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Food Safety and Hygiene Practices Dos
The first impression that will create a lasting impression. It is also essential to make ourselves feel good and confident. If we feel good about ourselves, everything goes better.
How Can We Do It?
We can keep ourselves looking fresh and professional by paying good attention to:
a) Our dress and/or uniform
b) Our hair
c) Make-up
d) Nails
e) Breath
f) Body Fragrance
g) Expression and Body Language
Personal Hygiene and Sanitation
Every hotel employee has to pay good attention to his/her hygiene and self-sanitation, outside or within the working environment. Here’s how:
Shower twice, daily.
Use deodorant or perfume fairly, our scent should not linger after we leave.
Shave or remove facial hair daily for male associates.
Shave legs and underarms for female associates.
Brush our teeth periodically during showers, after each meal, and after having some cigarettes. Use mouth freshener if necessary.
Maintain our health by checking up with a doctor periodically.
Wash our hands after each activity, especially after going to the toilet, before and after each meal and cigarettes, and before going back to our activities. Washing our hands is also very important before we handle any food.
Hotel’s Generic Grooming Policy
Hair: Clean, trimmed, and neatly combed or arranged.
Facial Hair (men only): Freshly shaved, mustache or beard neatly trimmed.
Fingernails: Neat, clean, and trimmed.
Breath: Beware of foods that may leave a breath odor. Beware of tobacco, alcohol, and coffee odor. Use a breath mint if needed.
Body: Freshly bathed/ showered. Use deodorant.
Make-up (women only): Use sparingly and be natural-looking.
Perfumes/Colognes/After-Shave: Use sparingly or none at all. Your scent should not linger after you leave.
A uniform is a company’s identity that an employee has to represent positively. He/she needs to keep their uniform clean, tidy, and free of stains and tears.
Nametags make life easier for our guests and for our fellow associates. To guests, our nametags show that we are someone they can ask for assistance. To fellow employees, it helps create a positive environment when we call each other by name.
Haircuts must always be properly maintained in a neat condition. Other things that need to be considered are:
Utilization of hair wigs is not allowed.
No hair-doing in the working area, especially not in front of our guests.
Hair bangs must be kept above your eyebrows, with no hair covering your eyes.
Hair accessories must be kept simple and black.
Shoes, Socks and Hosiery
Appropriately, we need to use:
Simple plain black socks and hosieries.
Plain black lace style or plain black slip-on style shoes with low heels.
Non-slip sole to avoid injury.
No sandals, open-toed or strap shoes are permitted.
Well-polished shoes at all times.
Belt
Only plain simple black leather belts are allowed.
Nail
Only clean, trimmed, and well-manicured fingernails are allowed.
Nails longer than the fingertips are not permitted.
Artificial nails and nail art are not permitted.
Only clear or natural nail polish is permitted.
Makeup
Present a polished, professional, five-star image.
Look natural, be well applied, with no flashy colors.
Earth and Natural Color is highly recommended.
Teeth Braces
Only clear and silver braces are allowed.
Eyeglasses and Contact Lenses
Only plain simple black, brown, or silver framed eyeglasses with clear lenses are permitted, as well as only clear contact lenses.
Jewelry
Here’s how hotels or hospitality industries usually make the rules on jewelry:
Wedding & engagement ring is permitted
One additional regular ring is also permitted
Simple in model
Plain, no stone/ diamond/ other additional material
Gold, silver, or its combination color only.
Large bulky rings & rows of rings on each hand are not permitted
Toe rings are not permitted
Tattoo and Piercing
Visible body piercing and tattoos are not permitted. Face, tongue, or other visible body piercings must be removed before commencing every shift.
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