How A Japanese Megakitchen Prepares Thousands Of School Lunches Everyday | Big Batches
Vložit
- čas přidán 8. 03. 2023
- Musashino City School Lunch & Dietary Education Promotion Foundation in Japan prepares massive quantities of school lunches, called kyushoku, every day. Employing a staff of 70 workers, the kitchen is able to cook and package all of its meals in three hours so they can be delivered hot and fresh for lunchtime.
We got an inside look into the foundation's massive kitchen to see how cooks prepare these lunches in such big batches.
MORE BIG BATCHES VIDEOS:
How The World's Largest Community Kitchen Feeds 100,000 Daily At Golden Temple, India | Big Batches
• How The World's Larges...
How 3,000 Legendary Samsas Are Baked In Uzbekistan | Big Batches | Insider Food
• How 3,000 Legendary Sa...
How 40,000 People Are Fed Daily During Baba Milan In Rajasthan, India | Big Batches | Insider Food
• How 40,000 People Are ...
------------------------------------------------------
#JapaneseFood #BigBatches #InsiderFood
Insider is great journalism about what passionate people actually want to know. That’s everything from news to food, celebrity to science, politics to sports and all the rest. It’s smart. It’s fearless. It’s fun. We push the boundaries of digital storytelling. Our mission is to inform and inspire.
Visit our homepage for the top stories of the day: www.insider.com/food
Insider Food on Facebook: / foodinsider
Insider Food on Instagram: / insiderfood
Insider Food on Twitter: / foodinsider
Insider Food on TikTok: / foodinsider
Food Wars on Snapchat: / 9045577297
How A Japanese Mega-Kitchen Prepares Thousands Of School Lunches Everyday | Big Batches
The calibre and cleanliness of the food even surpasses most restaurants.
Absolutely! Definitely different from the schools food i had going to school here in the US, yikes 😅😬
@@alfwok 🤣🤣💀
@@alfwok probably lowkey
this is pretty much Industrial drug level of clean lmao
Lmao what u expect its japan ofc its top tier
I imagine American mega kitchens just having microwaves and deep fryers
Lol
Oh you have no idea how right you are
Wouldn't be surprised, ive yet to see a regional dish of them that is not deep fried something
If you want to see changes, get angrier and fight for the changes
Mostly, imagine them having about 1/4th as many staff per student. The Japanese kitchen can serve fresh vegetables because they have a whole crew of people whose job is to wash and peel them!
I'm a teacher in Japan and the school lunches are absolutely incredible in both taste and healthiness. Also each region has their own regional school lunch!
I didn't know about the regional aspect. I think that's great. I think French schools do this too.
@chequeavailability yeah, me too. So over here in Yamaguchi Prefecture we have a sweet fried dish called Chicken chicken burdock or in my city lotus root. I told my wife about this when I first ate it and she had no idea what I was talking about...because she was from Kansai and they don't serve that.
It's a great initiative
good salary, good food, good working environment.. damn I'm so jelly.... I wonder how difficult for you to teach japanese student? How is it?...
Actually a teacher, or an ALT?
I love how senior citizens are taking care of the new generations. It gives a stable job source and purpose.
Considering the low birth rate and lack of young workers, I think many seniors don’t have a choice but to work
Both can be true
hope the seniors have the strength for it still
@@xXxSkyViperxXx i had a bunch of old neighbors in japan, when i was a kid they always ask my parents if they could babysit me since they are both at work and im alone at our apartment. They are so delighted with young ones and they still work if not jobs then in their plot of land outside.
@@illuminaughty-7868 in my country, some seniors work as tutors for kids
This looks so incredibly wholesome and healthy compared to what I grew up with at school. Pizza, burgers, chicken nuggets, microwaved canned carrots and corn. Much of it heated from frozen. Better than nothing but not nearly as wholesome and unprocessed. I'd be thrilled if any kid of mine grew up eating this well like Japanese children.
saw a vid of the kitchen in an us battleship. i was shocked. theý gave the soliders the same food as prison inmates
Cause in the end, America doesn't care about their citizens
@@giovanniamore7532 for real eating the same food gets annoyed
Goes to show how different developed countries value their citizens compared to others. The cultural standards in health and quality of life are so diverse.
