cook-chill

British

noun

a method of food preparation used by caterers, in which cooked dishes are chilled rapidly and reheated as required

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The Oscars are over, and now morale doesn't get any lower, as the very worst films are dumped ignominiously into cinemas like a vanload of cook-chill equine lasagnes delivered to schools and hospitals.

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