5 Proven Steps to Serving Residents Hot Holiday Meals
Meals play a vital role in keeping residents’ spirits up, especially during the holidays. Your staff puts so much heart and effort into preparing nourishing and satisfying meals, yet time and distance between the kitchen and residents can interfere with even the best of intentions, leaving foods at disappointing temperatures. If you’ve been hearing from residents or their families about cold or lukewarm food, try comparing your current process to the following 5 steps to look for gaps that may be causing temperature loss. These proven practices reinforce the entire serving process to ensure that food never has a chance to lose heat. Food is served hot, and residents can enjoy pleasing meals throughout the holidays and beyond. 1. Start with hot food. Promptly place pans of freshly-cooked food into heated wells. FWE Tray Line Heated Holding Cabinets have individually controlled wet serving wells with heated holding cabinets below for conveni...