Maintain Buffets
Keep hot items hot:
• If there is less than one quarter of an inch of water in the liners of hot chafing dishes, user a pitcher of water to refill the liners.
• If the chafing dishes are heated by canned, gel type fuel then make sure the cans stay lit, and replace them when they become empty.
• Replace lid on serving dishes when guests are not in the buffet line.
Keep cold items cold:
• Use pitchers to add ice to the buffet as needed to keep the containers holding cold items surrounded by ice.
• Remove ice that gets into the food containers and replace any items that become waterlogged.
Refill Food and water:
• When a container is less than one-quarter full get a full container from the kitchen.
• Remove the old container and replace it with the full one. Do not combine food from the old and new containers.
• Bring the old container the kitchen and give it to the appropriate person.
• Place enough drinking water glasses filled at all time.
Maintain service ware:
• Restock dishes when there are fewer than ten dishes in a stack. Never let a stack get below five dishes.
• Make sure each container has an appropriate serving utensil.
• Return serving utensils to the correct containers.
• Replace utensils that fall on the floor with clean utensils from the kitchen.
• Use a damp, food-safe cleaning cloth to wipe spills on the buffet table.