Achieving a successful transition in the schools’ cooking practices is one core component of our mission. Changing old cooking practices from cooks used to preparing meals on traditional 3-stone fires can be challenging.
It can be difficult because of many different reasons. Old habits die hard, and educating the institutional improved cook stove users (IICS) on the importance these can have on their health and safety is a key aspect of such engagement to become a long lasting reality.
The truth is cook staff turnover is high. We invest a lot of time on such training sessions, and can feel sad and disappointed when we see them go….. but hopeful that such knowledge gained will endure in their new workplaces, and that they have gained confidence to also demand from their new employers a kitchen environment that is up to the same standards from their previous jobs.
