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  • Prepared by

  • Location

Kitchen closing checks

  • Who did last nights kitchen check?

  • Where are issues identified?

Walk in fridge

  • Fridge at the correct temperature?

  • Door handle and seal clean?

  • Fridge lighting working?

  • Fridge floor clean and free of debris?

  • Fridge racking/shelves clean and free of debris?

  • Fridge walls clean and free of mould?

  • Are all fish items stored separately from meat/ready to eat food?

  • Is the raw fish stored below cooked fish?

  • Is raw meat in date?

  • Correct use of product labels on meat?

  • All salad items in date?

  • All dairy items in date?

  • Washed food stored above raw fruit/veg?

  • Washed labels in use?

  • All prep dotted and in date?

  • All defrost dotted?

  • Day dots on container and not cling film?

Walk in freezer

  • Is freezer running at correct temperature?

  • Are lights working and in food order?

  • Is the freezer tidy?

  • Is there a freezer plan, raw fish/ meat stored separately?

  • Are all items in date?

  • All products stored of the floor?

  • Is freezer floor clean, ice and debris free?

Line fridge and freezers

  • Is all food stored in clean containers and day dotted correctly?

  • Is all food covered?

  • Is all cooked meat stored above raw food?

  • All cooked fish stored above raw fish?

  • Are all fridges clean?

  • Fridges/freezers running at correct temperature?

  • Ice baths to temperature?

  • All items in freezer in date and covered?

  • Is the freezer clean?

  • Are all contact surfaces clean and sanitised?

  • Probes and probe wipes readily available?

  • Probe wipes in date?

Kitchen

  • All lights working and in good order?

  • Are blue roll/paper towels available?

  • Hand soap available?

  • Are yellow J cloths available and in use?

  • Are all heat lamps working?

  • Spray bottles clean and debris free? Enough for each section?

  • Are all chopping boards available and in good order?

  • Are cooked and raw chopping boards stored separately?

  • Are all cooked and raw knives stored separately?

  • Are all tongs available and in good order?

  • Hand basin clean?

  • Underneath soap dispensers clean and debris free?

Kitchen deep cleaning

  • Is there a cleaning rota?

  • Chargrill clean and in good repair?

  • Grill trays clean?

  • Reflector trays clean?

  • Grill gulley clean?

  • Underneath grill draws clean?

  • Grill draws/ seals clean and debris free?

  • Is the extraction clean?

  • Is the cooker/stove clean and in good repair?

  • Are the merry chefs clean and in good repair?

  • Is frankie grill clean and in good repair?

  • Is the pizza over clean and in good repair?

  • Are the wheels clean?

  • Are the walls and ceiling clean?

  • Is underneath the line clean?

Raw prep

  • All PPE available? (Gloves, aprons, cloths)

  • Is the cling film dispenser clean and debris free?

  • Separate raw containers clearly identified and in use?

KP area

  • Is the dishwasher clean and in good order?

  • Are sinks clean?

  • Are all chemicals available and topped up and in correct dispensers?

  • Potwash racking clean?

Dry store

  • Are all items in date?

  • Is the area clean and tidy?

  • Are all allergens stored on the bottom?

  • Is all glass items stored on the bottom shelf?

  • Are all open items decanted and in an air tight container, correctly labelled following manufacture guidelines?

Personal hygiene

  • Are all chefs wearing correct uniform?

  • Are all chefs wearing hats?

  • Are the chefs clean?

  • Was hand washing happen and correct?

Bin yard

  • Are all bins clean and in good order?

  • Are the bins closed?

  • Is the back yard clean and free of rubbish?

  • Is the any sign of pests?

Due diligence

  • Is delivery being checked and temperature probed?

  • Is the due diligence filled in correctly?

  • Is the manager checklist in use and filled in?

  • Has due diligence have all signatures in place?

  • Is cleaning schedule being filled out correctly?

  • Is there and action plan in place from last NSF audit?

Prep and par

  • Is prep and par up to date?

  • Is prep and par being followed?

Allergens

  • Is a know your allergens poster available?

  • Allergen service cycles displayed and available?

  • Allergen signpost is available in a prominent position where a guest is likely to see before placing their order?

  • Easy to ask stickers are in a prominent position at every entrance?

Question for FOH

  • What should happen when a guest advises you they have an allergy?

  • Where would you find the latest allergen guide?

  • How should guest allergen/dietary requirements be communicated to the kitchen?

  • What would you do if a guest advises they are allergic to something other than one of the known 14 allergens?

  • Who did you ask these questions to FOH?

Questions for BOH

  • If an order is received in the kitchen with an allergy notification on it, what should you do?

  • Before preparing a meal for an allergen sufferer, what must be done?

  • How should the prepared meal be sorted before taking out to the guest?

  • Who should take the meal out and what needs to be communicated to them?

  • Who did you ask there question to BOH?

Questions of teams knowledge

Personal hygiene

  • Can you give some examples of when you should wash your hands?

  • What should you do if you find no hot water running in the kitchen?

  • What should a contractor complete before entering the kitchen?

  • Who did you ask the above questions to?

Labelling

  • If today was Tuesday, what day dot would you apple to an item being taken out to defrost?

  • If I prepare fresh produce such as salad/vegetables on Friday, what day dot do they get?

  • In what order should products be used?

  • Who did you ask the above questions to?

Cleaning

  • What are the different colour mops that should be available to use?

  • What is the contact time for the company approved sanitised?

  • How should cleaning tasks be documented through the day?

  • Who did you ask the above questions to?

Cooking and reheating

  • What temperature should most foods be cooked/reheated to?

  • How do you know that the food has reached the required core temperature?

  • What should you do if something has not reached the required core temperature?

  • If an item is to be cooked from defrost only, yet there is nothing defrosted, what should you do?

  • Who did you ask the above questions to?

Cross contamination

  • What PPE should be worn to complete raw preparation?

  • How should raw and ready to eat foods be stored?

  • Ask the team member to demonstrate a two stage clean of a ready to eat area?

  • Who did you ask the above questions to?

Any of concerns of issues

  • Are there any other concerns or issues witnessed?

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