But would a typical American kid even eat the good stuff? I get the feeling they'd prefer pizza, burgers, and chicken nuggets.
This video didn't really mention it, but the kids are the ones helping to serve their fellow classmates, with the help of the teachers and volunteer parents etc, grandparents that are retired are often out there doing the crosswalk duty and helping with the serving as well. You can see examples around 8:36 etc
I've heard that Japanese kids also clean their own schools too. I think it's a really good idea to involve them in every aspect of their surroundings.
@@kjh23gk I think it's applicable across Southeast Asia as a Philippines student who also does the same thing. Cleaning classrooms and helping to sell food
@@kjh23gk In Japanese schools, the teachers tend to be the ones moving around, as opposed to more western schools where kids roam the hallways to get to classes. So their classroom is like their responsibility too!
@@kjh23gk That would be called child abused in America! Lol!
@@zZiL341yRj736 yeah, "abuse" is an overused word in America. Everything is an abuse if the Americans don't like it 😂
What a soft bunch they are
Japan is light years ahead of where we should be. Much respect.
They aren't ahead, all first world country have the capacity to do this, Japan government does this as what should be, an extension of the social labor that the population deserves, while other countries (yo know Wich) have a sense that every thing has to bring a profit, so you have a random corporation feeding literal crap to children because it means more tasty money.
@@moguel1524 I think that's what they meant by ahead. Sure we could do it, but we absolutely wouldn't
@@natefoldan I see ahead as "we are on the same road, they are just further than us" we actively refuse to even be on the same road, that's why I feel like they being ahead is not the best way to see it.
@@moguel1524 that's true. I'm from Ho Chi Minh city in Vietnam, a developing country, and we all have the same kitchen just like Japan from where I lived. I've read some comments stated even in the USA didn't have this kind of kitchen. This could mean your government basically doesn't care about young generation.
@@moguel1524 Fair enough, just differing interpretations of what ahead refers to.
_"Our menu is intended to serve as examples one day when children become responsible for food on the table."_
It really takes a village to raise one child. Bravo 👏
It only takes a village if the parents are imbeciles.
It also helps when you have a more or less homogenous population with a common culture or set of values.
In Japan, there is a concept called “Shokuiku” (Dietary Education). Good eating habits are the foundation of everything. Hunger causes conflict, and satiety breeds cooperation. I hope that children in all countries can eat at school.🍱🥛🍞
Currently working at a Japanese elementary school. Food is pretty good and healthy, but if a kid has any dietary restrictions they have to prepare their own lunch box. Not the world's most flexible system.
@@PlanetHell92 I know some they will make them special meals that don't have what they are allergic to as well. So I guess the one you work at is different
@@PlanetHell92 Yes, but looking at other countries: unhealthy food that can be processed and cooked fast (because cheaper) from big kitchens. If the school has no kitchen, it's small food stalls in some countrys and they also won't offer the healthiest options to choose from. The third option is no school lunch at all, which can be the case in quite some countries. Both the food stalls and school kitchens regularly don't offer a wide variety of options to choose from, so people with dietary restrictions can't eat the meals there - on top of the rest of the students getting unhealthy, industrially processed and thrown together food.
If not for the long sometimes predatory work culture in Japan, I love how they are passionate about everything they do. This is why Japanese products are a step above the rest and demand the higher prices
It is nice seeing factory employees in such high spirits.
They are in front of the camera!
@@drewh3224 I thought so too, but then again I have seen plenty of their videos from the different Insider shows and there is a difference.
