Kitchen Safety and Hygiene

What things should you do before you start cooking?

• Wash your hands

• Make sure benches and equipment are clean

• Tie back long hair/put on hair net

• All of the above

If you spill something small on the floor, what should you do?

• Pretend it didn’t happen and hope someone else will clean it

• Tell the teacher and get her/him to clean it

• Clean it up immediately

• Tell everyone and leave it there.

What should you use to take something out of a hot oven?

• Tea towel

• Dry oven mitts

• Your apron

• Wet oven mitts

How should you carry a knife when you're walking around the kitchen?

• Blades should be pointing in the direction you're walking to

• By raising your arm and have the blade point to the ceiling

• The blade of the knife should be pointed to the ground

• Swing it around like you're a ninja

Handle of pots/pans should always be turned ____________.

• Away from the edge of the stove

• Over the edge of stove

• Over another hotplate/jet

You dropped a glass bowl and now it's shattered all over the ground. What do you do?

• Sweep it up with a broom and dustpan

• Use wet paper towel to pick up the excess pieces

• Tell the teacher

• All of the above

When cutting food with a sharp knife what direction should the blade be?

• Toward you

• Away from you

What shouldn't you do if there is a small grease fire?

• Use a fire blanket

• Pour water over it

• Cover it with a large saucepan lid

You can prevent falls in the kitchen by:

• Keeping the floor clean and clear of clutter

• Wiping up spills as soon as they happen

• Not wearing floppy slippers or socks

• All of the above

Where is the best place to put something that you have just taken out of the oven?

• On the bench top

• On a cooling rack or wooden board

• On the stove top