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Opening Safety Checks

This Opening Safety Checks template helps cafes, bakeries, and food retailers prepare for service every day. Tasks include restocking handwash stations, ensuring clean aprons and J cloths, recording fridge and freezer temperatures, labeling sandwiches and gravity bin products with allergens, rotating and disposing of display items, sanitizing work surfaces, checking fruit and vegetable stock, and storing allergen ingredients sealed and segregated.

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Cafe and Catering Daily Opening Checks AM

This morning checklist helps cafe and catering teams complete essential opening tasks. Confirm refrigeration and display units are operating, verify ovens and fryers are functioning, and ensure work areas are clean with handwashing and cleaning materials available. Check staff are fit for work and in clean uniforms, review recent deliveries and record supplier, time, and product temperatures. Log fridge and freezer temperatures for each unit and capture signatures for accountability. Note any signs of pests and address issues before service. Use this template to maintain food safety and consistent opening routines.

by Joe Hathway Neville, from the Community

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Bakery, Coffee and Food Prep Checklist

This practical checklist helps bakeries, cafes, and coffee shops standardize daily preparation and service tasks. It covers sanitizing work surfaces, organizing the bakery area, labeling ingredients and allergens, setting up sandwiches and bagels, arranging breads on shelves, and discounting leftover items appropriately. Coffee station steps include switching on machines, filling grinder hoppers, and running test shots before service. The checklist also prompts temperature and freshness checks, cleaning and dusting, and opening routines to ensure consistency, food safety, and efficient handovers. Use it to train staff, maintain hygiene standards, and keep prep moving during busy periods.

by Joaquim Vieira Borges, from the Community

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FOH Opening Checklist - Team Member

This FOH opening checklist helps cafe and restaurant team members prepare the front of house for a smooth service. Cover critical pre-open tasks between 7:00–7:30am, including turning on ovens and small equipment, setting up the coffee machine and milk station, prepping acai and juicer stations, labeling and rotating fridge items, restocking displays, preparing pastries and sandwiches, cleaning glass, tables, and POS, arranging outdoor seating and signage, and confirming labels and soup stations. Use this template to standardize routines, maintain food safety and presentation, and ensure the venue is clean, stocked, and ready for customers.

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Mundo Restaurant Daily Opening Checklist

This daily opening checklist helps restaurant teams prepare every area before service. It covers hostess, bar, and service stations with tasks like verifying POS and phone systems, checking fridge temperatures to HACCP standards, stocking and sanitizing tools and glassware, setting tables and side stations, organizing buffet counters with correct labels, and ensuring restrooms and dining areas are clean and guest ready. Use it to brief staff, allocate tables, note special requests, and confirm everything is set for consistent, high quality service.

by Mundo Restaurant, from the Community

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BOH Daily Checks for Kitchen Food Safety

Use this back-of-house daily checklist to standardize kitchen food safety and operations. It guides teams through opening checks, delivery acceptance, fridge and freezer temperature logs, cooking and reheating verification, hot holding thresholds, four-hour clean routines, cold well monitoring, closing checks, and a final clean. Includes allergen preparation steps, waste recording, and manager sign-offs to help maintain compliance and consistent service in cafes and restaurants.

by Vanessa Dias, from the Community

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Restaurant Opening Checks

This restaurant opening checks template helps teams standardize morning procedures and get the site ready for service. It covers date checks, cleaning and sanitizing of grills, fryers, ovens, microwaves, and food prep areas, coordination station setup, fridge and freezer cleanliness, waste and bin management, front of house and till areas, hydration and juice stations, and dining room presentation. The checklist also includes detailed restroom and staff area standards, walk in and dry store organization, HACCP verification, and equipment and canopy filter maintenance. Use it to maintain cleanliness, food safety, and consistent readiness across the entire operation.

by Kevin Lowe, from the Community

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