ServSafe Manager

by National Restaurant Association

The new ServSafe (R) Manager Book, 7/e continues to be ideal for courses that cover the basics, condensed courses, continuing education, and even 1-2 day seminars. The updated book will help readers prepare for the most current ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification Exam, and more importantly, it will promote adherence to food safety practices on-the-job. Food safety has never been more important to the restaurant industry and its customers. Based on the 2013 FDA Food Code, the ServSafe Manager Book, 7/e focuses on the preventative measures to keep food safe. To better reflect the changing needs of a diverse and expanding workforce, food safety topics are presented in a user-friendly, practical way with real-world stories to help readers understand the day-to-day importance of food safety. The streamlined delivery of food safety content will create a learning experience that is activity-based and easily comprehended by a variety of learners. The end result is content that is more focused, leading to stronger food safety practices and a better-trained workforce. Developed by the industry, for the industry, ServSafe(R) is a proven way to minimize risk and maximize protection for foodservice owners, employees, and customers. Recognized as the industry standard, ServSafe offers a complete suite of printed and online products and is the most important ingredient to food safety training and certification success.

Genres: Nonfiction, Cooking, Culinary

Paperback

First published May 6, 2012

Reviews

[Cassie 'The Thinker Go Go Go Go' Mis. Roben Goodfellow'\Isabelle Lightwood]

I'm not going to rate this seeing as I borrowed it from a friend to look over before I get certified but they went an changed the book so it didn't do me a lick of good, but I read enough of it to count towards my reading challenge on here.

[Hannah Lovejoy · Rating 1 out of 5]

I had to read this for work so I’m counting it towards my goal because this was about the silliest thing I’ve read. And that’s saying something because I got paid for it.

[Lauren · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had to read this for my Food Sanitation class. The textbook was really quick to read and was easy to understand and helpful. There's pictures to help apply to the words, and it wasn't entirely boring to read. If you have to read this book I recommend buying it and not renting it because there is a lot of writing and exercises ServSafe wants you to do.

[Hailey Frayre · Rating 2 out of 5]

This hurt my brain in a variety of ways.

[Jamie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Incredibly informative and deeply enriched my personal knowledge of food safety. Now to get certified later this week!

[MK · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dry/boring, but accomplishes its goals.

[Michele · Rating 1 out of 5]

I wouldn't have bothered to read this, but I needed to for work. It's boring, as I expected, but they give you trick questions. I hate that.

[Carolyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had to read this for my certification; however, I found it easy to read and simple to understand. It explained the process that helps one understand why one would complete the task in a certain way instead of another. In addition, there are examples at the beginning of each chapter explaining what could happen that one would want to try to avoid. There are quizzes amidst each section to help further ones understanding of the material, which I found helpful. Overall, it helped my understanding more.

[Taylor Carso · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s time to retest for my ServSafe Certification and it’s super helpful to read through the book. So obviously not my book of choice but definitely crucial for me to ensure a passing grade. There’s so many pictures/diagrams to give visuals of what you’re reading which are really nice to help you understand what you’re learning. Also, love love love the fact that there’s chapter summaries for each chapter as well as practice quizzes to test your knowledge.

[Alaina · Rating 5 out of 5]

The fact that this book is even listed on Goodreads just cracks me up! It's essentially a text book, but hey, I consider it an accomplishment that I read it from cover to cover. I am well versed in all things regarding kitchen and food safety. All topics were covered easily and thoroughly with charts, visual aids, chapter summaries, study questions and answers. Everything you need to know about running a commercial kitchen is right here.

[Dewayne · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read this book to help me study for my ServSafe manager exam. As someone new into the restaurant industry this book covers the basic fundamentals of protecting customers and your business as it relates to the health and safety of the kitchen. Its a pretty straightforward read with good self study tests along the way.

[Cassie 'The Thinker Go Go Go Go' Mis. Roben Goodfellow'\Isabelle Lightwood · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well peeps... I've done it. I've taken the test an now I'm waiting for the results. It was good enough an even interesting seeing as I had to do it for work. But yeah. That's about all there is to this one.

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple read, not as detailed as need be for exam imo.

[Caroline · Rating 2 out of 5]

Rich with information on regulations for safely preparing and serving food. But dry as the oldest bone as a read. Just hope I passed the test.

[Hager Shalaby · Rating 4 out of 5]

I recommend this book as a start to learning good food safety practices.

[Natalie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great info in the book. It's honestly hard not to pass the test if you actually read the book. It's a bit of a boring read obviously but it's still super helpful

[Abby Stopka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Most of this is all common sense. All I'm going to say here

[yasmin :) · Rating 1 out of 5]

read for work might as well count

[Louise · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like to read books for pleasure but this time it comes with a little bit of pressure. Didn’t read this by choice but sometimes you just have to take what’s given to you. After all it’s for free and I did learn a lot from this book. We all love food, especially the instagrammable ones, but somebody has to love food safety, too. This book made me appreciate all the fuss about food safety. Really hadn’t taken that course seriously when I took that as my elective back in college. My appreciation for my undergraduate degree and my job comes in full circle today. I just hope my appreciation will be reflected on my test results on Wednesday.

P.S.
For a person who dreams of owning a cafe someday, this is really useful. In fact this should be one of the books you have to read.

[Garrett Oates · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was the required reading and study material for the ServSafe class my employer (a franchised Sonic Drive-In restaurant) enrolled me in as part of my assistant management training. Some of the information covered in this book is common sense, but the bulk of the book covers technical food storage/preparation and required safety measures when doing so. Although I found myself getting bored quickly while reading (it is, after all, a dryly-written textbook), it did prepare me very well for the actual ServSafe test.

[Denise · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read for school/work.

[Jonicat Motoike · Rating 4 out of 5]

Boring.

[Maria Martinez · Rating 3 out of 5]

I want to read Now

[Olivia James · Rating 4 out of 5]

I only read this for my servsafe test but ig it’s good. It was really boring but it was helpful and had a lot of information.