Top marks with Scores on the Doors!

When you eat in any restaurant you never really know what's going on behind those kitchen doors. However, we are pleased to announce that Corner 5 has achieved the maximum food hygiene score in the Food Standard Agency's new national rating scheme. Scored by the local authority food safety officer during an unscheduled inspection establishments are rated on all aspects of food hygiene including food handling, preparation, cooking, storage and food safety records as well as the overall cleanliness and condition of the building. The rating scheme is intended to provide the public with important information about the overall food hygiene standard for any food serving business. There are six rating scores, 0 - 5 inclusive, and we are pleased to say that we have achieved the top rating score of 5.

Much of this achievement is due to our fantastic team of chefs, led by Head Chef Sean Hazlett, however, to achieve and maintain the high standard of cleanliness throughout all our food preparation and storage areas, a great deal of effort is contributed by other individuals including our cleaning staff, restaurant front of house and bar staff as well as the business partners. There is a tremendous amount of work which goes into running the restaurant behind those closed kitchen doors, whether it's food labelling, temperature probing, keeping the dustbins clean, relentlessly monitoring fridge temperatures or devising water-tight food management systems and cleaning schedules - it's not just simply wiping a few work tops. The challenge is greater for establishments such as ours cooking freshly prepared food as we rarely freeze any ingredients. We have to monitor all our foods very carefully ensuring a speedy turnover of all fresh ingredients with minimal wastage.

For online information about our rating score and those of other establishments click on the following link: http://ratings.food.gov.uk/EstablishmentDetails.aspx?q=bedford&pi=33&eid=354717