Why we cook without gloves?
The short answer is so safe and fair, and gloves are an illusion of cleanliness.
Cooking gloves is the main law
There is an opinion that gloves are an obligatory attribute during preparation, because this is stated in sanitary standards. In fact, this statement is false. The text of sanitary norms says that gloves should be worn if the kitchen worker lays out the already prepared food. Our chefs are not the only ones who cook in this way, as many employees of famous pizzerias and restaurants prefer to create masterpieces with their bare hands, rather than cooking tolerably, but wearing gloves.
Gloves - the key to cleanliness
Gloves cannot guarantee complete safety and sterility - this is a myth. The visitor, seeing the gloves, subconsciously understands that the chef is a professional, because he is cooking in complete cleanliness. In fact, you do not know how the situation is in the kitchen: is it clean there, is there any “living creatures”. In addition, the buyer or visitor can not know that the cook touched before cooking.
If the chef in gloves - the restaurant is all good!
With or without gloves, what's the difference?
Every cook feels discomfort during cooking with gloves. The dough sticks to the hands, it is difficult to roll it, and its structure is not felt, so the cook does not manage to create what was originally planned. Imagine that you inhale the scent of flowers, first wearing a gas mask.
Unpleasant to eat food cooked by the hands of another person.
A few years ago, no one paid attention to whether the chef was preparing with or without gloves. The stereotype was created by popular presenters who raised the hype around restaurants that are not in compliance with sanitary standards. During the filming, bare hands were shown, in addition, it was stipulated in the programs, so instinctively people began to perceive bare hands as a guarantee of a dirty kitchen. Under the pressure of myths, many fast food workers also began to use gloves, although a couple of years ago they did not need them.
Another important fact!
For those who have read everything, but still doubt, we provide dry statistics. Our cakes are cooked at a temperature of 300 to 500 degrees. In such conditions, all the common bacteria in the kitchen will not survive.
And what about the others?
A few years ago in California, a law was passed that cooks and bartenders must wear gloves in every kitchen. Joshua Miller, who lives in Alameda and works as a cook, was indignant and made a protest.
"Because of the law, service will slow down, and people will also get a false impression of sterility and cleanliness."
Six months after the adoption of the law, the staff did manage to achieve its repeal. In many states of the USA, latex products have been completely canceled due to the risk of allergy: parts of gloves can get into the food and cause allergies in children or people with reduced immunity.