Hospitality & Food Service checklist templates

Prepare and close the bar area consistently and securely.

Prepare staff, supplies, and food service areas for catering events.

Prepare food prep stations safely and efficiently before service.

Verify daily food safety, sanitation, and hygiene standards.

Prepare the facility for health inspections and food safety reviews.

Track inventory counts, shortages, and discrepancies.

Maintain a clean and sanitary kitchen at the end of each shift or day.

Secure the restaurant and complete end-of-day cleanup and cash procedures.

Coordinate staffing, service readiness, food safety, cash controls, guest issues, maintenance, and shift handoffs throughout the manager shift.

Prepare the restaurant, systems, and team before customers arrive.

Pass staffing, reservations, inventory, equipment, guest, food safety, and unfinished task information to the next restaurant manager or shift lead.

Complete and document restaurant temperature checks for thermometers, cold storage, receiving, holding, cooking, cooling, and corrective actions.

Complete required side work before, during, or after service.