- New UFS Academy
Importance of Food Safety
Good hygiene in the kitchen is every bit as important as good cooking. A host of top chefs, including Tim Stewart of La Petite Maison and Sarah Frederik von Gericke of 55 Tulbagh, take you through the basics.
1. Personal Hygiene in the Kitchen
This handy guide tells you everything you need to know about keeping yourself clean, presentable and ready to work in a safe, professional environment. Includes everything from hand washing to reporting illness.
2. Workplace Cleaning Systems
Keeping a kitchen free of dirt and disease is every team member’s responsibility. This video explores the importance of carefully following set procedures to help create a great working environment and keep your customers healthy!
3. Hygiene Practices in Food Preparation
Practical tips for making sure your food safety is up to standard. Learn why you should use different colour-coded chopping boards for different ingredients, how to taste food, how to reheat it and more.
4. The Danger Zone
This is the temperature at which bacteria thrive – between 8° C and 60° C. Discover which ingredients are most vulnerable in the danger zone and how long any food should be kept there.
6. Introduction to HACCP
Get the lowdown on how this food-safety program – aka Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point – can keep your food preparation, cooking and storage as risk-free as possible.
What you'll get:
- Access to free Chef trainings
- The best recipes and tips from Chefs around the world
- The latest culinary trends