Title Page

  • Audit Title

  • Client / Site

  • Conducted on

  • Prepared by

  • Location
  • Personnel

Brand Standards

Externals

  • Windows and external doors sparkling and clean? (Glass and brass)

  • Correct point of sale on display in correx and A Frames

  • Car park litter and weed free, all planting alive and well maintained, no cigarette buds.

  • Licensing plaque in place and shiny

  • All external lights working

  • Entrance door hooked open

  • Parasols up and ashtrays on table (if weather is nice)

Host

  • Clutter free and welcome strut card out

  • Menus out and ready including crayons for children's menu colouring sheet

  • Laptop- are online bookings set to brand requirement as a minimum? Is it in use during service?

Pub

  • Real ale badge/ Cask marque tag and runner?

  • Shiny brass

  • Maximum of 1 local charity box

  • WOW back bar display

  • Clutter free back bar

  • Full optics

  • Fridge lights on

  • Ice and fruit out ready

  • Tables set (tidy chairs, beer mats, menus)

  • Cutlery wrapped

  • ATM, Fruit machine and Crane on

  • Fire on

  • Music at conversational level

  • TV on (Sky news, BBC news, or sky sports- volume on mute/ subtitles on)

  • No missing light bulbs

  • POS correct

  • Uniform correct

Restaurant

  • Tables set and surrounding area clean (menus- drinks and puddings only/ menu promo cards/ table talkers/ napkins/ cutlery/ salt & pepper)

  • Dumb waiters fully stocked and clutter free

  • Guest Voice slips stamped and handed out

  • Pepsi refill machine labelled with correct POS

  • Music at conversational level

  • Uniform correct

  • No missing light bulbs

Carvery Deck- Breakfast

  • Pay at the bar sign on entrance

  • Menu strut cards and cereal stand on the bar

  • Deck layout correct

  • Breakfast spec correct

  • Correct signage for all items (all carvery signs/ meat signs/ gravy signs removed and off display)

  • Napkin holder on the deck

  • Strut card for toaster and coffee station

  • Toast station- brown/white bread, 2 jams, 1 marmalade, 1 butter, 1 marg, red breakfast cloth, side plates)

  • Coffee station- urn, milk jug, tea bags, pour and serve coffee, brown/white sugar, sweetner, decaff coffee

  • Chef/FOH uniform correct

Carvery Deck- Carvery

  • Deck layout

  • Correct signage

  • King size plate

  • Master carver sign

  • 50/50 Yorkshire puddings (small and large)

  • Carvery meats with correct garnish

  • Correct veg calendar

  • Deck clean and well stocked

  • Gravy station- 2 beef, 1 flavoured (in line with veg calendar), 1 bread sauce and 1 veg gravy- all with correct signage.

  • Condiment sauces- all 6 sauces to have correct labels, in matching bowls with soda spoons

Toilets

  • Women's- well stocked and clean

  • Men's- well stocked and clean

Service Cycle

Greet

  • Was the host easy to locate?

  • Does the host greet with a warm and friendly manner in reasonable time?

  • Does the host ask every guest if they have a booking?

Seat

  • Are guests being asked 'Have you eaten with Toby before?'

  • Are open menus handed out and starters highlighted?

  • Are children all given a menu and crayons?

  • Are servers being introduced?

Let's Start

  • Are team members introducing themselves?

  • Are drinks orders being taken on iServes before food orders?

  • If refills are ordered are they explained?

  • Are drinks taken over on trays?

  • Did team member up sell starters? Are orders taken on the iServes?

Main Event

  • Are starters cleared away quickly?

  • Did server assume guest wanted Carvery?

  • Was the Carvery explained?

At The Carvery

  • Was the carver clean and well presented in full uniform?

  • Was the carver a 'personality carver'?

  • Was the Carvery explained?

  • Is king size offered?

Meal Experience

  • Are check backs happening at appropriate times?

  • Are second drinks being offered?

Pudding Temptation

  • Did team member give an open puddings menu to every guest?

  • Are team up selling puddings and recommendations given?

  • Are orders taken on the iServes?

  • Are after dinner drinks offered?

Until Next Time

  • Are bill folds given with every bill and guest voice survey highlighted?

  • Are payments processed promptly?

Team Members Service

  • To what extent would you agree with the statement 'the team member who was serving looked like they enjoy their job'

  • To what extent would you agree with the statement 'the team member who was serving demonstrated good product knowledge'

  • To what extent would you agree with the statement 'the team member who was serving was polite and professional'

NPS

  • How likely are you to recommend this outlet to friends, family and work colleagues?

Flawless Carvery

Deck Area

  • The deck should be clean, clutter free and shiny with no grease

  • Glass should be clean with no marks

  • Deck signage should be on all meats and items on the Carvery deck.

Yorkshire Puddings

  • 50/50 mix of large and small all being tall, crispy and golden brown

Chipolatas

  • Freshly cooked and served in a half sized roaster

Crackling

  • Crisp, crunchy and free from grease. Served in a half sized roaster.

