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Five Cleaning Projects to Tackle During Summer Break! Ready Foods Annelise McAuliffe Soares
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cover and change the light bulb to provide top visibility for the coming school year. You might even be able to simply call your equipment servicing company to take care of all of your oven needs. Defrost the Freezer & Ice Machine Empty the ice machine (put near plants in the schoolyard so that no resources are wasted!) and sanitize the inside. Once it is clean and dry, you can start making ice again. This is also a good time to check that the water going into your ice machine is being properly filtered and to change any filters, if needed. Similarly, empty your freezer and allow your cold storage to completely defrost. If you’re short on time, use hot sanitizer or soapy water to melt off any ice build up and clean the surfaces. Create a Fridge Floor Plan If you run a kitchen solo, you probably don’t need a fridge guide, but for maximum organization with a team, a plan is key. Use summer break to create an efficient fridge configuration and then create a color-coded chart that can be affixed to the door for easy reference. Consider having a whiteboard nearby so that your teammates can leave notes on fridge contents or items that are expiring soon. A floor plan that the entire team can view will help make sure nothing gets lost or forgotten in your cooler spaces. Get these simple tasks on your calendars now so that you won’t wait till last minute to complete your kitchen prep for the fall! You won’t regret it!
A school’s lunchroom never really takes a break, but it is much easier to tackle big cleaning projects when students aren’t filling the halls. Here are five projects to cross off your cleaning list this summer: Schedule a Hood Cleaning Cleaning your fire suppression and exhaust systems can take a good chunk of time, but your space will be sparkling after it is done. Not only will your kitchen look cleaner,your systems will alsowork better , creating a safer environment for your team. Call your hood manufacturer for recommendations on the best way to clean your hoods or schedule a cleaning appointment with a professional. Reconfigure Your Flow Summer break is the time to move lowboys, prep tables and clean off built up grease behind the fryer. Pull everything away from the walls and give the floor a thorough mopping. While all of your prep surfaces are moved, take time to think about the most efficient use of your space. Are tables next to fridges, to minimize the number of steps you have to take throughout the day? Car manufacturers spend a lot of time making sure work stations are efficient, to eliminate unnecessarymovement. Have the same mindset for your kitchen. Give Your Oven a Check-Up It’s rare that an oven’s internal thermometer is perfectly accurate. Pull out your oven’s manual and recalibrate its thermometer. While you are there clean the oven light
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Annelise McAuliffe Soares
Marketing Manager at Ready Foods in Denver, Colorado
Graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Annelise has spent her career making sure food sounds appetizing on paper, looks good in pictures and tastes amazing when you order it. Her day-to-day consists of working at Ready Foods to connect food service operators with ready-to-use kitchen solutions that are easy to incorporate into a kitchen flow and bring great flavor to menu items. Her favorite hot lunch as a kid in elementary school was always nacho day.
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