Area Manager Site Visit Audit
A free site visit audit template for area and regional managers in hospitality groups: front of house and brand standards, kitchen and food safety, cellar and bar, licensing and people, each scored, with an actions log and a visit summary. PDF, ready to print.
An area manager visits a site to see what the dashboard cannot: whether the standards are being lived, not just recorded. Without a structure the visit becomes a conversation and a coffee, and two visits to the same site are not comparable. This free audit gives the visit a shape: five sections scored the same way every time, a brand standards section that reads as the customer sees the site, food safety and cellar checks that mirror what the inspector looks for, a licensing and people section covering the DPS, Challenge 25 and training, an actions log with owners and dates, and a one-page summary that goes to the site manager before the car leaves the car park.
What's in the PDF
Visit Summary
One page per visit. Scores are 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent) per section. Columns: Section · Score (1-5) · Key Finding · Action Agreed · Owner · Due.
Front of House and Brand Standards
Columns: Check · Standard · Met? (Y/N) · Notes / Photo Ref.
Kitchen and Food Safety
Columns: Check · What Good Looks Like · Met? (Y/N) · Notes / Photo Ref.
Cellar and Bar
Columns: Check · What Good Looks Like · Met? (Y/N) · Notes / Photo Ref.
Licensing and People
Columns: Check · What Good Looks Like · Met? (Y/N) · Notes / Photo Ref.
Actions Log
Columns: Action · Section · Owner · Due Date · Follow-up Visit · Closed (Y/N).
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How to use this template
Start at the front door as a customer
Walk the exterior, entrance and dining areas before you speak to the manager, and score the brand standards section as you go.
Check the kitchen and cellar against the records
Compare what the SFBB diary and temperature records say with what the fridges and probes show. A gap between the two is the finding.
Check the licence, the DPS and the people
Confirm the named DPS is in post, the refusals log is in use, and training records for the staff on shift are current.
Agree the actions before you leave
Write each action with an owner and a date on the log, review the summary with the manager, and leave a copy.
Compare across the estate
Enter the section scores for every site visited this month into the group compliance review, so the pattern is visible and the next visit list writes itself.
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