The coronavirus epidemic, which has affected the world, has made great changes in the gastronomy sector with the new normalization process. Mehmet Yalcinkaya, chief of Turkey’s most important new normal ‘new kitchen’ explained. The famous chef also gave advice to small tradesmen in the food and beverage sector. With the new normalization, the transformation in the gastronomy sector increased the rules of attention in the kitchen, the importance of post-production presentations and hygiene began to come to the fore. The moderator of the Masterchef Program, the famous chef Mehmet Yalçınkaya said, “What we are most paying attention to at the moment is the cold chain of the supplier, the sterilization of the production areas, the healthy working of the team and the presentation after production. “We all have degrees in our pockets now.” Chef Mehmet stated that many rules, which are seen as new today, have been implemented for a long time because our country is a tourism country, and said, “We are lucky to be a tourism country. We already had some preparations. More big businesses fit These standards are now also applied in our small restaurants. Our industry has been deeply affected. Everyone’s costs have risen. We look at the sterilization suitability of production areas. Then we ensure that our employees work in a healthy way and start production. We increased our attention rules in the kitchen. Apart from that, the most important thing is the post-production presentation. Huge changes have also been made here. We no longer provide any menu, menus are read with the barcode system. Forks and knives are served in a manner suitable for sterilization. Disinfectants were placed at the entrances of each restaurant. Everyone in the industry now has to carry a degree in their pocket. While serving meals to the guests, we take care to serve them at the temperature specified by our experts and teachers. “After that, especially in the catering sector, the thermobox system will be switched to,” said Yalçınkaya, “The product put into the thermoboxes does not lose heat even if it waits for hours and is transported in a sterilized environment. “We tell the companies we consult to buy a thermobox system if they want to protect cold or hot products.”
