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Comprehensive Kitchen Checklist

by Simphiwe Ndwandwe, from the Community

Use this comprehensive kitchen checklist to standardize menu planning, service preparation, hygiene practices, and food storage management. Sections cover staffing and briefings, equipment readiness, cleaning schedules, temperature monitoring, dishwashing and waste procedures, pest control, stock rotation, segregation of raw and ready to eat foods, refrigeration checks, and documentation. Ideal for restaurants and commercial kitchens to maintain food safety, streamline workflows, and meet health code requirements. Customize to your operation and track compliance with signatures and assessments.

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Food Hygiene Inspection Checklist

Use this food hygiene inspection checklist to evaluate kitchen and food-service hygiene across storage, handling, preparation, and display. Verify clean and well-maintained food rooms and equipment, proper separation of raw and ready-to-eat food, date coding and stock rotation, correct use of color-coded tools, safe cooling and defrosting, allergen controls, handwashing and personal hygiene, pest and waste control, and accurate records with time/temperature checks. Ideal for restaurants, cafes, and catering teams to standardize audits and ensure compliance with food safety regulations.

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Use this kitchen audit checklist to assess hygiene, food storage, temperature control, and equipment maintenance across the back yard, delivery areas, chillers and freezers, dry storage, prep stations, dishwashing, dessert station, and cook line. Verify separation of raw and ready to eat foods, labeling and defrost practices, FIFO rotation, PPE and chemical controls, and daily cleaning routines. Check HACCP critical temperatures, probe accuracy, hot holding, cooling, and documented records. Ideal for restaurants and food service teams to maintain compliance and reduce risk.

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Nutrition Kitchen Inspection Checklist

Use this Nutrition Kitchen Inspection checklist to evaluate food safety practices and kitchen hygiene. Assess general health and safety, dry storage, and cold storage standards including temperature control and labeling. Review food preparation safety to prevent cross contamination, employee PPE and hygiene practices, and equipment condition. Verify cleaning routines, pest control, waste disposal, and chemical and electrical safety. Keep logs for refrigeration, dishwashing, and cleaning up to date to maintain compliance.

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This HACCP-certified checklist helps food businesses store food safely and maintain quality. It covers receiving and immediate storage, correct shelving and container use, labeling and date coding, FIFO stock rotation, separation of ready-to-eat and raw foods, chemical segregation, and critical temperature controls, including fridge, freezer, and danger-zone limits. Use it in restaurants, cafes, and food service operations to standardize audits, prevent contamination, and meet compliance requirements. Customize as needed to fit your procedures.

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