Cooking for the New Generation, 2nd Edition Lesson 6 New Generation Foods─Serving

COOKING FOR THE

NEW GENERATION2nd Edition

2007 BREAKFAST LUNCH TRAINING

Cooking for the New Generation, 2nd Edition Lesson 6 New Generation Foods─Serving

LESSON 6NEW GENERATION FOODS─

SERVING

Lesson 6 Objectives1. You will review guidelines for

good personal hygiene and food safety.

2. You will discuss correct procedures for serving hot and cold prepared foods to ensure the overall quality and safety of new generation foods.

3. You will explore techniques used to provide excellence in food presentation and customer service.

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Pre-Training Questions

Get out from behind the line and get in line instead.

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Important Information!

A food service employee can contaminate food by hands

• after touching anything that could contaminate hands.

• by being sick with a stomach or intestinal infection.

• after caring for another person with a stomach or intestinal infection.

• by having an infected burn, wound, or other injury, and not covering it properly.

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Food handlers must have the highest standards of personal hygiene.

• Wash hands properly at appropriate times.

• Keep fingernails trimmed and filed.

• Keep hair and body clean; bathe every day.

• Wash hands before putting on single-use gloves and change gloves frequently.

• Avoid bare-hand contact with food.

• Maintain good health.

• Treat and bandage wounds and sores.

• When feeling ill, alert the foodservice manager and avoid working with food.

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An important part of good personal hygiene is clean and appropriate dress.

• wear a clean, appropriate uniform every day.

• wear a clean apron when preparing food and take it off when leaving the food preparation area.

• change an apron if it becomes soiled.

• avoid wearing jewelry when preparing or serving food.

• wear a hair restraint.

• wear comfortable, low-heeled, closed-toe shoes with soles that prevent slipping.

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Following guidelines for serving food is important for food safety.

• Use hot serving equipment. Cook hot foods to the required temperature and place in holding cabinets or on a steam table to be held at or above 135 °F.

• Keep COLD foods at or below 41 °F in a refrigeration unit or surrounded by ice.

• Stir foods at reasonable intervals to ensure even heating or cooling.• Check internal food temperatures with a food thermometer every

30 minutes. Sanitize the food thermometer after each use.• Cover hot holding equipment to retain heat and to guard against

contamination.• Monitor the temperature of hot holding equipment.• Avoid cross-contamination.

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Food safety guidelines also must be observed by employees on the serving line.

• Follow rules for good personal hygiene.• Always wash hands and arms up to the elbow with soap and warm

water for at least 20 seconds before serving food.• Use cleaned and sanitized long-handled ladles and spoons so bare

hands do not touch food.• Avoid touching the parts of plates, food trays, or flatware that will

come into contact with food or the customer’s mouth.• Wear single-use gloves when serving food by hand.• When possible, use tongs, or wear single-use gloves.• Clean and sanitize serving equipment and utensils

thoroughly after each use.• Use lids and sneeze guards to protect prepared food

from contamination.• Throw away garnishes used on the service line.

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Solve the Safe Service Puzzle!

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Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)

“We welcome you to dine with us today and hope you come back often.”

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Personal hygiene and food safety

Recommended serving procedures and SOPs

Excellence in presentation and service

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Post-Training Questions

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New Generation Food Service Assistants!