@@drewh3224 Asia isn't like the west
@@rxtriva east asia to be specific
Kiss me dad
So amazing to see how Japan is able to prepare big batches of healthy, nutritious food for their schoolchildren! And the price per meal is not bad at all. I wish my country had something similar!
I wish you were wrong..
@@user-ln3jy4oc9tgeez those guys are being dumb being fatphopic is nothing either
"Children are taste-sensitive" and, yet, they eat these fantastic dishes with joy. This kitchen does an amazing job - let's hope it's a guiding star to the cheap goo many countries serve to their kids, if they even get warm meals at all.
This is called kyushoku and it's an amazing system, and very cheap for parents! The students also usually serve their classmates, like how they also clean their own classrooms. I think it's wonderful and wish the US where I live would care this much about our children having a well rounded education like this.
In the US it seems that many politicians (Looking at you GOP) are disgusted by the fact that some children could receive school lunches for free.
Here in the US you have hateful republicans more worried about lgbt people,banning books, being woke whatever the hell that means, CRT, owning the libs, etc, than worry about children's education. Most of them don't even hate the idea of having universal free breakfast and lunch for all children in this country.
how would you know all this living in US ?
@@irshviralvideo lot of research, I love Japan
The children there in Japan look 200% healthier and cleaner than here in America too. And they aren't worried about being shot constantly now.
I voted this - Top notch! # 1 on the list , The most cleanest, sterile, healthy and nutritious school meal on earth. Japanese highly prioritized their children’s cleanliness and nutrition because they are the future generations, they are the pride of their country!
This is so impressive. They literally have a "clean room" setup, from the sanitized uniforms, the double hand washing, and the wind-tunnel they have to walk through on the way to the kitchen. Our surgeons don't even clean up that much! If only America cared for its children this much.
I'd be happy if my kid's school lunches are half as healthy as this one
Then feed your kids.
@@TheTamaleWhisperer ah yes every parent has 3 yours a day to cook 3-dish meal
@@eddiester you must be the slowest cook alive
@@TheTamaleWhisperer Some US school does not allow to bring home food lunch. I assume they want to maximize money received by government. For example, my son is preschooler and his school does not allow bring any food to school. They served frozen microwave meal that highly processed. I am not happy about that. I prefer him to bring home food. Sometimes parents have no choice
@@doggo6240 It takes atleast half an hour to cook a nutritionally balanced meal so I wouldn’t say that cooking 3 times a day everyday is applicable for all families.
Nobody can match the Discipline & Cleanliness of Japanese People…..❤
This should be what every country should strived for. Japan is the gold standard of quality, cleanliness and great hygiene.
While here in America [actual menu from a local school], the kids are having:
* Hamburgers with french fries
* Turkey & cheese on a roll with potatoes fries
* Chicken nuggets or chicken fingers
* 2 slices of W/G 3x5 Pizza with romaine salad [that's healthy]
* Popcorn chicken or grilled chicken parmigiana
* Macaroni & cheese
* Beef or chicken tacos with shredded cheddar cheese
* Meatballs with sauce on whole grain roll
* Not to mention Domino's pizza partnered with the school to provide pizza 4 times a month
Healthy & delicious!
Get them while they're young! Domino's knows what it's doing.
Push comes to shove, your country couldn't care less about your citizens. Get more angry and make change
is this a fact or that only applies to a couple of schools?
Welcome to a lobbyist country.... govt doesnt care... corporations are making all the profit...
@@jdslipknot most us schools get their food from the same few companies so yes.
Knowing that the mothers are the ones preparing the meals for their children warms my heart for some reason.
phenomenal. should be a global standard for all of our children.
Man we are so far behind japan ! The quality, cleanliness, work ethic i mean the culture is just mesmerising. Food looks healthy, delicious and fulfilling.
