Gourmet Guardian: Providing safe food solutions and quality assurance services
You wouldn’t believe it unless I included a photo… Here is someone’s brilliant idea for a dining experience you would not soon forget!
Mid Air Floating Restaurant
For more photos of this ‘restaurant’ click on this link -> Antimimeticisomorphism.
Once on the page, click on Cool Photos and then select Mid Air Floating Restaurant!
When you go to this site, you’ll find a whole collection of interesting images and videos…
I don’t know about you, but this would be in my top 10 list of best restaurants in the world – regardless of the menu!
How fresh would the seafood be?!?!?
World's Best Restaurant?
We like everything about food, food preparation, food safety – you name it, if it involves food, we’re interested!
We think images like this promote healthy eating and advance the cause for food safety by projecting an innovative, fun and creative perspective of food.
If you come across any other interesting food images, photos or illustrations, please forward them to us so we can continue to share them with our readers!
I recently came across these two before and after images in a blog post “You Are What You Eat“. I thought it was funny and relevant enough to include it here.
We have a lot of clients in the fast food service industry and support the adage that too much of anything isn’t good whereas anything in moderation is your choice to make – make it wisely.
I couldn’t pass up the chance to share this photo with you – to put our Food Safety Standards in perspective.
The next time you get upset because of the bureaucracy, red tape and government regulations – just remember, they exist for a reason…!
Ensure YOUR Product/Service Matches The Hype!
How many times have you watched a television ad, listened to a radio commercial or seen a humongous billboard appearing to have the best looking food around?
Fast Food Advertising Misrepresentation
Does it look a little something like this?
How often have you fallen into this trap? Only to find out after your money’s been spent, that you’ve been, well…duped?
You’re not alone!
This is a mass marketing approach that might work in the short term, but not recommended if you want loyal customers.
You never get a second chance to make a first impression – resist the temptation to misrepresent what you do – instead IMPROVE and you’ll see your results multiply!
Not sure if this approach works, check out the Carnegie Deli in New York…
Graphjam.com has done it yet again, eloquently displaying anecdotal statistical data what we all know to be true:
Handwashing Statistics
When asking employees or owners in the food business what their #1 safety hazard in the kitchen is, they’ll always answer, ‘Hands’.
Considering the fact humans have between 2 and 10 million bacteria between the fingertip and elbow and this number doubles after using the toilet. It’s not surprising and in agreement with any health science degree class this is at the top of the list for potential safety hazards in the kitchen.
The most common diseases spread by food business employees with unwashed hands include:
These foodborne diseases can create havoc in food businesses if the proper steps aren’t taken, leading to destroyed reputations of great dining facilities and experiences.
Washing hands is something everyone has control over and is the easiest and most effective prevention measure to stop bacteria from spreading.
It’s also completely cost effective for ALL food business owners!
Understanding the dangers that lay in our hands makes it an undeniable fact that washing hands benefits the people who make the food as well as the people who eat it!
Unless you have talent like this. Then play with it as much as you want!
For more photos of what you can do with cookies, click on this link -> Antimimeticisomorphism.
Once on the page, click on Cool Photos and then select Cookies.
When you go to this site, you’ll find a whole collection of interesting images and videos…
For the next three days we are exhibiting at the Food Service Australia expo at the Sydney Exhibition Centre at Darling Harbour. There is a map on our website (click on the FSA link first) if you need to know where the centre is… perhaps I should have showed the map to my taxi driver yesterday morning when I arrived in Sydney. Despite numerous attempts at explaining what and where the Sydney Exhibition Centre is, he kept wanting to try and take me to the Sydney Entertainment Centre. While we hope to be Entertaining, I don’t think the venue would suit.
The set up for the expo went well and I have already met a number of my neighbours for the next three days. Two of which may be of considerable interest to those of you who try and be environmentally friendly. The first is a company called BioEarth that sell packaging material that I am told is edible (corn starch). While I wouldn’t eat it, it is biodegradable which is a definite bonus.
The second company is called Nova Spring Water that provide water for coolers in single use containers that are recyclable, eliminating the need for collection and return of polycarbonate bottles.
I was just speaking with Dr Marc Dussault, an Exponential Growth Strategist, about inviting people like you to attend the Food Services Australia Trade Show coming up in June (23-24-25)… That’s when Marc asked me a question that through me for a loop. He asked me…
“Do you know how high above the net a top tennis player has to hit the ball to get the ball deep into the back court if he or she is standing on the base line?”
Think about it before you click on the READ MORE button
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Gavin Buckett Food Safety Expert & Former Apprentice Chef of the Year
My name is Gavin Buckett and I have over 10 years experience in this industry and have also practiced as a chef. I have also had the honour of being named Victorian Apprentice Chef of the year. These years of experience mean that I live and breathe food safety.
With friendly, cost effective and practical solutions I will empower your staff to do the right thing around food safety. I will help you put in place systems to ensure your peace of mind in this area.
