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Food and Beverage Closing Checklist

by Bess Burgess, from the Community

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This food and beverage closing checklist helps restaurant and cafe teams standardize end of day procedures. It guides staff through cleaning surfaces, stocking dry goods and fridges, switching off and sanitizing equipment, securing merchandise, and recording temperatures for milk, pastry, sandwich, display, walk in, prep, and beer fridges and freezers. It covers areas such as cafe front of house, kitchen, cabin, and grill stations to ensure a safe, compliant, and efficient shutdown.

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F&B Opening Checklist

This F&B Opening Checklist helps restaurant and cafe teams prepare for service by confirming prep lists, equipment start-up, station setup, and stock levels. It covers BOH and FOH tasks such as fridge and freezer temperature checks, display and drinks fridges, condiment and merchandise stations, and cleanliness of benches and till areas. Sections include cafe, cabin, grill, and kitchen with prompts for walk-in, prep, salad, and protein fridges, plus freezer and display temps. Use it to standardize openings, maintain food safety, and ensure venues are clean, organized, and fully stocked before guests arrive.

by Bess Burgess, from the Community

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Kitchen Closing Checklist for Food Safety

Use this kitchen closing checklist to standardize end of day procedures in restaurants and food service. It covers outer kitchen cleaning, walk in fridges and freezers, microwaves and saladette, grill and fryer stations, coordinator and pot wash areas, food storage and labeling, allergen segregation, temperature logging, equipment shutdown, rubbish removal, and general hygiene. Sections include KDMLB compliance checks for records such as storage, cooking, delivery and hot hold temperatures, oil tests, and fryer changes, plus staff and manager sign offs for accountability.

by Adam Beevers, from the Community

10+

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Restaurant Closing Checklist and Temperature Log

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by Bishal Ghimire, from the Community

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Restaurant and Cafe Closing Checklist

Use this step by step closing checklist to wrap up end of day operations in a restaurant or cafe. Tasks include cleaning coffee machine group heads, soaking portafilters, securing refrigeration and shutters, emptying bins and compost, checking fridges and freezers are shut, charging tablets and speakers, switching off air curtains and lights, and locking waste and recycling. Adapt this template to your site and procedures to support food safety, cleanliness, energy savings, and a consistent close.

by Joaquim Vieira Borges, from the Community

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Food and Beverage Closing Checklist

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