I’m not advocating for poor health conditions, additionally my parents owned a good restaurant while I was growing up and I have worked in numerous restaurants as assistant manager...
That being said, if you have clean hands you can touch, manipulate and cook said food. We are over-gloved.
Ever watch a cooking show where steak, burger or chicken is being cooked? Here’s the line: “bring it to room temperature first...”
No doubt this place was disgusting but a decent conversation with the health inspector might have helped...and don’t get me started about the politics of health inspectors..
I would not like to be in the restaurant business today.
My cousin was a restaurant inspector for the health department. Shortly after she started, her supervisor said, “You’re going to have to ease up a bit, or we’ll have to shut down every restaurant in town”. (She has a Masters in plant biology).
HAVE NEVER SEEN GORDON RAMSEY USING GLOVES