Food Safety - Cooking for Crowds
Food Safety Training for Volunteer Quantity Cooks
Many organizations and community groups rely on volunteer cooks like you for a variety of food events for fundraising, fellowship or other service to the community. But cooking for a crowd is tricky! How do you store all that food? When is the food completely cooked? How long can you leave food on the buffet table? Now there is a workshop on Safe Food Handling designed specifically for Volunteer Cooks.
Why attend?
There’s a lot to learn about safe food preparation and handling. If you don’t do it for a living, you may not be aware of all the special techniques involved in cooking for a large group of people.
It is scary to think about people getting sick from your meal, but it can happen. More than three quarters of the outbreaks are blamed on food eaten outside the home.
While food-borne illness can be as mild as stomach ache, it can be much more serious and sometimes fatal.
Unsafe food can “spoil” your group’s reputation — and its finances. Don’t take a chance. Sign up for the for the “Cooking for Crowds” workshop. Learn to protect yourself and the people you feed.
What you will learn
Learn up-to-date methods for safely preparing, handling and serving food for large groups such as churches, club affiliation fundraisers, PTA, Granges, and others.
Workshops cover the following food safety guidelines
- Planning and Purchasing
- Storing Food Supplies
- Preparing Food
- Transporting, Storing and Serving Cooked Foods
- Handling Leftovers
Materials fee: $10.00/per person. Scholarships are available.
Participants receive
- Cooking for Crowds – A manual specifically designed for volunteer cooks;
- Certificate of Attendance;
- Posters; and
- Instant Read Thermometer.
Cooking for Crowds 2012 Workshop Schedule
March 13, 2012
1:00PM — 5:00PM
UMaine Regional Learning Center, Cooperative Extension
75 Clearwater Dr., Suite 104, Falmouth, ME
Workshop Leader: Kathy Savoie, MS, RD, Extension Educator
To register: call 781-6099 or 1-800-287-1471 (toll free in Maine) or e-mail lois.elwell@maine.edu. Register by March 6.
April 12, 2012
1:00PM — 5:00PM
UMaine Regional Learning Center, Cooperative Extension
75 Clearwater Dr., Suite 104, Falmouth, ME
Workshop Leader: Kathy Savoie, MS, RD, Extension Educator
To register: call 781-6099 or 1-800-287-1471 (toll free in Maine) or e-mail lois.elwell@maine.edu. Register by April 5.
Don’t see a workshop offered in your area? Please request a workshop!
UMaine Extension programs are open and accessible to all in accordance with program goals.
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