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Aspen Institute, Rouxbe intro online course for safe restaurant dining

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August 20, 2021

The Aspen Institute's Food & Society Program has partnered with online culinary school Rouxbe to launch a free online training course on safe restaurant dining.

The course will feature guidelines for customers and staff, along with guidance on vaccinations, according to a press release.

The program is based on the indoor dining safety guidelines Safety First, and will deliver information such as how for workers to build health plans, find vaccination sites and discuss mental health issues.

"Restaurants are confused. Workers are confused. Diners are confused," Corby Kummer, executive director of the Aspen Institute's Food & Society Program, said in the release. "Current Covid news shifts by the week — but the uptick in Covid-19 cases, including among the fully vaccinated, puts renewed focus on the need to ensure safe working conditions and eating environments. For restaurant owners and their staff, that means understanding how best to continue to protect workers and diners while we wait for easy and reliable proof of vaccination and the frequency of testing to rise."