Food Safety (Back of House) Part 1 - Setting up

Do you work with or are you going to work with food? If the answer is yes, this is for you!

Food safety is crucial for anyone who comes in contact with food and it's not always easy to talk about in English. Whether you're a quality manager or a cook, this vocabulary could come in handy.

Our first scenario (http://esol.britishcouncil.org/catering):-

Let's imagine you're a deli attendant (you work serving customers at a deli counter).

1) Here are a list of checks that staff might do before a café/canteen/restaurant opens or after it closes. They are mixed up. Are they opening or closing checks? Write O for opening and C for closing next to each type of check.

• food should be stored correctly and not left out
• staff should be fit for work and wearing clean work clothes
• cold counters and equipment should be working properly
• dirty cloths should be removed for cleaning and replaced with clean ones
• waste should be removed and new bags put into the bins
• there should be plenty of handwashing and cleaning materials (soap, paper towels, cloths, etc.)
• food should be disposed of correctly
• surfaces should be clean (counter tops, floors, equipment, utensils, etc.)
• the serving area should be clean and tidy, shelves stocked up, etc.
• customer dining areas should be prepared for table/tray service
• any food past its "use by" date, or any damaged or unfit (e.g. mouldy) foods should be thrown away 

2) Deli counter attendant: Vocabulary matching

Here are some related words/expressions. Match them to their definitions

DELI BAR (DELICATESSEN)                    PRE-MADE

FILLINGS                                                     VEGETARIAN OPTIONS

WOODEN BOARD                                      FOOD SAFETY & HYGIENE

FROM SCRATCH

1. standards for making sure everything is clean and food is safe to eat
2. used for chopping food
3. food to go in a sandwich, e.g. tuna mayo (mayonnaise)
4. a place selling food such as cold meats, cheeses, sandwiches, salads, etc.
5. from the beginning, starting from raw ingredients
6. food suitable for people who don't eat meat
7. ready made / prepared in advance

3) We're going to watch a video about setting up the deli counter. Does the counter attendant say these things (yes or no)?

http://esol.britishcouncil.org/content/learners/english-work/catering/back-house-setting

• you need to know your layout
• keep the vegetarian and meat fillings separate
• everything is pre-made
• fillings are made up from scratch
• there's no particular order when preparing food
• her job's easy when you have experience