I missed this! the competition is fierce between the different kitchens, so they really do make food delicious. Thing is the ministry approves their menu, and each month we only get up to 2 days of fried chicken and fries day 😂 We so look forward to junk food days. Every 3 months each class gets the menu to vote for the kitchen, and very often it's decided by how many fried chicken days each kitchen offers, that or the blood rice cake 🤣
OH and because they don't want to lose customer, if we do find bug or caterpillar, it means everyone in the class get 1 yakult yogurt. I really don't think that's gonna work for kids these days, but we were always mining for bugs or caterpillars.
I bet the mystery shapes in American school lunches have more protein tho (and more cow hormones)
Cow hormones? What are you smoking out in the sfv?
Lunch time is also when kids learn about the various aspects of meals. This idea is called shokuiku (food education).
Kyushoku generally has a soup and a couple of side dishes, which is reflective of the concept in traditional Japanese cuisine 一汁三菜(one soup, three side dishes).
Students get seasonal foods from time to time, like watermelon in summer and mandarin oranges in fall, and so on. Sometimes, they get special treats for special cultural events, like chimaki(sweet mochi) for May 5, Tanabata jelly for July 7, christmas mini-cake for Christmas, etc., so they can naturally learn about those events and their cultural significance.
Not only is kyushoku many kids’ favorite time of day at school, it is also a very important time to teach them about food, health, and culture.
Incredible to see the results of a developed society that values and prioritizes its children. Cannot even fathom school children in the US having access to such affordable, nutritious food.
America only wants kids to have a endless supply of wage slaves. Japan raises their kids to be the bosses of american wage slaves.
Oh we could do it but we won't because how else will crappy corporations get big federal contracts to supply our children trash at a premium price. Have you seen what they serve and what they charge for it? A tiny carton of milk, 4 chicken nuggets made with the cheapest pink slime, about 6 canned green beans, 1 stale fat salt and sugar free roll and a "fruit" cup swimming in corn syrup for 3.65 where I am.
Thats why I refuse to buy them for my kids. Believe me the schools notice, thats why they pushed back on Micheal Obamas healthy food bs. The meals quit selling and the schools had a melt down about it.
America values their children as much as anyone,, but the crony corrupt communism that runs it couldn't care less.
Meanwhile Japan is free to have true capitalism, with parents paying for each lunch, and the best of the best flourishing.
Why do they need to prioritize the children when half of the world can migrate in already?
Japanese culture is ahead of the world...so much respect for kids .
Kids are so disciplined. They even help serving foods. Wow!
Less about discipline and more about being forced to. It's not out of their own volition.
@PlanetHell92 it instill a sense of community, make them less self centered.
@@PlanetHell92 Or rather 'taught' to. If a child is being sent to a school when the child doesn't want to go to school, isn't the child being forced? Being birthed to is being forced to live too. It's weird that you'd think children being taught to be disciplined "out of their own volition" to have the same tone of being coerced into doing something.
@@PlanetHell92 That's exactly how it should be done here.
@@PlanetHell92 ok gen z
The hygiene aspect is so admirable, such professionalism and passion.
Yeah, that kitchen looks like you could perform neurosurgery in it any time, without prior notice. Japan and Korea are the bosses, when it comes to school lunches.
Puting dietary education into action instead of just teaching it theoretically is utterly brilliant 👏 👌 👍
Employing mothers is a great move on order to maintain the efficiency and motivation ❤❤❤
I was able to live a school life with peace of mind by eating such a school lunch. Japanese children know what kind of process the school lunch is in front of them now. That's because I take a class to observe the process of making. I am grateful to the people who work hard and continue to make school lunches that are safe, delicious, and help children grow.
Japanese kids are so cute🤩 I'm very impressed by their responsible attitude to the healthy nutrition of schoolchildren👍
I see this as a model for all school lunch programs. Using local sustainable and organic items when available. Bravo, bravo to you one and all.
School lunch quality is dependent on the tuition/property tax. My high school was in a very upscale area and the school lunch was... Passable
I respect any country who cares about their children through nutritious lunches and good schooling.
