Restaurant Morning Opening Checklist

This morning restaurant opening checklist helps teams prepare the front and back of house before service. It covers lights and equipment checks, printing the daily rota, logging prior day wastage, confirming tablet checklists, verifying fridge and freezer operation and temperatures, rotating and stocking deliveries, and confirming prep levels. It includes fryer setup, oil quality and level checks, cleaning task assignments, effective deployment, and line setup with utensils, hot holds, bowls, and seasoning. It prompts date code compliance, CVAP readiness, pre-cooking wings, full store tours, invoice entry, team briefings, and enabling delivery platforms. Temperature checks for cooking, reheating, and hot holding are included, plus maintenance issue logging.