It would only take one bout of food poisoning for him to be happy with the fridge... just sayin'!
I used to work in a commercial kitchen and this is what I learned:
food can be left out (at room temp) for 4 hours safely. But this is the TOTAL, so if you had meat that was out for an hour, then you cooked it, it could only sit out for another 3 hours.
you should put things in the fridge as soon as they are cool enough that they won't bring the temperature of the fridge up (ie so not when they are boiling hot, but no need to wait til they are cold either).
cling wrap is pretty toxic and I wouldn't want to eat food that had been touching it when it was hot
Covered with foil on the bench for up to an hour. Then it goes in the fridge. Unless I know he's going to be more than an hour, then it goes straight in the fridge.
I usually get a rough idea of time he will be home, then depending on how long it will be - if it's 10-15 mins on the bench plated up if it's longer than that it goes into the fridge.
If he's going to eat it that night (within a few hours) then i wouldn't bother putting it in the fridge unless it was a warm day, or the food wasn't very fresh to begin with (in which case it wouldn't of been served anyway :P) or it was something like sashimi or other high risk food. It usually takes at least an hour for food to reach room temp so it can go in the fridge safely and from what i've learned in food safety class you have 4 hours before it becomes 'unsafe' anyway, so yeah.
And if he asked for it specifically not to be put in the fridge and in the microwave instead i'd happily do it even if it wasn't what i wanted to do, afterall if he gets food poisoning it will be a lesson well learned, hehehe!
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