I love how they considered the children's palate. Probably the reason why japanese people are good in describing tastes of foods
THIS IS AMAZING. I wish we had this in Australia.
it would be awesome, but you know we’d just end up having sausage sizzles for lunch every day … rissoles if we’re being fancy 😂
@@Gilvala can't go wrong with a sausage sizzle
@@Gilvala I wouldnt be complaining
Someone needs to show this to the US school districts
why dont you do it?
Us is still busy with tiktok
I worked at a public school for the first two years I was in Japan. I REALLY miss the school lunches. My school had it's own kitchen, though.
Involving moms in the kitchen staff to ensure the quality of the food is a brilliantly simple solution.
Glad to see so many people working so diligently in such an amazing place. I hope they're rewarded for all of their hard work.
God, Japan is such an impressive place. Everything is so well organized and tidy, they honestly deserve the title of most technologically advanced country in the world.
As far as I can see this school lunch system is far superior to what I grew up with here in Portland, OR. The dedication they put into these kids meals is something to be admired.
I always love a good video on Japanese or Korean school lunches. Always so beautiful and nutritious and they are like a well oiled machine.
The food war videos can be fun, but this kind of videos are why I subscribed.
I admire Japanese folks for showing passion to food, yet love and extreme care to their kids
I make my kids lunches and they are very healthy, if the school my kids go to had options like this, I would just pay for them to eat healthy at school.
😅🔷😃😊u
F
I truly love Japanese people and their culture they do everything to perfection
I mean. I’m just saying if Japan can do THIS for it’s students, there’s no real reason the US can’t.
This was amazing to see! Hats off to all the hardworking people who took so much care into cooking tasty nutritious meals for school kids
Americans would have to CARE for that to happen.
Factually wrong, Japan have a strong sense of community, something that's even rarer to find in the US than a literal Diamond
有機野菜を使っているのが素晴らしい。本当に子供達の健康を考えているのがわかる。
Japan is making me fan of their hygiene , culture, education system, respect for their language and what's next 🫡🫡.
As an Indian youth i will definitely try my best to aware my people and friends about them .
Wishing great future of relationship between our country's 🇯🇵🇮🇳❤️
japanese beef
@@dominicj7977 exept that pls
I think veg food are enough 😅😅
@@Rishabh.sukidayo. Japanese are also the most healthiest group of people on the planet.
Think about it.!!!!
Same here.
Japan always lives a decade ahead of the world
Japanese food safety standards are better than the FDA
Wow...having kids' mothers cooking for them is so amazing
One needs to appreciate the fact that , they did not allow western modes of cultural transfer impact ‘ take over Japanese culture. Them sticking tire to the ethnic ways of service is commendable. In the era of packed sugar loaded foods and food stabilisers Japan is doing a beautiful job.
Every child in the world deserves this kind of care! Just wish every child had it
地物の美味い飯が毎日食べれるってほんとにいい事だよな
it looks professional and efficient
This is absolutely amazing how they get everything sourced, sorted, made and served.
It must be nice to know how much people care and get good tasting healthy food.
I can only pray that if I have to have surgery, the doctors & nurses are this clean.
lovely - and this can help explain why Japan has one of the world's longest life expectancy
How I wish everyone, everywhere, would learn to appreciate the value of teaching healthy eating habits. Chapeau, Japan, chapeau!
Loved the sanity. This level of awareness should be all over the world while cooking food especially for kids :)
omg the sanitation in this place is an absolute dream
Japanese people are all about discipline...methodical...hard working...futuristic...traditional...
No doubt these people can surpass any difficulties with ease...
The food is prepared and designed in such a way that there is a total balance of nutrition and taste...
The irony is that every one would appreciate such a mega kitchen yet it takes a whole lot of dedication and hard work to replicate the same in their own place...
