Given the strict start and end times of TV programs, an episode may not show a chef washing his or her hands while preparing food, as that would take up several minutes of the program’s air time. Also, since most of our chefs are not cooking for the public when being filmed, hair nets are not often worn during food preparation.
There is no debating the importance of safe food handling, including washing hands after handling poultry, removing jewelry when handling food items, and other hygienic factors. But we trust that when replicating recipes at home, our viewers will adhere to common sense cooking procedures.