Toby Carvery seven-pound roast talk turned into a practical question in Poole after Tee Gee posted footage of a chef weighing a customer’s plate before serving meat. The video, filmed at a Toby Carvery branch in Poole, Dorset, showed portion limits of 216g for a king-size plate and 160g for a standard plate.
Tee Gee's Facebook video
Tee Gee shared the clip on Facebook with the caption: "Toby Carvery...tiny Yorkshire puddings AND they’re weighing the meat now! Good job I went King Size. Next they’ll be counting the peas!" He said he had chosen a king-size plate, and the clip circulated online earlier this week.
The footage matters because it did not show a one-off serving decision at a single table. The chef in the video said the rule had been implemented about three weeks ago at the Poole branch and a couple of others across the UK, suggesting the practice was being used in more than one place.
Poole Toby Carvery limits
Toby Carvery says it is the home of the Sunday roast and says guests can enjoy a minimum of three roasted meats served by staff behind the carving deck, with vegetables, Yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes and other trimmings available to help themselves. That sits alongside the footage showing meat being weighed before service at Poole Toby Carvery.
Some social media users said they would boycott Toby Carvery if the meat weighing continued. Others suggested the scales were being used to teach new staff portion control, which would make the practice a training step rather than a permanent menu rule.
What Toby Carvery did not settle is the part customers now need most: whether the weighing applies chain-wide, only at the Poole branch and a couple of others, or serves as an internal exercise for staff. For anyone heading to Toby Carvery, the only hard numbers in circulation are the ones in the video — 216g on king-size plates and 160g on standard plates.
