I am a sugar lover and am partial to cakes and cupcakes and baked goods but after watching the bakery shows on TV shows lately I don't think I'd ever order a fancy cake.

Does anyone else think long hair should be covered or pulled back when working with food? Actually, all hair. Everyone's hair is hanging around their face and over the frosting-yuck! No gloves.

Tonight I watched the Bakery Bunch for the first time and they were cleaning out their van and trying to identify old unknown food chunks and talking about how bad it was. Then swept it out with a mini-vac and placed this thousand(s?)dollar wedding cake (the baker's words)into the back part of the van without a box!! The baker then went back inside wearing the same apron she had worn to bake and clean in...ewww!

Call me old-fashioned but hairnets weren't just about being pretty :hunf: Does this bother anyone else?

It really bothers me to find a hair, even if it is my own. I worked in the business and took food safety courses. (We had to buy our own). I was told that there has never been a disease linked to ingesting hair. Ick. It didn't make me feel any better when I found a hair in my pizza once. I have seen a lot of gross stuff in my day. Maybe we should tell the managers when we eat somewhere when people are not wearing hair nets, that we would appreciate it if the workers would wear them. Those little paper hats don't do anything to keep hair out of the food. I am with you, hair nets please.

I agree with you they need to wear them in our food services!

I've never been that freaked out about hair. Now when I think about people using the restroom and not washing their hands, I get really freaked out. And you know it happens. Give me a clean, shampooed hair that hasn't touched feces any day. I'll gobble it right down.

I have waitressed and bartended for years, always have to wear pony tails. Not sure how they get away with it. Wisconsin is really strict.

I don't think being conscious of good hygiene is being "old fashioned". What you described is downright disgusting.

If I find someone's hair in my food...that's it...I'm done!

I love to cook, but I am a fanatic when it comes to cleanliness in my kitchen. ;)

Have you ever noticed on the cooking shows that the chef will be handling raw chicken, and then touch the salad ingredients which are now contaminated...Eeeeewwww!

I notice just the opposite JanetM. On the Food Network, they are always so obvious about washing your hands after handling meat. Like what cook doesn't know that?! Kind of scary they have to mention that basic rule of cooking, but I'm glad they do. Just in case someone didn't get the memo that raw meat or unclean hands will contaminate anything uncooked. I think most of our mamas taught us how to have a clean and bacteria-free kitchen. It's not rocket science. Wash, wash, wash, and wash some more. Then spray some bleach on it!

WE were at a restaurant last night and the waitress was flipping her long hair all over the place, I sure didn't like it!

I am a food service manager. I don't want hair in my food and neither do our customers. My girls are expected to have their hair restrained.
I too watched Bakery Bunch. Not only did they put that cake in that filthy van, she wore the same apron to make the cake, clean the van and set up the cake. If all they find in that cake is a hair it might be a good thing. I told my DH that I would probably never order a cake like that. So this thread cracked me up. Of course if we go out to eat he makes me sit where there is no way I can see the kitchen.
I am an admitted sanitation freak.

As a matter of fact..........just tonight DH and I went to Costco to get some things we needed (wanted). They have those $1.50 hot dogs with free 20 oz. drink......so naturally he took me out to dinner there!!! I was standing in line and mentioned that they were wearing hats and nets on their heads!!!! I haven't seen that in a LONG time!

On food network they stress cleanliness. And they wash their hands after handling meat.

Granddaughter, waits tables, and tends bar and always wears her hair up and uses hair spray. Hair spray should cause hair to stick together and not drop into food or drinks. She takes a shower before leaving the house and is very good at cleanliness.

oh gosh yes, hair nets and gloves too.

Yuck. I have really longhair and i always try to remember to pull my hair back when cooking. Plus it falls out so easy when it is long.

That is enough to turn me off to bakery goods....Utterly disgusting :thumbdown:

I did find the van more than a little gross :shock: And to air it on tv, please . They should be embarrassed

I think on TV shows they don't wear them for the same reason that forensic people don't wear masks, surgical caps, etc. It's for show, no one is actually going to eat it. Even if they show them eating cake it's probably not the same one. DId you know that the food that's shown in advertising pictures and in commercials is usually frozen and PAINTED??? Even the shine that makes it look juicy is painted on. And if juice is dripping down it's colored, slightly thicken water.

I was at a Sonic one day and discovered a hair on my burger. There were 4 of us there. When I complained instead of refunding my money they gave me coupons for 4 free meals----yeah, like I'm going to eat there again!

I used to be a waitress and had to wear a hairnet over all my hair. Made me look silly but we all had to do it. Men too.

This isn't about hair, but I watch Iron Chef now and then. I've seen sweat drip off their foreheads or noses while they're leaning over the food. ICK
Or they taste the food with the same spoon again and again. ICK again.

Hair doesn't bother me as much as seeing someone with a bandage around their hands and not wearing gloves. :thumbdown:

I put my hair up when Im at home cooking, I would expect the same thing when I went out!

Don't forget about the people who handle food bare handed, then take the customer's money, then go directly back and handle more food. Cash is incredibly dangerous and disgusting.

I once watched a "to-go" order being assembled and saw the girl eat a couple french fries from the order before she added the sandwich and covered the box. :shock: I asked to speak with the manager immediately...it was my order!!

