Congratulations to Kate, Chloe and Louise for achieving a 5-star food hygiene rating. This covers the kitchen, bar area and cellar and represents a huge amount of work – thank you, ladies.
This rating confirms that the pub’s hygiene standards are very good.
Ratings are a snapshot of the standards of food hygiene found at the time of inspection. It is the responsibility of the business to comply with food hygiene law at all times.
This includes handling of food, how food is stored, how food is prepared, cleanliness of facilities and how food safety is managed.
The rating shows how well the business is doing overall, based on standards found at the time of inspection by the food safety officer from Dorset Council who checked to see the pub follows food hygiene law so that the food is safe to eat.
At the inspection, the officer checked the following three elements:
- how hygienically the food is handled – how it is prepared, cooked, re-heated, cooled and stored
- the physical condition of the business –including cleanliness, layout, lighting, ventilation, pest control and other facilities
- how the business manages ways of keeping food safe, looking at processes, training and systems to ensure good hygiene is maintained. The officer can then assess the level of confidence in standards being maintained in the future