regulations in kitchens

[xlaurax]

can anyone tell me the requirements for staff to work in a kitchen. i would like to know by law how old you have to be to work in a kitchen and how many people need to have a food and heigine qualification to work in the kitchen and anything else you may know about the regulations by law thanks.

[Buenchico]

Prior to school-leaving age, you can't undertake any form of employment before the age of 13. At this age, working in a kitchen is not specifically illegal but school-age young people may not work in an 'industrial setting' (e.g. in a kitchen which is mass-producing foods, perhaps by pre-packing sandwiches for sale in stores). Also they may not do any work which 'may be harmful to their health, well-being or education'. Nobody of school age can work without a permit from their local education authority and the authority would consider whether there were any specific health & safety issues, which might cause concern, before issuing a permit.

Link to information about employment of school-age young people:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/Parents/FamilyIssuesA ndTheLaw/ChildrensRights/ChildrensRightsArticl es/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4002945&chk=AaZA0p

Once school-leaving age has been reached, there are no legal barriers (on the basis of age) to anyone working in a kitchen.

Everyone who is involved in the preparation of food must possess a food hygiene qualification. Basically, that means everyone who works in a kitchen except, possibly, someone who, for example, simply does the washing up. (Even so, health inspectors would certainly expect that someone doing the washing up should still be able to demonstrate knowledge of some basic rules of kitchen hygiene).

Chris

[Andy2306]

u can work in a kitchen from 13 onwards (if a member of your family owns the business)

you can work (anywhere except behind a bar) when you complete your GCSE's ( i only know that cos i was 15 wen i finished school and the law is once i have completed my education i can wrk)

EVERBODY in the kitchen that i wrk in has to do a test on basic food hygeine, cleanliness.. etc it usually takes about a hour, this is the minimum you need to work in the place i wrk.

but also head chefs, fulltime kitchen assistants get the choice of doing a day course which is reconised all over the UK. so most ppl do that because its a day off work! (haha) and it looks good on your CV