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Morning Checklist for Bars and Restaurants

by Jayson Bales, from the Community

30+

Start each day smoothly with a hospitality morning checklist designed for bars and restaurants. Verify cash and paperwork, prep the cellar, clean and label kitchen items, set customer areas, and stock and sanitize bars. Includes line checks, safety and fire checks, POS readiness, and stock rotation to help managers open on time and maintain standards.

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Weekly Checks for Bars Restaurants and Hotels
Use this weekly hospitality checklist to keep bars, restaurants, and hotels compliant and running smoothly. Verify fire alarms, call points, extinguishers, and exit signage; check PPE, first aid supplies, electrical and access equipment; record accidents and maintenance; confirm training, inductions, and records; complete kitchen and hygiene checks including ice machines, beer line cleaning, and high chair safety; and log corrective actions and inspections.
by Steuart Fotheringham, from the Community
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Kitchen Opening Checks
Use this kitchen opening checks template to standardize morning procedures in restaurants and food service. Record fridge and freezer temperatures, verify equipment is operational, inspect prep areas and hygiene supplies, and confirm staff readiness. These checks help meet food safety standards, reduce risk, and keep service running smoothly.
by Niko Kolios, from the Community
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Monthly Checks for Bars, Restaurants and Hotels
This monthly checks template helps general managers in bars, restaurants, and hotels verify critical safety and operations standards. Items include weekly fire alarm tests, emergency lighting, firefighting equipment, clear escape routes, and fire signage. It covers premises condition, guest and staff facilities, slip and trip controls, equipment safety, and defect reporting. Compliance sections address PPE, first aid, COSHH, manual handling, working at height, liability certificates, no smoking signage, licensing, and up to date kitchen records.
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Hospitality Safety and Compliance Checklist
This hospitality checklist supports pubs, bars and restaurants in auditing daily operations and compliance. It covers exterior and staff areas, fire safety documentation and routes, bar hygiene and equipment, front-of-house allergen prompts and NGCI guidance, kitchen food safety practices including FIFO, probe calibration and two-stage cleaning, cellar and CO2 safety, licensing requirements, CCTV and incident logs, queue and crowd control, office records and training, legionella checks, and pest control. Use this template to verify standards, identify issues, and maintain a safe, compliant venue for guests and team members.
by Slug George Street, from the Community
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Weekly Checks for Bars Restaurants and Hotels

Use this weekly hospitality checklist to keep bars, restaurants, and hotels compliant and running smoothly. Verify fire alarms, call points, extinguishers, and exit signage; check PPE, first aid supplies, electrical and access equipment; record accidents and maintenance; confirm training, inductions, and records; complete kitchen and hygiene checks including ice machines, beer line cleaning, and high chair safety; and log corrective actions and inspections.

by Steuart Fotheringham, from the Community

10+

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Kitchen Opening Checks

Use this kitchen opening checks template to standardize morning procedures in restaurants and food service. Record fridge and freezer temperatures, verify equipment is operational, inspect prep areas and hygiene supplies, and confirm staff readiness. These checks help meet food safety standards, reduce risk, and keep service running smoothly.

by Niko Kolios, from the Community

20+

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Monthly Checks for Bars, Restaurants and Hotels

This monthly checks template helps general managers in bars, restaurants, and hotels verify critical safety and operations standards. Items include weekly fire alarm tests, emergency lighting, firefighting equipment, clear escape routes, and fire signage. It covers premises condition, guest and staff facilities, slip and trip controls, equipment safety, and defect reporting. Compliance sections address PPE, first aid, COSHH, manual handling, working at height, liability certificates, no smoking signage, licensing, and up to date kitchen records.

by Steuart Fotheringham, from the Community

10+

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Hospitality Safety and Compliance Checklist

This hospitality checklist supports pubs, bars and restaurants in auditing daily operations and compliance. It covers exterior and staff areas, fire safety documentation and routes, bar hygiene and equipment, front-of-house allergen prompts and NGCI guidance, kitchen food safety practices including FIFO, probe calibration and two-stage cleaning, cellar and CO2 safety, licensing requirements, CCTV and incident logs, queue and crowd control, office records and training, legionella checks, and pest control. Use this template to verify standards, identify issues, and maintain a safe, compliant venue for guests and team members.

by Slug George Street, from the Community

10+

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Morning Checklist for Bars and Restaurants

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Digitize team workflows

Reduce manual errors

Create and share inspection reports

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