I worked at First Watch as a line cook and food prep while in college. They have no microwaves or deep fryers. We arrived early each morning to prep everything. Even the whipped butter is made fresh, in house; no joke. Every juice on the menu is made fresh each morning with a high quality, commercial juicer and fresh fruit. If there’s any left at the end of the day, they either dump it or allow us to take some home. I was amazed with how much detail they put into their “fresh” mentality. We had 3 ring binders in the back prep area with recipes for everything we needed to make fresh for the day. I took pictures of a few of the juice and granola recipes. Looking back, wish I would have taken more. Great food and they aren’t lying when they say fresh. I actually enjoyed that job. Great place to work and they close at 2pm so you had the rest of the day for yourself.
Alan, thank you for going into such detail in your comment-that’s all fantastic to know! We really love their food and snag it when we get the chance. Something we haven’t tried yet are their seasonal juice blends. The Purple Haze they have right now looks phenomenal! What were your go-tos there?
Oh wow have things changed Alan. I was an Operations Manager up until a month ago. Although I’ll agree the hours were amazing and it was an ok place to work. Virtually nothing is fresh anymore. The Juices are fresh. But everything else is pre packaged nowadays. Even the potatoes. It’s actually kind of gross. The butter is 100% not prepared anymore along with the sauces. Certain LTO sauces are but it’s very few. Still no microwaves.
Best grilled cheese 🧀 I've had in my life 😋. Four different types of cheese and bacon 🥓. This items is not on most menus at first watch but if you know of it you can order it 😉
Your welcome Mike @ Liz . First watch was my family's favorite restaurant when we live in lakemary Florida. We would visit the location in Longwood. Good luck I hope you can still order the grilled cheese. Keep me posted 👍😄
@@MikeLizLife currently we are living back in New jersey . We have a similar restaurant called turning point in Homdel . Check it out if you visit . Very healthy
