Part of it is about incentive alignment. There's about 100 ways to make food 1% tastier with 5% more calories. Restaurants make money from food that is tasty an

Part of it is about incentive alignment. There's about 100 ways to make food 1% tastier with 5% more calories. Restaurants make money from food that is tasty and perceived as healthy, regardless of whether it's healthy or not so they tend to utilize the full arsenal of tricks. When you have a chef in house, they're being paid to make the food to your specifications so it can often be significantly healthier.