Your restaurant kitchen may be immaculate, but if you don’t protect each employee with the proper measures, your customers will suffer. The top three pieces of protective equipment needed for a restaurant kitchen are proper gloves, headwear and protective clothing.
The top 3 pieces of protective equipment for a restaurant kitchen
1. Proper gloves
Working with food means you need to protect against contamination and gloves are essential to this. From bakers mitts that can withstand the intensity of a restaurant-grade oven, to thick rubber gloves that will ensure no contamination gets into a patron’s food, the proper gloves are the first line of defence in safeguarding your employees and your customers.
Check out our stock of gloves – from reusable to disposable – and find out which are best for your restaurant kitchen!
2. Proper headwear
We’ve all seen an errant hair in our food. It’s not a great revelation. To help keep worker’s hair on their own person, face and head, nets are crucial to keeping food free of hair contamination – and critical for a customer’s happiness. Whether it’s hair or protecting against germs, the proper mask or net is vital when working inside a restaurant kitchen.
There are a number of different styles of hairnets and face masks to choose from in the food prep industry. Check out our selection and decide which ones are a good fit for you!
3. Proper aprons
Protecting you against extreme heat in the form of steam, thermal and splatter, a protective apron is vital to keeping you safe from the dangers of working in a restaurant kitchen. It’s also a line of defence to keep germs from raw meat from getting on your other clothing. And it looks more professional too!
There’s a number of aprons to choose from, be it nylon for working on the front end of the kitchen, or a food-safe polyurethane gown to keep germs away from your clothing.
Equipment safe enough for the restaurant industry
Colony Distribution has the latest in equipment needed for a restaurant kitchen – and more! Check out our food prep section which also has a list of equipment needed to stay safe in a restaurant kitchen. Or, for more information, give Colony Distribution a call today.