How the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme works

• Search for local Food Hygiene Ratings
• How the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme works
• How we rate a food business' hygiene
• Last month's businesses with a Food Hygiene Rating of 5
• Food Hygiene Rating Scheme stickers

Search for local Food Hygiene Ratings

Use the link below to search for local Food Hygiene Ratings:

Note: the search works best if you input a street name and town name (eg Chapel Road, Worthing) rather than a postcode.

Search UK Food Hygiene Ratings on the Food Standards Agency website (includes interactive map)

Ratings are uploaded regularly, so keep checking the site before you go out.

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How the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme works

Developed by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in partnership with local authorities, the national Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) makes information on food hygiene standards publicly available. The scheme is designed to help you choose where to eat or shop for food by telling you how seriously a food business takes their food hygiene standards.

Food businesses are inspected by our food hygiene inspectors to check that their hygiene levels meet legal requirements. Hygiene standards are rated on a scale from 0 (urgent improvement is required) to 5 (very good).

This information is then published on the Food Standards Agency website and on ratings stickers which food businesses can choose to display at their premises.

Video: About the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme by the Food Standards Agency

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How we rate a food business' hygiene

The rating we give a business reflects the standards of food hygiene found at the time of inspection. This includes:

• Food hygiene and safety: how food is stored, handled and prepared to avoid cross-contamination and control temperatures etc.
• Physical condition of the business: considering cleanliness, layout, lighting, ventilation and pest control etc.
• Confidence in management: the management's attitude towards hygiene and safety (procedures, training, demonstration of hygiene and food safety technical knowledge) as well as the business's track record

The rating scheme does not reflect the quality of the food being prepared or the dining experience.

For more information please see:

• How we rate a food business' hygiene - in our businesses section
• Food Hygiene Rating Scheme on Food Standards Agency website

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Last month's businesses with a Food Hygiene Rating of 5

Last month the food safety team were able to award more businesses with a Food Hygiene Rating of 5. A full alphabetical list of these premises is available below:

April 2025:

• Amore Coffee, 1 Shoreham-by-Sea Railway Station, Brunswick Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5WX
• Arundel Restaurant and Brookes Coffee Shop, Brighton Metropolitan College, Littlehampton Road, Worthing, BN12 6NU
• Best One, 92 Brighton Road, Worthing, BN11 2EN
• Cakes by Andreia (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Chartwells at Swiss Gardens School, Swiss Gardens, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5WH
• Coombes Farm Shop, Church Farm, Coombes Road, Coombes, Lancing, BN15 0RS
• Drumconner Rest Home, 15 Brighton Road, Lancing, BN15 8RJ
• Ferry Inn (Bar) 1 East Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5ZE
• Fortune Inn, 344 Goring Road, Worthing, BN12 4PD
• H&K Store, 10-12 Lisher Road, Lancing, BN15 9EY
• Into The Blue, 29-31 Ferry Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5RA
• Jenner Hospitality, Ferry Rigg Inn, 1 East Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5ZE
• Malt Cafe, Feurstein Restaurant, 167 Montague Street, Worthing, BN11 3BZ
• Mrs Whippy (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• One Stop, 5 The Parade, Cokeham Road, Sompting, BN15 0AH
• Poundstretcher, North Road, Lancing, BN15 9AH
• Premier, V&P Convenience Store, 391 Brighton Road, Lancing, BN15 8JX
• Refreshment Rooms Shop & Bar, Salvington Hill Stores, Salvington Hill, Worthing, BN13 3BE
• Royal George, Upper Shoreham Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6TA
• Royal Sovereign Public House, 6 Middle Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5DP
• Sandwich in the Square, 27 Southwick Square, Southwick, BN42 4FP
• Smash'd Worthing, 3a Coronation Buildings, Ham Road, Worthing, BN11 2NN
• Southwick Pre-School Playgroup, 24 Southwick Street, Southwick, BN42 4TE
• Southwick/Shoreham Country Market, 24 Southwick Street, Southwick, BN42 4TE
• Sussex County Croquet Club, Victoria Road, Southwick, BN42 4DJ
• Sutton Court Nursing Home, 56 Stone Lane, Worthing, BN13 2BQ
• Tesco Express, 2 Broadwater Street West, Worthing, BN14 9DA
• The Coffee Camp, 65 Brighton Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6RW
• The Georgi Fin, 54 Goring Road, Worthing, BN12 4AD
• The Plaice in the Square, Southwick Square, Southwick, BN42 4FP
• Theatre & Theatre Bar, Greater Brighton Metropolitan College, Littlehampton Road, Worthing, BN12 6NU
• Thomas A Becket Hotel, 146 Rectory Road, Worthing, BN14 7PJ
• Vapestore Worthing, 86 Montague Street, Worthing, BN11 3HF

See also:

• Search for a Food Hygiene Rating for a premises (above)

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Food Hygiene Rating Scheme stickers

Businesses are not legally required to display their Food Hygiene Rating Scheme sticker as there are no local byelaws in Adur or Worthing requiring businesses to display their rating sticker.

However, if a business is displaying a sticker with an incorrect rating score, then please be advised that this will be referred to Trading Standards as they are the enforcing authority for this issue (as it relates to the provision of information for the customer).

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