When I was a bartender/server (in Mn) and the rule was that shoulder length and longer had to be put back, and above the shoulder kept away from your face. I get disgusted if I find my own hair in food, not to mention elsewhere. I am not paying money to find hair (or otherwise) in my food. I'm with you Andii!

My roommate is a cook at a Motorcycle repair shop/restaurant and gift shop. He's a big guy with long hair.. he ALWAYS wears his hair in a ponytail and wears a ball cap which covers everything in the front and sides. I have extremely long hair and it drives me NUTS to have my hair loose when I'm in the kitchen. I'm an operating room nurse and wear hats and gloves at work all the time and wash my hands or use the hand gel everytime I touch anything. Guess it just carries over to home. We have gel everywhere and I make sure Todd has containers of it to take to work with him.

I'm totally grossed out now.!!!!!!!

Just had to share this with you guys. I went out today to check out the fat quarters at Michaels that someone had mentioned-I didn't know Michaels had any fabric. I shouldn't have gone out because it was just too hot but there I was roaming around at high noon when I got hit with a sugar low. I started feeling really bad and decided to pick up lunch so I could eat quickly when I got home. The only place in that plaza was Chili's so I went into the blessed air-conditioned haven and placed my order.

At home I poured a Pepsi to hopefully head off the shakes and tucked into my turkey sandwich and wonderfully crispy french fries. About halfway through my sandwich I picked it up and there nestled in the foam container was a black hair! Ruined the rest of the meal.

I have always had a dog or cat so I have eaten my fair share of hair, believe me, but there's just something about a stranger's hair in a place it shouldn't be!

Anyway, the good part of the story is I picked up two beautiful fat quarters in shades of yellow and blue for something I am working on for 79 cents each so I guess it was worth it...I don't know.

When I was a restaurant manager, employees were required by the company to pull back and pin their hair, also they had to wear hairnets (my preference) or a hat. One guy thought he would get around that rule by shaving his head, guess what, he still had to wear a net! lol It seemed that new employees would try to rebel a couple times, but after getting reprimanded, and their hours cut, most came around. Otherwise, they were let go.
Now, I work in a factory making windshield wipers. Our plant manager believes (incorrectly) that a hair can short out the systems, so here I am wearing a hairnet again! If those employees I reprimanded knew, they'd be laughing their heads off!!

Hair in food is one of the most absolutely disgusting things ever... if I find one - mine or others - I'm done eating...

When I worked in a pizza factory (I was a baller---I put the meat balls on your frozen pizzas) We had to wear lab coats and hair nets. The man the ground up the meat had a beard and he had to wear a hair net on it too. They weren't actually nets but more like surgical caps with long strings to tie to keep them in place. I won't go into what went on there but it was years and years before I could eat a frozen pizza again and still don't care much for it.

What about really hairy men handling food?
One of the waiters where I was a waitress looked like he had fur on his arms and back of his hands.....

Funny you should mention the hairnets at Costco, as that is EXACTLY what/where I was thinking when I read this thread.

Oh I was the same way that was sooo gross. Is it me or did it bother you that the mom was quick to go back to work. I am not trying to genderizing the Mother roll but if my child had undergone surgery I don't think I could have left his side let alone used my phone. Anyways I was a little grossed out by the show!

when i worked in food service we had to wear hair nets always before we intered the kitchen sometime we would wear three of them at same time because of our hair styles and gloves during serving time i worked at a school for several years

when i worked in food service we had to wear hair nets always before we intered the kitchen sometime we would wear three of them at same time because of our hair styles and gloves during serving time i worked at a school for several years and know fake nails or nail polish

I sometimes watch those shows like Cake Boss oh and there is a few more. They never have anything on the heads. They don't wash their hands. You can see them go from one thing to another (no editing in between and are sticking there fingers everywhere) I don't think I want their food, I agree with you

That family needs "SUPERNANNY".

The gravel voice. the sarcastic husband. and the bratty kids. The kids are overtired.

And I wish SUPERNANNY was around when I raised mine.

The screaming , crying and slapping their parents -OH NO!
Yes my kids thru fits - I just stood there stating what they were doing. (Look he is laying on the floor...etc.) But they did not get their way.
The fit ended quickly.
Now I am going to read everybodies elses comments.

I worked in a bakery (retail store) while in high school.
everyone wore nets or hats to cover their hair. We also had to have a physical and blood tests. This was in 1944-45.
Today one can walk in off the sreet and go to work in fast food establishments, gocery stores, etc. No wonder we have to wash everything we buy.

Theres a place that I won't mention ,that have coney Island hotdogs.Anyway,they line the buns up their hairy arms and slap the sauce on the dogs and that made me half sick.Who wants sweat and hair in their hotdogs.I walked out!Sick,sick,sick!!!

It drives me crazy! and baseball caps just don't cut it! And pleeaasee wear gloves!

Ever watch Martha and see her licking her fingers, or brushing her hair out of her eyes? Emailed her once and told her my mother would never have allowed her messing with food in our kitchen!!!!!!!!!!

I worked in the food service for years and years. Hair nets were mandatory, I watch these shows and think the same thing . And when they are drilling pounding hammering and the cake is right there OMg I get sick . someone should tell them this looks really bad.