Free EHO inspection tool
Answer 12 quick questions and see how ready your food business is for an Environmental Health Officer inspection. It takes about two minutes, it is completely free, and there is no sign-up — the assessment runs in your browser and scores you across the three areas EHOs actually rate under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme.
Answer all 12 questions to see your score.
Every food hygiene inspection in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is scored the same way. An EHO assesses three areas and gives each a score — and, crucially, lower scores are better. Those three areas are the backbone of this tool, and each one has four questions:
Under the FHRS Brand Standard, your 0–5 rating is set by both the total of the three scores and the highest single score. Whichever gives the lower rating wins. A rating of 5 requires no area to score above 5. A Confidence in Management score of 20 caps the overall rating at 1, and a 30 caps it at 0 — no matter how spotless the kitchen looks. That is why you cannot offset a major weakness in one area with strength in the others, and it is exactly the logic this tool applies: your projected band is capped by your weakest strand, not averaged.
We map your Yes / Partly / No answers in each area to that area's FHRS score, then run the same total-plus-cap check the Brand Standard uses to land on a rating band. The scoring model is drawn from the Food Standards Agency's Food Hygiene Rating Scheme Brand Standard, which sets out how officers score and combine the three areas.
| Total score | No single area above | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 0–15 | 5 | 5 — very good |
| 20 | 10 | 4 — good |
| 25–30 | 10 | 3 — generally satisfactory |
| 35–40 | 15 | 2 — improvement necessary |
| 45–50 | 20 | 1 — major improvement necessary |
| Over 50 | — | 0 — urgent improvement required |
This is a preparedness self-check, not an official prediction. Only an Environmental Health Officer can rate your business, and they assess far more detail than 12 questions can capture. Use your result to find and fix gaps before your next visit — not as a guarantee of the rating you will get.
Want the detail behind every question? Read the complete guide to EHO inspections, see exactly how the food hygiene rating is scored, or work through the printable EHO inspection prep checklist.
Common questions about the free EHO inspection readiness self-check.
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