Restaurant, Cafe and Pub Risk Assessment Template
A free risk assessment template for the front of house and bar: one pre-filled sheet each for a restaurant, a cafe and a pub covering customers, service, alcohol, cellars, coffee machines and lone working, plus a blank form and an action plan. PDF.
The kitchen gets the attention, but most of the people in a hospitality building are on the other side of the pass, and so are most of the public. Front of house has its own hazards: hot plates carried through a crowd, glass, spilled drinks on hard floors, a cellar with gas cylinders and a hatch, a coffee machine at 130°C, and the particular risk of dealing with customers who have had too much to drink. This free template gives you a pre-filled risk assessment for a restaurant, another for a cafe and a third for a pub, each with the hazards and the usual controls for that kind of venue, alongside a blank form and an action plan.
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Restaurant Risk Assessment (Pre-filled)
Typical front-of-house hazards for a restaurant. Amend every line to match your venue. Columns: Hazard · Who Could Be Harmed and How · Existing Controls · Risk (H/M/L) · Further Action Needed · Owner / Date.
Cafe Risk Assessment (Pre-filled)
Typical hazards for a cafe or coffee shop. Amend every line to match your venue. Columns: Hazard · Who Could Be Harmed and How · Existing Controls · Risk (H/M/L) · Further Action Needed · Owner / Date.
Pub Risk Assessment (Pre-filled)
Typical hazards for a pub or bar. Amend every line to match your venue. Columns: Hazard · Who Could Be Harmed and How · Existing Controls · Risk (H/M/L) · Further Action Needed · Owner / Date.
Risk Assessment (Blank)
Columns: Hazard · Who Could Be Harmed and How · Existing Controls · Risk (H/M/L) · Further Action Needed · Owner / Date.
Action Plan
Columns: Action · Hazard It Controls · Priority (H/M/L) · Owner · Target Date · Date Completed.
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Pick the sheet that matches your venue
Use the restaurant, cafe or pub sheet as the starting point, or two of them if you are both. Cross out what does not apply and add what is missing.
Walk the floor during service
The hazards show up when the room is full. Do the walk on a busy shift and note where people and hot things cross.
Rate, act and assign
Rate each hazard high, medium or low with your controls in place. Anything medium or high gets an action, an owner and a date on the action plan.
Brief the team and review
Talk it through at the next team meeting and put the review date in the diary. Review after any accident, near miss, refit or change of licence conditions.
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