Have you ever noticed that chefs on television almost never wear gloves? Any show you see. A guest chef on "Today", or "Good Morning America", "Martha Stewart" Etc., etc. They all never wear gloves. I'm talking about ready to eat foods too. Not just stuff to be cooked. It's gross! I don't care how special a person they are, or if they washed their hands. It's common sense now, isn't it? Most of us have been to those classes our company sends us to. We know. Why wouldn't a top chef on a top show know too? You'd think they have a higher standard to live up to. To set an example.
That's true. BTW, We don't wear hats or hair nets where I work. I hope we never get them. I don't think they're necessary and hate when I have to wear them when I work my day off at other companies.
But the glove thing really bugs me. I don't like going to a fast food place and see people putting my burger together with their bare hands.
What gets me when they are mixing stuff with bare hands, some being ready to eat, and they have a bunch of rings on there fingers too. Yuck you know those cant be clean...
i dont wear hairnet i always wear hat though were only strick on the when we get tipped off health board coming around...........yeah mixing salads with there bare hands is pretty discusting........what bugs me is when you go to fast food and there shirt is filthy .......that gross's me out
I don't wear gloves but i don't prepare ready to eat food either. i guess they just think they look cool ungloved and no hat. wonder what would happen if an inspector decided to visit just then during the filming. surely they have cafetarias in those studios that get inspected yearly or more. does this not fall under the same guidelines because its someone famous?
I don't wear gloves but i don't prepare ready to eat food either. i guess they just think they look cool ungloved and no hat. wonder what would happen if an inspector decided to visit just then during the filming. surely they have cafetarias in those studios that get inspected yearly or more. does this not fall under the same guidelines because its someone famous?
I don't know if there are any laws about wearing gloves. However, there are some company policies where you must wear them. To me, it's just common sense and common courtesy to wear gloves on ready to eat items. Not just wear gloves, but change gloves when going from raw meat to RTE. I've seen people sell raw chicken and then go to cooked shrimp with the same gloves. I'm not an expert, but I think hats are overrated in the food industry. I could see how a surgeon should wear one, but not a butcher or cook. OTOH, it is gross to find hair in your food. It's great to see Taco Bell workers finally using gloves and a local large sandwich chain too, but hamburger chains aren't doing it yet.
But back to the TV shows: I'd LOVE to see/hear one of those chef's get challenged about why he/she aint wearing gloves. If the host doesn't do it, how about an audience member shout out the question "why aren't you wearing gloves?"
if i am every a studio audience member when a special guest comes on to cook i'll make it a point to stand up and say "uh....shouldn't you be wearing gloves?" in a real busy body old lady tone...he'll say its "its ok I just washed up" I'll be like "yeah but really shouldn't be wearing glooooves?" just to get everyone stirred up.
I thought it was a law to wear glove in any ready to eat establishment but maybe it is just policy. I always see them at subway and our deli wears them. but I have to admit I never paid much attention to notice if the pimple faced teenager preparing the 1/4 lb with cheese at mcdonalds was wearing them. He probably just finished masturbating or something .. and Now that you brought this to my attention i am going to be looking next time and if he isn't wearing gloves i am not sure i am eating it.
I confess to not wearing gloves but I do raw products meant for cooking I do wash my hands frequently I also learned this profession many years ago when you didn't wear them.....ever there actually is no law about wearing gloves in raw production there are state laws about wearing them in RTE situations I do wear them at the service counter but that is more of a show for the costumer most meat cutters and butchers I know don't wear them in the production rooms
I think it's funny we talk about wearing gloves but yet our chainmaille and cut resistant glove get cleaned very few times during a shift
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Joe Parajecki
Operations Manager/ Partner
Kettle Range Meat Company, Milwaukee WI
Member Meat Cutter Hall of Fame and The Butcher's Guild
Most cutters I work with think it is the responsibility of the night guy to clean everything Even their dirty gloves and knives Now I am not choosing sides on this issue I do what I do because that is how I was taught and it is just habit now It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks
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Joe Parajecki
Operations Manager/ Partner
Kettle Range Meat Company, Milwaukee WI
Member Meat Cutter Hall of Fame and The Butcher's Guild
..........but I have to admit I never paid much attention to notice if the pimple faced teenager preparing the 1/4 lb with cheese at mcdonalds was wearing them. He probably just finished masturbating or something......... ..
big beef the thing for me is i don't use company knives and gloves all my knives and my one mesh glove i bought myself so i don't even let the other guys touch them. i wash all my personal tools myself and put them away accept for the glove because it stinks if i don't santize it good.. i have a knife bag i keep seperate from the company knives then i go home and let the night shift clean up the rest of my mess...thats what they are paid for .
i know when im busy and my case is getting hit hard i dont care about gloves or anything just start pounding meat through i couldnt imagin having the time to wash my hands between everything i cut.......id be at the sink 200 times a day..lol
I only wear gloves because most of the population thinks it keeps them somehow safer. It's all BS. Gloves really don't minimize exposure to outside bacteria. In fact, most gloves have chemical elements that are proven to hasten, if not cause, some cancers.
