Required ServSafe Food Service Manager Certification

ServSafe Food Manager is a food-safety certification program for people who are responsible for managing food operations, such as restaurant managers, chefs, supervisors, caterers, and food-service operators.

The ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification typically covers:

• 🌡️ Safe food temperatures — cooking, cooling, reheating, and holding

• 🦠 Preventing foodborne illness — bacteria, viruses, allergens, and contamination

• 🧼 Personal hygiene and employee practices 

• 🔪 Cross-contamination and cross-contact prevention 

• 🧹 Cleaning and sanitizing 

• 📦 Food receiving and storage 

• 🐜 Pest prevention 

• 👨‍🍳 Employee training and food-safety management 

• 🏥 Health regulations and regulatory compliance 

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After completing the required training/exam, a person can earn the ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification, which is widely recognized by food-service employers and health departments, although local requirements vary by jurisdiction.

Why Westchester Food Safety?

• Serving NY & CT since 2015 

• 5.0-star local rating with 121 reviews in the current local business listing.

• Live ServSafe Manager training + exam in one day, rather than a long multi-week program.

• Official ServSafe exam center and nationally accredited ServSafe certification.

• Convenient for Fairfield County, Westchester, Rockland and Bergen County, with the course/exam center in Rye and an office in Ridgefield.

• Private group and on-site training — the instructor can travel to a restaurant or business.

• First-time and renewal students welcome. 

• Practical instruction from an instructor with restaurant-management experience, which helps connect the material to real food-service situations.

• English, Spanish and Chinese exam options are available.

• Competitive pricing — current public listings show $260 for the live course + exam and $170 for exam-only sessions.

  
  

https://www.westchesterfoodsafety.com/