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:

October 2026:

• Bake Me A Cake (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Bakehut (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Butterfly Baking (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Calcutta 16, 112 High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5DB
• Chalk Farm Flowers (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Charcoal Grill, 50 Broadwater Road, Worthing, BN14 8AG
• Cloud 9 Coffee (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Drumconner Rest Home, 15 Brighton Road, Lancing, BN15 8RJ
• Fete n Lime, 130a Beach Green, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5YA
• Louvley Girly (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Meat By The River, 54 High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5DB
• MIINT (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Mobile and Vape, 6 Montague Street, Worthing, BN11 3HA
• Name TBC, 50-52 High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5DA
• Needles and Pins, 11 Broadview Gardens, Worthing, BN13 3DZ
• Stanbridge House, 54-58 Kings Road, Lancing, BN15 8DY
• Sussex Seaside Events (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• The Sweet Spot Worthing (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• Truffles Bakery, 8 Wallace Parade, Goring Road, Worthing, BN12 4AL
• Uncle Sams Hamburger Express, 34 Broadwater Road, Worthing, BN14 8AG
• Untamed Smokehouse (registered with Adur & Worthing Councils)
• West Sussex County Council Breakwater, Kings Gap, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5QU
• Wild Harbour Tea Co, 52 Grover Avenue, Lancing, BN15 9RQ

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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