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Do chefs wash meat before cooking?

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  • What? Haha no they do not. Some might u never know but MOST DO NOT!.

    It is not recommended to do so. Bacteria in raw meat and poultry juices can be spread to other foods, utensils, and surfaces. E.g. cross-contamination.

    Do u wash meat at home?? Nooooo probs not so why do u want chefs to do so..

  • nappa
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    No one knows but I will tell you first hand the people in grocery stores ( most of them don't wash even after using restroom..

  • Tara
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    I don't know what chefs do .. but I wash the meat before cooking.

  • 2 years ago

    Of course they didn’t want you to contract salmonella after eating them wings

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  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Do Chefs wash meat BEFORE cooking ?

    I have no GOOD reason to suspect that they do

    Does BUBBA WASH his HANDS before Eating

    perhaps not so why is what he eats an issue

    more interesting why would one wash it after cooking

  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    Theres a general consensus that if you do it opens up the meat to bacteria, It washes away the 'natural' protective qualities.

  • 2 years ago

    No. Washing meat doesn't remove 'germs', only cooking kills germs. Washing meat only serves to increase the chance of spreading germ-laden juices around your food-prep area.

  • 2 years ago

    No they wash their hands.

  • 2 years ago

    No. In fact that might contaminate the washing surface.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    2 years ago

    No they don't, as the meat is clean when it arrives.

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