, disgusted.
Eric Holm, the owner of the Port Orange restaurant, said the manager on duty has since been fired.
The video has the state's Department of Business and Professional Regulation investigating.
The video has the state's Department of Business and Professional Regulation investigating.
"A video was recently posted showing an incident of improper food handling at our Port Orange, Fla., location," Holm, owner of 27 other Golden Corrals around Orlando and Atlanta, wrote in a statement Monday. "None of these items were served to a single customer. All were destroyed within the hour at the direction of management. Brandon Huber, the employee who made the video, participated in the disposal of the food."
Posted July 1, the video shows Huber, 21, a self-proclaimed long-time employee in full work attire, describing an inspection under way at the food joint. As he walks toward a dumpster, he explains how the manager put the piles of raw meat, including pot roast, bacon, baby back ribs and burger patties, outside and unrefrigerated to avoid inspection.
A self-proclaimed long-time employee says he found the piles of raw meat, including pot roast, bacon baby back ribs and burger patties, outside and unrefrigerated to avoid inspection.
A self-proclaimed long-time employee says he found the piles of raw meat, including pot roast, bacon baby back ribs and burger patties, outside and unrefrigerated to avoid inspection.
The food is piled in trays, sitting on metal serving shelves.
Dumpster or way station? A video by a Golden Corral employee seems to show meat left to rot outside before being served to customers again. BRANDON HUBER VIA YOUTUBE
Dumpster or way station? A video by a Golden Corral employee seems to show meat left to rot outside before being served to customers again. "Apparently, what my company likes to do to get ready for inspections, is put their food by the dumpsters," says Huber as he records the 2-minute long video behind the Golden Corral. "Look at all these flies, it's disgusting."
The disturbing claim that the restaurant served such food to customers has the state's Department of Business and Professional Regulation investigating the matter, a spokeswoman told The Dayton Beach News-Journal.
"They are looking into it," Tajiana Ancora-Brown said of the department's division of Hotels and Restaurants. "It [the investigation] is in progress."
The video first came to police attention after Holm, the owner, claimed he was being blackmailed. Huber's father, William Huber, posted the video on eBay with a $5,000 asking price. Holm took that as an extortion attempt but police disagreed. Instead, detectives passed it on to state restaurant inspectors. The agency's website showed Tuesday the restaurant remains open and that it last passed inspection Jan. 7. There is no mention of a more recent inspection mentioned in the video. The location opened in October.
"I cook this food every day, and now I see what is involved into it," Huber says in a second video, published online July 7. "And to me as an employee here, I would not eat this stuff."
jimmy ? Jimmy two times ? is that you ?
All you can eat?
Not surprised.
They must have hired the guy who used to run my High School cafeteria.
Well, gee. Whaddaya think makes it “golden.”
First they put it outside to give it a sun tan.
I remember how cute the waitresses were at the Golden Corral around Camp Lejeune, and I forgive them for all sins, decades later. They really were some pretty waitresses, complete with southern accents.
Most “Golden Corral” “Feed-Bag””Resturants” that I have seen(Western Iowa/Eatern Nebraska) are run by Mexicans and White Trash.
Disgruntled employee trying to blackmail Golden Corral.
The manager will be working in the school system before the week is out.
You’d be surprised at how often stuff like this happens at most any eating establishment. What those tv cooking shows and see how often the cook’s sweat drips into the dish and how many times they scratch their butts or touch their hair. No thanks, I’ll eat a home. Tonight’s homecooked menu is pork chops, potatoes, a salad from the backyard garden and something with fresh peaches for dessert.
Blackmail? That can easily be checked to see if the employees will concur with the “hiding” of food products or if the video shooter put them outside himself.
The trays of hamburger, ribs and other assorted items of fine dining cuisine would have never been placed out by the dumpster if not for the intrusion of government inspectors onto the private property of the Golden Corral.
This is just an other example of government causing more problems for private business.
That was always my attitude because my wife is a really awesome cook. Then one time I discretely overheard her tell my daughter not to be too good a cook because you never get to out to eat. I was so ashamed of my selfishness after hearing that that I made a point to take her out to eat at least once a week from then on.
That meat is being carefully aged. It’s a secret company process. Besides, it doesn’t smell THAT bad!
I’ve watched too many episodes of Bar Rescue, Restaurant: Impossible, and similar shows to enjoy eating out. Plus, my sister has worked for over 30 years managing all kinds of restaurants and has told me those situations are more the norm versus exceptions. I’ll eat out for a date night, or if I don’t have options, but I choose wisely.
What? Are you a termite?
My thought as well. IO worked in the food industry for a number of years and the inspectors inspected EVERYTHING. There was no way you got away with this crap.
It’s too bad this happened , I’ve ate at this chain in 4 different states and still wish I lived near one like I use to.
My husband is our local fire inspector, a job which takes him into the kitchens and storage compartments of our local restaurants, convenient stores, and grocery stores. Let’s just say we don’t often eat out.
What’s really interesting about this is that a couple of liberal FReepers were recently criticizing me regarding the bacterial dangers of pressure canning my own stocks and broths! I wonder how often they eat out?
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