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Food hygiene training, city by city
The certificate is the same wherever you cook. The council that inspects you, the scheme it uses and the figures for your neighbours are not. Pick your city for the local picture, drawn from the Food Standards Agency's own data.
15 cities
151,687 food businesses between them
Four nations, three sets of rules
Choose your city
Each page has that city's business mix, its inspection results, who inspects it and how to register, plus four questions local kitchens actually ask.
- Manchester 6,423 food businesses 71% of rated businesses hold a 5 Manchester City Council
- London 81,451 food businesses 68% of rated businesses hold a 5 33 borough councils
- Birmingham 10,221 food businesses 65% of rated businesses hold a 5 Birmingham City Council
- Bradford 4,661 food businesses 72% of rated businesses hold a 5 Bradford Council
- Leicester 3,388 food businesses 74% of rated businesses hold a 5 Leicester City Council
- Leeds 7,420 food businesses 75% of rated businesses hold a 5 Leeds City Council
- Liverpool 4,578 food businesses 66% of rated businesses hold a 5 Liverpool City Council
- Bristol 4,485 food businesses 76% of rated businesses hold a 5 Bristol City Council
- Sheffield 4,874 food businesses 75% of rated businesses hold a 5 Sheffield City Council
- Nottingham 3,042 food businesses 90% of rated businesses hold a 5 Nottingham City Council
- Newcastle 2,708 food businesses 75% of rated businesses hold a 5 Newcastle City Council
- Glasgow 6,614 food businesses 87% of inspected premises hold a Pass Glasgow City Council
- Edinburgh 5,170 food businesses 87% of inspected premises hold a Pass The City of Edinburgh Council
- Cardiff 3,476 food businesses 70% of rated businesses hold a 5 Cardiff Council
- Belfast 3,176 food businesses 73% of rated businesses hold a 5 Belfast City Council
What changes when you cross a border
England
The Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, scored 0 to 5 by your council's environmental health officers. Displaying the sticker is voluntary, though the score is public online and customers look.
Wales and Northern Ireland
The same 0 to 5 scheme, but displaying your rating is the law: in Wales since 2013 and in Northern Ireland since 2016. A poor score is on the door, not just on a website.
Scotland
The Food Hygiene Information Scheme instead, with a result of Pass or Improvement Required rather than a number. Scottish law also requires reheated food to reach 82°C.
Everywhere in the UK: a new food business registers with its council at least 28 days before opening, for free, and it cannot be refused. Food handlers must be trained in line with their work. The law names no particular certificate, but food hygiene training is the accepted standard for anyone handling open food and supervisor training for the person supervising them.
The same courses in every city
Ten CPD-standard courses from £15, complete in 14 languages, done on a phone between shifts, with a certificate any inspector in any nation can check online. A free taster of each, so a business can try one before training the whole team.
The paid courses are with CPD for accreditation review and are not yet open to new enrolments. The free taster courses are open now.