Daily Tips for Keeping Your Commercial Kitchen and Cooking Equipment Clean
When you operate a commercial kitchen, it if vital that you keep your catering equipment hygienically clean. This is not only necessary for health and safety, a gleaming kitchen creates a good impression for your customers and your staff!Here is a recommended cleaning schedule:
Daily Cleaning
- Brush the grill in between cooking different meat and fish types
- Wipe down the benches and food preparation areas
- Change the cutting boards
- Change sanitizing water
- Change the cleaning rags
- Empty the garbage bins
- Wash slicers after each use
- Clean fryers
- Brush the grill
- Empty sanitising water
- Change cleaning rags
- Change aprons and chef’s jackets
- Sanitize and wash all kitchen surfaces
- Cover the bins in reach-in cooler with plastic wrap
- Clean the kitchen floor thoroughly
- Sweep out the walk-in refrigerator
- Change foil linings in all cooking equipment
- Clean grease traps
- Wash the can opening
- Wash the hood filters in the dishwasher
- Clean the coffee machine
- Wash the dishes and glasses after each shift and put them away
- Thoroughly clean and sanitize condiments such as salt and pepper, sauces, mustard and syrups
- Wipe down the walls where there are food or drink splashes
- Clean underneath all equipment
- Clean all equipment such as microwaves, sandwich toasters, sandwich press
- Disinfect preparation area surfaces
- Clean soda foundations
- Thoroughly clean the kitchen sinks
- Wash uniforms and rags
- Refill soap dispensers
- Clean the garbage bins
Every Week
- Clean ovens
- Delime sinks and taps
- Boilout the deep drying machine
- Wash and sanitise your walk-in refrigerators and freezers
Each month
- Decalcify the coffee machine
- Sanitise and clean the freezer
- Clean the coils of the refrigerator
- Empty your grease traps
- Thoroughly wash the walls and ceiling
- Replace any pest traps
- Using this checklist to clean your commercial catering equipment will see you with a sparkling, hygienically clean kitchen.
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