Meats

  • Pork- skin removed, scored and glazed with apple & sage, garnished with 3 halves of caramelised orange. Spike must be clean and changed regularly.

  • Gammon- skin removed, scored and glazed with honey & mustard glaze, garnished with 3 halves of caramelised orange

  • Turkey- golden brown, evenly glazed with turkey glaze, garnished with 20 roasties & 56g of cranberry. Spike must be clean and changed regularly.

  • Beef- glazed with Tewksbury mustard garnished with 800g of evenly browned root vegetables with 3 large Yorkshire puddings. Spike must be clean and changed regularly.

Potatoes

  • Roasties- crispy, ruffled and golden brown. Served in oblong, two handled roaster.

  • Flavoured Roasties- crispy, ruffled and golden brown. Served in oblong, two handled roaster. With roastie flavouring in line with veg calendar.

  • Mashed Potato- White in colour, light and fluffy.

  • Flavoured Mashed- White in colour, light and fluffy with the right amount of ingredients as per veg calendar.

Vegtables

  • All vegetables should be served in deep oval dishes other than cauliflower cheese which should be served in a flat oval dish.

  • All vegetables should be delivered to spec and glazed when required.

  • Correct veg out on deck in line with Veg Calendar.

Gravy Station

  • Gravy- smooth and free from lumps served in deep round pot.

  • Flavoured Gravy- smooth and free from lumps served in deep round pot and in line with veg calendar.

  • Hot Sauces- smooth and free from lumps served in deep round pot.

  • Veg Gravy- smooth and free from lumps served in deep round pot.

  • Condiment Sauces- served in snack attack bowls with soda spoons (apple, cranberry, mint, horseradish, whole grain mustard, English mustard)

Buzz Brief/Comms

Buzz Brief

  • Are buzz briefs in place?

  • Are clear targets and expectations in place on the buzz brief?

  • Do the team understand was is being asked of them?

Reward & Recognition

  • Challenge the team members with a small incentive which can be achieved during your visit and reward them with a prize before you leave. (Remember to take note of the incentive in the comments box and the name of the winning team member)

Comms

  • Health and safety law poster (legal)

  • M&B health and safety policy (legal)

  • Nominated first aider (legal)

  • Fire safety poster (legal)

  • Fire evacuation poster (legal)

  • Challenge 21 (legal)

  • Licensing act (company)

  • Alcohol and social responsibilities booklet (company)

  • Confidential disclosure hotline (company)

  • Employee liability insurance - renewed 30th September (company)

  • Bomb alert (company)

  • Disability awareness (company)

  • Home office test purchasing (company)

  • Stop & think poster (company)

  • Frontline news (company)

  • Mobile phone policy (company)

  • Social media policy (company)

  • Career pathway (company)

G2G/KPIs

Good 2 Great

  • Are G2G meetings in place? What day and time are they?

  • Who facilitates the meetings?

  • Who attends the meetings?

  • Is PDR format followed correctly?

  • Are KPIs fed back to the team that don't attend?

KPIs

  • Are KPIs in place? What are they?

  • Are KPIs realistic and measurable?

  • Do the team understand the KPIs?

  • Are they monitored and updated regularly?

  • Do you believe any other KPIs are needed in the business as a focus? If so what are they?

STAR

STAR

  • Is STAR living and breathing in the business?

  • Looking at the starters and leavers report, is there any new starters that should be on the STAR programme?

  • Who is on STAR? Has their TNA been completed?

  • Where are they up to in their training?

  • What is on their training Programme?

  • Do they understand how to use the training cards?

  • What do they think of the STAR programme?

Talent Plan

Apprenticeships

  • Does the site have an apprentice? If so what is their name?

  • When did apprentice start?

  • Where are they up to in their development?

FOH Team

  • How many FOH team members are there?

  • Are there any vacancies up?

BOH Team

  • How many BOH team members are there?

  • Are there any vacancies up?

Team Coach

  • How many Team Coaches are there?

  • Have they completed their TL Book/STARs training programme? What training is outstanding?

  • Are there any vacancies up?

Team Supervisor

  • How many Team Supervisors are there?

  • Have they completed their TL Book/STARs training programme? What training is outstanding?

  • Are there any vacancies up?

Kitchen Team Leader

  • How many Kitchen Team Leaders are there?

  • Have they completed their TL Book/STARs training programme? What training is outstanding?

  • Are there any vacancies up?

Assistant Manager

  • Who is the AM?

  • Have they completed their AMIT Folder/STARs training programme? What training is outstanding?

  • Are there any vacancies up?

Kitchen Manager

  • Who is the KM?

  • Have they completed their KMIT Folder/STARs training programme? What training is outstanding?

  • Are there any vacancies up?

General Manager

  • Who is the GM?

  • Have they completed their MIT Folder/STARs training programme? What training is outstanding?

  • Are there any vacancies up?

Engagement

Your Say

  • Has the team all completed Your Say survey

  • Has the action plan been complete for Your Say

Appraisals

  • Have team members had an appraisal/job chat in the last 6 months?

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