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Kitchen Standards and Compliance Checklist

by phil watson, from the Community

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 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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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 Standards and Compliance Check
Use this kitchen standards and compliance checklist to inspect restaurant back of house operations. Verify clean walls, floors, equipment surfaces, fridges and freezers, seals and handles, high levels such as canopy and lights, microwaves, fryers, chargrill, chip scuttle, clam grill, hot holding units, plate warmers, pot wash and sink areas, and combi ovens. Check rotation and labeling, date control, hand wash access and behavior, cross contamination controls, staff knowledge, food probes and calibration, hot hold recording, storage, uniforms, and chemical use. Review maintenance, PPE, electric fly killers, emergency releases on walk in units, gas safety chains, step ladders, tablet use, SOPs, prep and defrost lists, waste entry, and layout plans. Capture action points and comments to drive compliance and EHO readiness.
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Kitchen Standards Check
This Kitchen Standards Check is a daily checklist for restaurant and catering teams to maintain hygiene, food safety, and equipment standards. It covers wall, floor, and equipment cleanliness; organization of fridges and freezers; seal integrity; high level cleaning; crockery and cutlery condition; and microwave, fryer, grill, griddle, Bain Marie, dishwasher, and plate warmer upkeep. Food safety items include stock rotation, labeling, date control, storage, staff uniform, probe availability, hot holding temperatures, and chemical use. It also prompts allergy and Level 2 Food Hygiene compliance, defrost and prep lists, waste logging, fridge and freezer layout plans, and records action points.
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