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BOH Handover Checklist

This BOH handover checklist helps restaurant teams inspect and accept back of house areas before opening or turnover. Capture site details and responsible sign offs, then assess offices, food production areas, and other spaces for floor, wall, ceiling, doors, windows, lighting, speakers, power and data points, access control, FCU and maintenance access, full height partitions in private rooms, signage, and FF and E.

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Internal BOH Audit Checklist

Conduct a thorough back of house audit for pubs and restaurants with this internal BOH checklist. Inspect kitchen equipment and general hygiene, verify food storage and labeling, temperature controls, PPE and SOP compliance, and cross contamination prevention. Review bar and cellar cleanliness, glass washers, stock rotation and best before dates. Confirm pest control actions, fire safety checks, emergency lighting and response plans. Assess BOH corridors, staff areas, bin and recycling zones, and energy management practices.

by Ben Leese, from the Community

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Manager Back of House BOH Check Template

This Manager BOH check template supports consistent back of house operations for restaurants, pubs, and food service venues. It guides managers through daily and weekly checks across kitchen, bar, cellar, FOH and BOH areas, including cleanliness, equipment condition, temperature controls, food labeling and storage, PPE availability, staff appearance, and rota planning. It also covers safety and compliance items like fire safety, first aid readiness, slip and trip controls, pest management, and security measures. Use it to maintain standards, document issues, and keep teams aligned with SOPs and audit requirements.

by Allan Docherty, from the Community

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Back of House BOH Audit Checklist

This Back of House checklist supports pubs and restaurants in auditing kitchen, bar, cellar and BOH areas. It covers cleaning standards, equipment hygiene, temperature controls, stock rotation, food labeling, oil management, uniforms, hot holding, bar glasswashers and coffee machines, cellar line cleaning, pest control, emergency checks, waste and recycling, BOH corridors and staff areas. Includes non scoring notes for maintenance and asset deployment.

by The Thomas Waghorn, from the Community

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BOH Action Report Template

This BOH (Back of House) Action Report template helps restaurant teams document inspections and corrective actions across multiple weeks. Capture the date completed, location, preparer, and latest BOH score, then attach photos from the BOH report. Track weekly corrective action photos for up to six weeks, with options for sign-off each week. Use it to organize action plans, verify completion, and maintain continuous improvement and compliance in kitchen and back-of-house operations.

by Lee KINGSLEY, from the Community

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Pre-Handover and Handover Inspection

This pre-handover and handover inspection checklist helps property and facilities teams confirm a development is ready to accept. It covers access details and development appearance, required notices and signage, meter readings for electricity, water, and gas, and a comprehensive review of mechanical and electrical systems including aerial and satellite, air conditioning, boiler rooms, booster pumps and tanks, car park ventilation, CCTV, door entry, dry risers, emergency lighting, fire extinguishers, foul pumps, lifts, lightning protection, mansafe systems, mechanical gates, and smoke vents. The template also checks external items such as drains, lighting, paving, roofs, guttering, fences, and waste, plus internal items like entrance doors, post boxes, flooring, lighting, stairs and handrails, fire doors and seals, service cupboards, compartmentation, and general damage. Use it to document issues, agree handover, and capture signatures.

by Charlene Brown, from the Community

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Diversified Construction Site Survey Checklist

This construction site survey checklist helps teams capture essential site conditions and room details before installation. Record job title, site address, date, and preparer. For each room, note power installation, number of sockets, power height, and distance from the center of the wall, and take photos of power and data points. Verify data installation and ports, document data height and measurements. Identify ceiling type and void depth in millimeters with photos, and record floor type and floor void depth with photos. Specify wall materials, cable routes, and containment types. Use this template to standardize surveys, support accurate planning, and maintain photographic evidence across projects.

by Josh Grandini-Fenn, from the Community

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