Yesterday I wrote about the Government keeping Restaurants in the dark, more than a week after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that Restaurants may reopen, on an unspecified date, assumed to be on 1 July, and with unannounced regulations to date.
The Restaurant Collective, a group of Restaurants which includes Ocean Basket, Tasha’s, Doppio Zero, and the Signature Collection, has shared Guidelines prepared by the Tourism Business Council of SA as to how to prepare restaurants for the reopening:
General Standards:
- Appoint a Covid Safety Officer
- Everyone entering a restaurant must wear a mask
- Check temperatures and screen for symptoms
- Implement Social Distancing guidelines, between 1,5 to 2 meters.
- Communicate with all guests and staff.
Staff Standards
- All staff to wear masks
- Train staff in Covid protocols and standards
- Staff to not travel in work uniform
- Staff to wear prescribed safety gear
- Staff to wash their hands every 20 minutes for 20 seconds with soap and water
- Keep staff on shifts the same.
- Check temperature and screen for symptoms daily
- Staff to be Social Distanced 1,5 meters apart.
Back of House Standards
1. Social Distancing regulation applies
2. Temperature of supplier staff to be taken and screened for symptoms
3. Hand sanitizer to be used by supplier staff
4. Staff to wash hands before and after Supplier delivery
5. All goods received to be sanitised
6. All surfaces to be sanitised after a Delivery.
Front of House Standards
- Tables to be 1,5 meters apart
- Take diners’ temperature – act against temperatures 37,5 C or higher
- Diners hands to be sanitised
- Waiters to stand 1 meter from the tables
- Create a diner waiting area
- Introduce online menus or single-use menus
- Reduce the number of items on the table, especially condiments
- Sanitize all items brought to the table.
Chris von Ulmenstein, WhaleTales Blog: www.chrisvonulmenstein.com/blog Tel +27 082 55 11 323 Twitter:@Ulmenstein Facebook: Chris von Ulmenstein Instagram: @Chrissy_Ulmenstein
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