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Back of House (BOH) Operations Audit

by C jhay, from the Community

Conduct a comprehensive back of house audit for restaurant operations with this checklist. Review refrigeration and chiller temperatures, station setup, tools and equipment condition, sauce quality, BOH essentials, and safety and sanitation practices. Verify forms and logs, calibrations, uniform standards, and food execution across side dishes, barbecue, stew, and a la carte items. Include operations essentials, staff area checks, and manager sign-off for continuous excellence.

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Bulgogi Brothers BOH Audit Checklist

This Back of House audit checklist supports restaurant kitchen teams in maintaining standards across refrigeration and storage temperatures, GRI and stock labeling, and station readiness for side dish, ala carte, stew, meat, and middle stations. It covers critical sauces for line checks, BOH essentials like recipe books and production sheets, safety and sanitation practices, dish machine cleanliness, and required kitchen forms. Team requirements include uniform and hygiene standards, training, and regular updates. Food execution quality, operations essentials, and repair and maintenance tracking are also included to ensure consistent, audit-ready performance.

by Renzo Icban, from the Community

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This Back of House operations excellence audit helps restaurant teams assess BOH readiness and compliance. It covers cold storage temperatures and equipment condition, proper stock labeling and rotation, station setup and tools for side dish, ala carte, stew, meat, and middle stations, and critical sauces with quality indicators. It reviews BOH essentials such as ceilings, exhaust, floors, shelving, waste and grease trap management, thawing and cooking procedures, and sanitation controls. The checklist includes chemical handling, dish machine cleanliness, required kitchen forms and logs, thermometer calibration, team training and certifications, uniform standards, and operational non negotiables like alley rallies, clean restrooms, dry floors, and organized staff and office areas.

by C jhay, from the Community

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Bistronomia Operations Excellence Audit

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Dennys Restaurant Operations Audit

This quarterly restaurant operations audit helps managers review back and front of house performance across food safety, temperature control, station setup, sanitation, service quality, and compliance. It covers BOH refrigeration and hot holding checks, line readiness, recipe adherence, forms and logs, and staff training. FOH standards include greeting, menu guidance, service sequence, table upkeep, bar setup, grooming, and uniform checks. The checklist also reviews restroom upkeep, repair and maintenance, and operations essentials to deliver a consistent guest experience.

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Back of House (BOH) Operations Audit

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