AJAR.id – Hello Ajarian! As a staff, you may be required to undertake the entire cleaning process for glassware, crockery and cutlery. But, this is not applied to all restaurant or hotel. There’s a wide variation between restaurant or hotel in this regard.

Cleaning glassware

The basic procedure is to use a glass washing machine with the procedure being:

• Empty glasses and other containers of all contents
• Load the glasses into a glass washing tray. They have to be put in upside down
• Wash the glasses in the machine when required or when the trays are full. Use the wash cycle preferred by the establishment
• Take the glasses out of the machine and either allow to air dry or hand-polish according to house requirements
• Put the clean glasses in their nominated storage areas ready for use.

When cleaning glassware using washing machine, there are some points you need to note:

• The correct wash cycle is chosen – where options exist
• No slices of lemon etc. are allowed to block up the plug hole in the glass washing machine
• The temperature of the water being used is a minimum of 70ºC
• The machine is being supplied with the appropriate glass washing detergent, appropriately diluted (where applicable).

Cleaning crockery and cutlery

The basic cleaning procedure for crockery and cutlery is:

• Remove visible food debris. For example, scrape the plates
• Rinse with warm water to remove loose dirt
• Wash with a detergent
• Rinse again to remove the detergent and debris
• Apply a sanitizer to kill bacteria
• Rinse to remove the sanitizer
• Allow to air dry.

Air drying is the preferred option as it eliminates using a cloth to dry surfaces, which may inadvertently introduce bacteria to the surface that has just been cleaned and sanitized.

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Written by: Alan Hickman, Nick Hyland

Subject Matter: Provide food and beverage services