Cooking Safely for a Crowd

Description

You may be a good cook, but cooking for a crowd is different. Where do you store all that food? How do you keep the cold foods cold? When is the food completely cooked? How long can you leave the serving tray on the buffet table? Let us teach you!

Format

The "Cooking Safely for a Crowd" workshop is taught face-to-face in a 2-3 hour format. It can be delivered at your site or in a central location in your community.

Who should attend a Cooking Safely for a Crowd workshop?

Anyone who volunteers to help plan, prepare, serve, or otherwise handle food at a large group event. This may be the funeral lunches you serve, the pancakes breakfasts, the parish dinners, community meals, county fair or festival booths, banquets, or maybe your own child's graduation party or a family reunion.

What will I learn?

There is a lot to learn about how to plan, prepare, and serve food in quantities as well as how to make sure the food is safe. It is scary to think about people getting sick from your meal, but it can and does happen. Each year, millions of people suffer from foodborne illness. While foodborne illness can be as mild as a stomach ache, it can also be fatal.

Examples of topics discussed:

• Planning the quantity food occasion
• Culprits of foodborne illness: how does bacteria grow?
• Personal hygiene for safe food: handwashing
• Cross contamination
• Time and temperatures
• Storing food supplies
• Preparing quantity food
• Keeping food safe when holding and serving
• Handling the leftovers

Don't take a chance, come and learn what you can do to help keep the food safe when you are "Cooking Safely for a Crowd!"

Who teaches the workshops?

All Cooking Safely for a Crowd workshops are taught by University of Minnesota Extension Educators in Food Science.

Customized Training

To schedule training with your organization or in your community for several volunteer groups, you need:

• A minimum of 15 participants from your organization or community groups.
• A training site/location.
• Contact Connie Schwartau for cost and arrangement details.
  OR
  Contact Connie Schwartau to find out if a class has been scheduled near you.

Questions? Contact

Connie Schwartau