Hygiene
Hygiene is extremely important in the kitchen since you want to avoid food poisoning.
- Make sure you wash your hands well before cooking, as well as after handling raw meat
- Wipe down the counter tops with soapy water before you cook, since you never know if the previous person has spilled anything or has cleaned it properly
- Use different chopping boards for different types of food and this will help avoid cross contamination. There should be one for raw meats, vegetables and fruits, fish, and cooked foods.
- Always wash your dishes in hot soapy water
- Roll up your sleeves to prevent your clothing from contaminating the food in the kitchens Ross on Wye.
- Wear bandages if you have cuts on your hands
Safety
Safety is also extremely important since you want to avoid having any injuries such as burns, cuts, slipping etc.
- Make sure you tie long hair back, since your hair could accidentally fall in your food or catch fire
- Never leave the handles of your pans and pots facing forward. You always want it to face the side or else someone could bump into it, eventually knocking over the pan and spilling hot foods where the person can burn themselves or get injured
- Never leave something cooking unoccupied
- After spilling something, make sure to clean it straight away to avoid slipping and ensure floor safety
- Wear closed-in shoes to protect your feet, in case of hot spills
- Walk, don’t run. Do floor sealing to avoid slip accidents in the kitchen.
- Never put knives in your sink of dirty dishes! Someone could easily reach in and cut themselves!
- Always wear oven mitts when taking things out of the oven, you don’t want to burn yourself!
- When walking around the kitchen with a knife in your hand, always make sure it is facing downwards. If it is facing forwards you could easily stab someone
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