As long as everything goes their way, they have no problem. As soon as it doesn't though, they completely lose their minds. It's not unheard of for a Japanese student to kill themselves if they aren't accepted into the school of their choice so clearly, surpassing any difficulty isn't high on their list of national priorities.
It's great they're teaching kids early about balanced eating, wish more school in the US were like this
wow japanese kids eat healthier and tastier foods than we do in Norway ..impressed .such beautiful and happy kids
Imagine having this.. you would go to school for the pleasure of eating such amazing food
This system is far far far superior to any you'll find in the states, I'm literally every regards. I'm in awe.
I actually like the concept of parents working in their children school, so it solves their worry of leaving their child at school while having a job
I don't know where to start. This is just awesome on so many levels. I love Japan's commitment to anything they do! The systems and processes are incredible. 😍
This is genuinely incredible how they balance care, affordability, and health. Truly impressive. The kids are so cute too, I hope they all grow up well :)
They have well placed pride, this is an excellent system with the children as the priority.
As an American, this is so embarrassing to watch
Man, Japan just way ahead of all of us
Awesome to see the care put into every aspect of feeding these lucky children.
I know a clean room when I see it. They are cooking in an amazing space. Much respect in ensuring food is served safely
Those giant pork shumai look amazing. The attention to detail as far as ingredients, hygiene, and culture is amazing. Such good work.
Hire the mothers of the children who eat the food. Absolutely genius haha
thank you for adding captions! love your informational videos:)❤
This has to be the best in the world for every category from taste to cleanliness to healthiness and everything in between
Japan is lovely.
Wow so healthy! I remember our school lunches were mostly fried oily foods! Curly fries and pepperoni pizza were a staple in high school!
I appreciate all the hard work.❤
I’m so impressed… I wonder when I can see such system in the schools in my country
LOVE these Big Batches episodes!
If only it was like this worldwide. Children should never go hungry or be malnourished from unhealthy choices.
I am extremely Happy with food insider. The videos are great to see and very comforting.
even the kids are serving the food! amazing!
This is the type of kitchen Emirates has. Even a freaking blower for the dust on clothes. This is awesome. 🥰
Top notch food safety and nutrition, and yes - hygiene. Japan is doing so well.
The entire process is so clean and hygienic!!!
Such an amazing job to serve children's meal ❤
It looks incredibly clean. Good job
Extreme Level Hygiene 👍🏼👌🏼
Super Ultra Pro Max level, highly impressed 🙏🏼🇮🇳 🇯🇵
Those are actually really nice looking lunches! In my elementary school/middle school in the US, the school lunches were always these really bland, kinda gross looking and ill-made sandwiches, salads, and meats that no one really liked. (I remember in middle school hearing someone scream after finding a chicken heart in their meat). High school was a little better, but it always felt like if you didn't bring lunch you kinda just got whatever was cheapest for them to throw together for students. Kinda interesting considering all the time in health or gym class they wasted on reteaching different versions of the food pyramid, only to completely ignore it in the cafeteria offerings.
Japanese school lunch programs are always impressive. It’s amazing how this kitchen even uses organic ingredients.
Meanwhile, the juxtaposition of videos I’ve seen about American school lunches and how it’s such a huge problem to make it fresh cooked and healthy because the processed food industry is so strong. It really shows what each society actually cares about.
It doesn't show anything about what each society cares about, it just shows America is about as far from capitalist (just cronyism and communism ruining everything) as possible and Japan is ultra capitalist (allowing the best of the best to flourish).
@@bluefootedboobie18931893, is that when you were born, Grandpa?
I loved school lunch meal in Japan. It’s so good and also I loved the fact we used to put tables together in a few groups and eating all together in the class room.
Perfection at its finest
The Japanese never fail to impress
The school I attended had a factory attached to it that made school lunches, and we were able to eat freshly prepared hot school lunches every day.
I think school lunch is a very good culture.