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Production Kitchen Audit Checklist

by Becky Smith, from the Community

This production kitchen audit checklist helps commercial and institutional kitchens verify compliance with food safety and hygiene standards. It covers staff training, allergen management, HACCP records, temperature control, storage practices, personal hygiene, cooking, hot and cold holding, transport, cooling and reheating, pest control, cleaning schedules, signage, premises condition, and health and safety. Use it to capture evidence, probe temperatures, log corrective actions, and prepare for EHO inspections.

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Daily Food Safety and Hygiene Inspection Checklist
Use this daily checklist to assess food safety and hygiene in kitchens and food facilities. Verify personal hygiene, kitchen cleaning, receiving and storage practices, and monitored temperatures. Check controls for thawing, cooking, cooling, hot and cold holding, and reheating. Record maintenance issues, pest control, and waste management, with fields for completion and validation.
by Ramil Polenio, from the Community
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Weekly Kitchen Audit Checklist
Use this weekly kitchen audit to maintain food safety and hygiene in commercial kitchens. The template covers allergen procedure and training, record keeping, equipment condition and thermometer calibration, supplier deliveries and stock control, storage temperatures and labeling, cross contamination prevention, staff PPE and personal hygiene, cooking and reheating temperatures, cooling and leftovers, cleaning schedules and dishwasher maintenance, pest control, waste management, fixtures and ventilation, complaints handling, and EHO inspections. Includes weekly checks and a full monthly audit with spaces for dates and required signatures.
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Food Premises Restaurant Audit Report
This food premises restaurant audit report template helps teams evaluate hygiene, safety, and regulatory compliance across kitchen and service operations. It guides checks for HACCP documentation and reviews, allergen management, approved suppliers, delivery controls, dry, chilled, and frozen storage standards, and separation of raw and ready-to-eat foods. The checklist covers sanitisation practices, equipment cleanliness, defrosting and cooking temperatures, reheating and hot-holding, cooling processes, and daily records. It also includes food service hygiene, personal hygiene and handwashing, first aid readiness, pest control, cleaning schedules, waste management, maintenance, and staff facilities.
by Holly Jefferys, from the Community
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Hotel Kitchen Food Safety Audit Checklist
Use this master audit checklist to identify and control food safety risks in hotel kitchens. Sections cover probe thermometers and calibration, thawing, preparation, cooking and reheating temperatures, cooling and hot holding, cold and frozen storage, labeling and FIFO, hygiene and sanitation, dishwashing and heat logs, chemical handling and SDS, facility maintenance, staff health and hygiene, uniforms and gloves, allergen management, chlorination for produce, pest control, waste management, and ice machine SOPs. Includes forms for logging temperatures, cleaning schedules, verification, and corrective actions, with options to add media and signatures for evidence and accountability.
by Jayne MacDougall, from the Community
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Daily Food Safety and Hygiene Inspection Checklist

Use this daily checklist to assess food safety and hygiene in kitchens and food facilities. Verify personal hygiene, kitchen cleaning, receiving and storage practices, and monitored temperatures. Check controls for thawing, cooking, cooling, hot and cold holding, and reheating. Record maintenance issues, pest control, and waste management, with fields for completion and validation.

by Ramil Polenio, from the Community

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Weekly Kitchen Audit Checklist

Use this weekly kitchen audit to maintain food safety and hygiene in commercial kitchens. The template covers allergen procedure and training, record keeping, equipment condition and thermometer calibration, supplier deliveries and stock control, storage temperatures and labeling, cross contamination prevention, staff PPE and personal hygiene, cooking and reheating temperatures, cooling and leftovers, cleaning schedules and dishwasher maintenance, pest control, waste management, fixtures and ventilation, complaints handling, and EHO inspections. Includes weekly checks and a full monthly audit with spaces for dates and required signatures.

by Jacob Sprayson, from the Community

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Food Premises Restaurant Audit Report

This food premises restaurant audit report template helps teams evaluate hygiene, safety, and regulatory compliance across kitchen and service operations. It guides checks for HACCP documentation and reviews, allergen management, approved suppliers, delivery controls, dry, chilled, and frozen storage standards, and separation of raw and ready-to-eat foods. The checklist covers sanitisation practices, equipment cleanliness, defrosting and cooking temperatures, reheating and hot-holding, cooling processes, and daily records. It also includes food service hygiene, personal hygiene and handwashing, first aid readiness, pest control, cleaning schedules, waste management, maintenance, and staff facilities.

by Holly Jefferys, from the Community

10+

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Hotel Kitchen Food Safety Audit Checklist

Use this master audit checklist to identify and control food safety risks in hotel kitchens. Sections cover probe thermometers and calibration, thawing, preparation, cooking and reheating temperatures, cooling and hot holding, cold and frozen storage, labeling and FIFO, hygiene and sanitation, dishwashing and heat logs, chemical handling and SDS, facility maintenance, staff health and hygiene, uniforms and gloves, allergen management, chlorination for produce, pest control, waste management, and ice machine SOPs. Includes forms for logging temperatures, cleaning schedules, verification, and corrective actions, with options to add media and signatures for evidence and accountability.

by Jayne MacDougall, from the Community

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Production Kitchen Audit Checklist

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