Posted by: Scott Schaner

If you’re a restaurant, in most cases, there is this ‘magic wall’ separating the kitchen from the customers. As a customer, every time you go out to eat, you’re putting your life and health at risk into the hands of every cook, server and manager that handles your food from behind that wall.
On our side of the wall do we ever ask ourselves, “ I wonder if the cook washed their hands before they made my meal? Do we ask if the cutting boards were cleaned prior to food preparation? Do we wonder if there are any sick workers in the kitchen today?” There is a myriad of questions we never think to ask as to what goes on beyond that magical wall when we go out to eat because we expect that all will be good because ‘a restaurant can’t afford to get anyone sick’ goes through our brain subconsciously.
On our side of the wall do we ever ask ourselves, “ I wonder if the cook washed their hands before they made my meal? Do we ask if the cutting boards were cleaned prior to food preparation? Do we wonder if there are any sick workers in the kitchen today?” There is a myriad of questions we never think to ask as to what goes on beyond that magical wall when we go out to eat because we expect that all will be good because ‘a restaurant can’t afford to get anyone sick’ goes through our brain subconsciously.