Mr Tibbs wrote:

anyone ever seen this on the food channel?

My folks told me about it (they watched it on a food channel) but some
people say it's just an urban legend.

They had cameras in the restaurant, it is no hoax.

I never watch food channel so dunno.

But many restaurants buy the commercials equivalents of
frozen dinners and serve them up. If your lasagna or
coq au vin is a little too generic looking, that might
be what you're facing.

Steve