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Kitchen Support Visit Checklist

by Jiri Langer, from the Community

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Use this kitchen support visit template to evaluate kitchen cleanliness, food safety, and maintenance during site visits. The checklist covers wall, floor, and equipment sanitation, fridge and freezer organization, handwashing facilities, labeling and rotation, cross-contamination controls, probe availability, hot holding temperatures, staff uniforms, and chemical use. Record action points and general comments to ensure compliant, efficient restaurant operations.

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Use this kitchen standards and compliance audit to assess kitchen cleanliness, food safety, labeling and dating, stock rotation, hot holding temperatures, handwashing facilities and practices, staff uniforms, storage segregation, and equipment maintenance. Verify temperature logs for fridges and freezers, SOP adherence, availability of food thermometers, waste and wastage records, and general organization. Capture critical issues, action points, and comments to drive continuous improvement.
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This kitchen and food safety checklist helps hospitality teams standardize hygiene and compliance across restaurant, cafe, and catering operations. It covers kitchen cleanliness, equipment sanitation, fridge and freezer organization, product rotation and labeling, handwashing access and practices, separation of raw and cooked products to avoid cross contamination, temperature probing and hot holding records, correct storage, staff uniforms, and use of suitable chemicals. It also checks maintenance, PPE, training, electric fly killers, emergency door releases in walk-ins, gas safety chains, SOP adherence, wastage logging, and fridge layout plans. Use it to support HACCP programs, streamline audits, and reduce risk.
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Kitchen Standards and Compliance Checklist
Use this kitchen standards and compliance checklist to audit restaurant and catering operations. Cover kitchen cleanliness (walls, floors, equipment, fridges, prep areas), food safety (rotation, labeling, dates, handwashing, cross-contamination controls), temperature checks and records, storage, staff uniforms, and chemical use. Verify equipment maintenance, PPE, staff training within 2 years, electric fly killer placement, emergency release mechanisms, and step stools. Confirm daily paperwork, defrost and prep lists, wastage entries, and fridge layout plans. Track action points and responsibilities.
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Kitchen Standards and Compliance Audit

Use this kitchen standards and compliance audit to assess kitchen cleanliness, food safety, labeling and dating, stock rotation, hot holding temperatures, handwashing facilities and practices, staff uniforms, storage segregation, and equipment maintenance. Verify temperature logs for fridges and freezers, SOP adherence, availability of food thermometers, waste and wastage records, and general organization. Capture critical issues, action points, and comments to drive continuous improvement.

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Kitchen Food Safety Checklist

This kitchen and food safety checklist helps hospitality teams standardize hygiene and compliance across restaurant, cafe, and catering operations. It covers kitchen cleanliness, equipment sanitation, fridge and freezer organization, product rotation and labeling, handwashing access and practices, separation of raw and cooked products to avoid cross contamination, temperature probing and hot holding records, correct storage, staff uniforms, and use of suitable chemicals. It also checks maintenance, PPE, training, electric fly killers, emergency door releases in walk-ins, gas safety chains, SOP adherence, wastage logging, and fridge layout plans. Use it to support HACCP programs, streamline audits, and reduce risk.

by Dan Poole, from the Community

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Pinnacle Risk Management Kitchen Audit Checklist

This weekly kitchen audit checklist helps hospitality teams evaluate food safety and kitchen operations across key areas. It covers worker hygiene, handwashing, uniforms, and personal practices; dry storage standards, FIFO use, labeling, and chemical segregation; large equipment cleanliness and maintenance; refrigeration and freezer temperatures and logs; safe food handling, thawing, cross-contamination prevention, and utensil use; utensil and surface sanitation and air-drying; hot holding temperatures and protections; three-compartment sink setup and sanitizer verification; waste storage and disposal; and pest control. Use it to standardize inspections, identify issues, capture corrective actions, and maintain compliance across kitchens.

by Sarah Burns, from the Community

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Kitchen Standards and Compliance Checklist

Use this kitchen standards and compliance checklist to audit restaurant and catering operations. Cover kitchen cleanliness (walls, floors, equipment, fridges, prep areas), food safety (rotation, labeling, dates, handwashing, cross-contamination controls), temperature checks and records, storage, staff uniforms, and chemical use. Verify equipment maintenance, PPE, staff training within 2 years, electric fly killer placement, emergency release mechanisms, and step stools. Confirm daily paperwork, defrost and prep lists, wastage entries, and fridge layout plans. Track action points and responsibilities.

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