Chopping Board Colour Chart
A printable colour-coded chopping board chart for the kitchen wall, with what each colour is for, plus a weekly board condition check.
UK kitchens use red boards for raw meat, blue for raw fish, yellow for cooked meat, green for salad and fruit, brown for raw vegetables, white for bakery and dairy, and purple for allergen-free orders. This free PDF chart sets that out for the wall, with a weekly board check.
Colour-coded chopping boards stop raw food and ready-to-eat food sharing a surface, which is one of the most common ways E. coli and Salmonella spread in a kitchen. The colours are a widely used industry convention rather than a legal requirement, but preventing cross-contamination between raw and ready-to-eat food is the law, and an EHO will ask how you do it. This chart sets out the standard UK colours so everyone in the kitchen uses the same system.
What's in the PDF
Chopping Board Colours
The usual UK colour code. Use the same colours for knife handles where you can. Columns: Colour · Use for · Examples.
Weekly Chopping Board Check
Replace any board that is deeply scored, warped, cracked or stained. Columns: Week Commencing · Boards Checked · Boards Replaced (colour) · Knives Checked · Checked By · Signature.
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How to use this template
Print it and put it above the prep area
Where the boards are kept and where people choose one.
Match your knives and storage
Many kitchens use colour-coded knife handles too, and a rack that keeps each colour apart.
Wash boards properly between uses
A dishwasher at a high enough temperature, or hot soapy water followed by a sanitiser. Never just a wipe.
Check them weekly
Use the check sheet to note boards that are deeply scored, warped or stained, and replace them.
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The weekly check without the clipboard
- Weekly equipment checks that remind themselves
- Photos of damaged boards logged with the check
- Cleaning schedules in the same app
- Records ready for an inspection
Paddl turns the board and knife check into a weekly routine on the kitchen tablet or a chef's phone, reminds whoever is on shift, and keeps the record with a time and a name for your EHO.
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