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Pinnacle Risk Management Kitchen Audit Checklist

by Sarah Burns, from the Community

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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.

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