Restaurant opening and closing checklist

The jobs that leave the place safe, clean and ready for the morning: food covered, labelled and put away, equipment off and cleaned, surfaces and floors cleaned, bins out, the till counted and cash in the safe, doors locked and the alarm set. The example list covers these by area. Edit it to match your kitchen.

Different people often do them, at different times. A short list for each shift is quicker to follow than one long one, and a missed job is easy to spot. Switch off any list you don't need under Checklists to print.

Each job has a tick box for every day from Monday to Sunday. Staff tick a job when it's done and write their initials at the bottom of the day. A manager signs the Checked by row. Add the week's date, or leave it blank to write it in.

Yes, in this browser on this device, so next week it opens with your jobs. Nothing is sent to us and there is no account. Clearing your browser data removes it, so keep the PDF too.

Yes. Rename the areas and jobs to suit, switch off the areas you don't have, and add your own, such as a drive-through or a delivery shelf. Each area can have up to 25 jobs on each list.

No. It is a list of everyday jobs to help a shift run smoothly. Food safety rules depend on where you are, so check them with your local food authority. If you record fridge temperatures, the fridge temperature log sheet prints a sheet for that.