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Catering Audit Checklist

by Mark Rojas, from the Community

This catering audit checklist helps teams assess end to end catering operations. Use it to verify customer service standards, teamwork and staff presentation, online ordering and payment controls, event sheet compliance, and menu updates. Inspect food presentation and labeling, packaging and transport, and cleanliness of carts and equipment. Confirm training and supervision, documentation of processes, scheduling and delivery accuracy, and adherence to food safety, including correct hot and cold holding temperatures and daily temperature logs. Identify hazards and ensure issues are addressed promptly.

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Catering Operations Audit Checklist
This catering audit checklist helps teams evaluate end-to-end catering operations. It covers customer service behaviors, cleanliness and safety hazards, online ordering and booking controls, menu updates, pre-service meetings, and feedback programs. It assesses food presentation and taste against standards, transport coverage, labeling, packaging, and staff product knowledge. Administrative checks include training records, event sheets, on-time setup, order accuracy, bussing, and adherence to food safety during transport. Safety items include uniforms, hair restraints, temperature compliance, and daily temperature logs for high-risk items and storage units.
by Mark Rojas, from the Community
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Crew Catering Inspection Report
Use this Crew Catering Inspection Report to evaluate crew catering operations against food safety and HACCP standards. The checklist covers daily self-inspections, refrigerator and hot-hold temperature monitoring, contamination controls, stock rotation and storage, personal hygiene and handwashing, cleaning and sanitising, chemical handling, pest prevention, and maintenance of equipment and facilities. Record findings, note deficiencies, assign corrective actions, and verify compliance to maintain safe, consistent catering service.
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Catering and Joint Audit Checklist
This Catering and Joint Audit Checklist helps restaurants and catering teams assess operational readiness and compliance on a recurring basis. Use it to review front and back of house cleanliness, menu display and marketing materials, staff uniforms and timekeeping, and preparation for events. Verify food safety practices including temperature logs before dispatch, correct labeling, hot and cold holding, and proper packing to prevent cross contamination. Evaluate boxed meal assembly, portioning, and consistency, as well as teamwork and staffing for on time departures. Confirm safety and sanitation behaviors such as hand washing, glove use, stocked hand sinks, and secure back doors. Include company vehicle checks for cleanliness, lights, wipers, and parking. Designed for RCD use, this audit supports evaluations at least every six months and can be customized to suit local requirements.
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Catering Joint Audit Checklist
Evaluate catering and restaurant joint operations with this comprehensive audit checklist. Review menu display, staff uniforms, timing, production sheets and pack slips, food temperature logs, hot and cold transport practices, boxed meal prep, labeling, and portioning. Confirm handwashing, glove use, and back door security. Inspect company vehicles for cleanliness and roadworthiness, and ensure accurate packing, supplies, and scheduling for reliable delivery.
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