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Kitchen Due Diligence Checklist

by Emma Snelling, from the Community

Use this kitchen due diligence checklist to manage food safety in commercial kitchens. Record delivery times and temperatures, capture fridge and freezer logs, verify critical control points for cooking, hot holding, and chilling, check hot water temperatures, and complete daily cleaning tasks. Includes close-down checks, waste handling, corrective actions, photos of probe readings, notes, and sign-off to support HACCP compliance.

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Use this kitchen daily routine checklist to standardize opening checks, deliveries, in-service monitoring, and nightly close. Record freezer and fridge temperatures, verify deliveries and packaging, log hot holding probe temperatures, and complete cleaning tasks for KP areas, dishwashers, surfaces, and waste. Capture photos, note corrective actions, and sign off to maintain hygiene, food safety, and compliance across shifts.
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EHO Audit Checklist
Use this EHO audit checklist to prepare for Environmental Health Officer inspections in restaurants and food businesses. Cover essential areas including documented food safety systems and due diligence, daily and weekly cleaning checks, probe testing records, staff training such as food safety levels and allergen awareness, COSHH compliance, correct chemical storage, equipment and food prep hygiene, uniform and handwashing standards, fridge and extraction cleaning, walk in fridge labeling and storage order, stock rotation, delivery storage, pest control and housekeeping, bin management, and temperature control with fridge temperatures, cooking and hot water checks, and delivery temperature verification with corrective actions.
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TAR Kitchen Due Diligence Checklist

Use this kitchen due diligence checklist to manage food delivery checks, temperature logging for fridges and freezers, and critical control points for cooking, hot holding, and chilling. It also covers hot water checks, daily cleaning routines for equipment and surfaces, waste handling, and end of day close down steps. Capture photos, notes, and signatures to document compliance and keep kitchen operations safe and audit ready.

by seun oladimeji, from the Community

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Kitchen Daily Routine Checklist

Use this kitchen daily routine checklist to standardize opening checks, deliveries, in-service monitoring, and nightly close. Record freezer and fridge temperatures, verify deliveries and packaging, log hot holding probe temperatures, and complete cleaning tasks for KP areas, dishwashers, surfaces, and waste. Capture photos, note corrective actions, and sign off to maintain hygiene, food safety, and compliance across shifts.

by Craig Rosser, from the Community

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Kitchen Fridge/Freezer Temperature Record

Use this kitchen log to record fridge and freezer temperatures twice daily for food safety compliance. Covers fridges 1-9 and freezers A-C, with prompts for service cold storage, fridge and freezer temperature checks, and walk-in cold room and freezer monitoring. Flags danger zone readings with guidance to contact the duty chef, and includes prove-it probe checks for internal food temperatures. Capture photos, note observations and corrective actions, assign responsibility and due dates, and complete sign-off for audit-ready records.

by Takeaway Restaurant, from the Community

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EHO Audit Checklist

Use this EHO audit checklist to prepare for Environmental Health Officer inspections in restaurants and food businesses. Cover essential areas including documented food safety systems and due diligence, daily and weekly cleaning checks, probe testing records, staff training such as food safety levels and allergen awareness, COSHH compliance, correct chemical storage, equipment and food prep hygiene, uniform and handwashing standards, fridge and extraction cleaning, walk in fridge labeling and storage order, stock rotation, delivery storage, pest control and housekeeping, bin management, and temperature control with fridge temperatures, cooking and hot water checks, and delivery temperature verification with corrective actions.

by Karolina Skucaite, from the Community

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Kitchen Due Diligence Checklist

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