Routine check of main kitchen.
Cold storage
- Coolers (milk upright, prep, walk in) are at 4C or colder.
- Large 2 door salad/dessert cooler - air and food temperature measured at 44.5F/ 7C - see above. Temperature went down to 40F (4C).
- Defrosting - in prep sink - some food temp above 4C - see above.
Temperature records for each cooler posted.
Sous chef advises cooked food temperatures are kept in office (not observed today).
Hot holding - must be at 60C/140F or hotter.
- Sauce on stove (burner off) - at 60C/140F - ok. Will be reheated to 74C/165F.
- Soup left uncovered in steam unit - temperature at 60C - ok - **Keep cover on food to protect from contamination and to keep food hot.
If cooling soup or sauce, actively cool from 60-20C in 2 hours or less and 20-4C in 4 hours or less.
- Cooked hamburger on stove (burner off) - food temperature is at 40C - 49C (below 60C) - see above. <2 hours below 140F - will be reheated to 165F.
Staff have Food Safe or equivalent as per staff - check expiry dates on certificate and take Refresher course or update certificates before they expire.
Hand washing sinks have hot/cold water, liquid soap, and paper towels in dispensers.
Non-latex disposable gloves also available.
Wiping cloths stored in sanitizer - 0ppm chlorine/0ppm quats measured. - Staff back from break replaced with sanitizer - 200ppm quats.
Spray bottle in servery area - has quats sanitizer - ok.
Commercial dishwasher - temperature measured >150F on wash water gauge and final rinse water gauge did not appear to be working - see above.
The temperature measured inside of the dishwasher met the minimum requirement for hot water sanitizing temperature (using color change indicator on thermolabel).
General cleaning and organizing - good.
Pest control monitoring in place. No obvious signs of pests.
Copy of report to be emailed to Manager, Culinary Services. |