HI Friends, there is a new program on Vijay TV called Kitchen Superstar..reality cooking show! (No no – I am not promoting this program)

Each week there are different set of 5-6 television personalities and Actor(yesteryear actor) Suresh hosts it – 3 minutes into the show and my daughter Divya says, Dad, this resembles “Masterchef – Australia”..she was absolutely right – the settings, theme – hmm!!
Its ok – If there is good program, good movie, etc., we need to bring it to the local audiences also – right or else they would not get to see the wonderful entertainment showcased in other countries!! ;)

The chef (Chef Venkatesh) who judged the show was particularly strict / tough…giving pretty straight feedback and putting the amateur chef’s to complete unease all through the program.

But finally when he summarized at the end, it was well packaged and amazing and wonderful piece of advice that he gave!! One particular theme/ concept that he mentioned was “Clean as you go” which made me to wonder what this is all about!

Was casually using this phrase all through the week (at home) - so much that I could after a while, see some different reactions from my wife and daughter!!

So researched on the web and what this is all about – surprise surprise!! It is concept like 5S (for those who are aware of this) or like six sigma and some Companies even have it as a policy.

"Clean as you go" is a piece of cooking advice -
Post-cleaning makes the process seem sooo much longer and arduous to have all that work left to do after the payoff of eating. Not to mention, items that aren't cleaned right away tend to be more difficult to clean because the food gets gunked onto the dishes.

Cleaning as you Go (cook) so that we avoid separate cleaning later (aka mountain of dishes to clean or waking up to a messy kitchen). It would feel better organized and more focused when your workspace is tidy. The ingredients would stand right in front of you - fewer mistakes & Cooking would be more fun. Imagine working in a clean, uncluttered environment.

In an office, imagine working in a clean desk as against a messy work place, jumbled desk.

In a factory environment, it's identified as best practice from a Health & Safety view apart from hygiene point of view (prevention of slips / trips and falls). It's used as part of lean methodologies.

It's important if you establish this kind of regime to remind staff that hand hygiene is important after any cleaning activity as "clean as you go" can make people think they pick up some rubbish and then go straight back to handling food.

Some corporates have it as a Company policy (especially in manufacturing) – the perceived benefits include productivity and having a safer work place – be it the kitchen or your work place. Imagine working in a neat beautiful well arranged place vs. a messy dirty workplace – what would you prefer?

To me, it is lot about attitude and how each of us can do work in a much smarter way!!

How about you? Do you clean as you go while cooking/ working?