New food business setup
Opening a food business? Get it right before day one.
Registration, paperwork, allergens and a proper kitchen check — all sorted before you open, so your first EHO inspection goes the way it should.
Fixed fee
£895
One-off. Everything a new kitchen needs before it trades.
Coverage
Site visits across Birmingham, Solihull, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley, Sandwell and the wider West Midlands.
What's included
Everything you need before you open
- Council registration, done right
- You must register with your local council at least 28 days before you start trading. I make sure it's done, done on time and describes what you actually do.
- Food safety system ready for day one
- A completed Safer Food, Better Business pack or a bespoke HACCP plan — whichever fits your menu and methods — with the record sheets set up.
- Allergen matrix for your opening menu
- All 14 allergens mapped against every dish, so staff can answer customers properly from the first order.
- Pre-opening kitchen check on site
- Layout and flow, handwash basins, storage, raw and ready-to-eat separation, cleaning, probe thermometer and fridge setup — checked before you open, while it's still cheap to change.
- Opening team briefing
- Your team walks through the checks they'll do every day and what the EHO will ask on the first visit.
- Written action list
- Everything that needs sorting before opening, in order of priority, so nothing gets missed in the rush.
Method
How it runs
- Free call
- What you're opening, when, what's on the menu and how far along the fit-out is.
- Paperwork built
- Registration checked, food safety system and allergen matrix written around your menu.
- Site visit before opening
- Kitchen checked, gaps flagged, team briefed. Best done once equipment is in but before you trade.
- Ready for the first inspection
- New businesses are usually inspected soon after opening. You'll know what to expect and have the records to show.
Who it's for
New openings and takeovers
- New takeaways and dark kitchens
- Cafés, coffee shops and bakeries
- Restaurants opening a first or second site
- Mobile caterers and food trucks
- Home-based food businesses going commercial
- Anyone taking over an existing food business
Queries
Frequently asked questions
Keep going
Already open?
Mock EHO inspection — £395
A rehearsal of the real visit: scored report, prioritised action plan and a staff debrief before I leave.
HACCP plan writing — from £750
A documented food safety system built around your actual menu and flow, not a downloaded template.
Allergens & labelling
Natasha's Law labelling, allergen matrices and cross-contact controls that hold up under questioning.
What happens in an EHO inspection
Step by step through a real visit: what an officer looks at, what they ask staff, and how the score is decided.
Next step
Open with a kitchen that's ready
Tell me where you are — a booked-in EHO visit, a rating you need to fix, or allergens you are not confident in. No obligation, no jargon.