All 44 Broadland food hygiene ratings dated September were 5s. Late August results added since include a 1 for a Taverham takeaway and two 2s in Drayton.
Every Broadland food business inspected in September so far has come away with the top hygiene rating. The Food Standards Agency register now carries 44 Broadland ratings dated September, and all 44 are a 5.
The month was heavy on school kitchens. Ten of the 44 were school, nursery or school club kitchens, inspected as the new term started. Five were care homes and four were pubs or social clubs, including The Bull on Reepham Road in Hellesdon and The Longe Arms in Spixworth.
The less flattering news comes from August. Fourteen ratings dated August appeared on the register after our August roundup went out on 1 September. They include a 1 for a takeaway in Taverham and two 2s in Drayton.
The late August ratings
These businesses were inspected in August, but their ratings were published too late for last month’s count.
| Business | Where | Rating | Inspected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brundall Fish Bar | The Street, Brundall | 3 | 11 Aug |
| Hong Kong Chinese Takeaway | Holt Road, Horsford | 4 | 13 Aug |
| The Parson Woodforde Freehouse | Church Street, Weston Longville | 4 | 17 Aug |
| Shaney’s Grill | Fakenham Road, Taverham | 1 | 18 Aug |
| Tai Yin Ltd | The Square, Drayton | 2 | 18 Aug |
| Fluffy Bakehouse | Broadland Food Innovation Centre, Honingham | 5 | 24 Aug |
| Georgies Bakes | NR13, address not published | 5 | 25 Aug |
| Lingwood Chippy | Norwich Road, Lingwood | 5 | 25 Aug |
| Manor House Residential Home | Yarmouth Road, Blofield | 5 | 26 Aug |
| Thailand Thai Cuisine | Ring Road, Thorpe St Andrew | 5 | 26 Aug |
| TheDropHubb | NR12, address not published | 5 | 26 Aug |
| The Willows Cafe Bistro | Drayton High Road, Drayton | 2 | 26 Aug |
| Diane’s Pantry | Market Place, Reepham | 5 | 27 Aug |
| Reepham Pizza House | Market Place, Reepham | 4 | 27 Aug |
The register breaks each rating into three areas the inspector looked at. For the four lowest scores, it records:
- Shaney’s Grill, Taverham (1): food handling good; cleanliness and condition of the building generally satisfactory; management of food safety major improvement necessary.
- Tai Yin Ltd, Drayton (2): food handling improvement necessary; cleanliness and condition improvement necessary; management generally satisfactory.
- The Willows Cafe Bistro, Drayton (2): food handling good; cleanliness and condition improvement necessary; management generally satisfactory.
- Brundall Fish Bar (3): generally satisfactory in all three areas.
None of the four has a right to reply published on the register, and none is shown as awaiting a new rating.
Every Broadland rating dated September
| Business | Where | Rating | Inspected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tracey’s Cafe | Dixon Centre, Reepham Road, Hellesdon | 5 | 1 Sep |
| Brooklands Care Home | Costessey Lane, Drayton | 5 | 2 Sep |
| Heavenly Crumbles | Common Lane, Thorpe St Andrew | 5 | 2 Sep |
| Mary’s Kitchen | NR7, address not published | 5 | 2 Sep |
| Mary’s Kitchen Trailer | NR7, mobile caterer | 5 | 2 Sep |
| Taverham Tea Rooms | Taverham Craft Centre, Fir Covert Road | 5 | 2 Sep |
| John Bears Nursery | Norwich Road, Aylsham | 5 | 3 Sep |
| St Michaels Court | St Michaels Avenue, Aylsham | 5 | 3 Sep |
| The Bull | Reepham Road, Hellesdon | 5 | 3 Sep |
| Fengate Brewery | Brick Kiln Road, Hevingham | 5 | 4 Sep |
| Grillz catering trailer | Cromer Road layby, Hevingham | 5 | 4 Sep |
| Hyper Centre | Horsbeck Way, Horsford | 5 | 4 Sep |
| Wild Bakes | NR7, address not published | 5 | 4 Sep |
| Coltishall Primary School kitchen | St Johns Close, Coltishall | 5 | 7 Sep |
| Premier, Gordon Avenue Stores | Gordon Avenue, Thorpe St Andrew | 5 | 7 Sep |
| Whistlestop Restaurant | Norwich Road, Aylsham | 5 | 7 Sep |
| Arden Grove Infant and Nursery School kitchen | Arden Grove, Hellesdon | 5 | 8 Sep |
| Baby Bean Coffee and Deli | Holt Road, Horsford | 5 | 8 Sep |
| James Bakes | NR8, address not published | 5 | 8 Sep |
| Pickled and Baked | NR7, address not published | 5 | 8 Sep |
| White House Farm Primary School kitchen | Mallard Way, Sprowston | 5 | 9 Sep |
| Chuck Wagon | Buxton Road, Horstead | 5 | 9 Sep |
| Sainsbury’s | Pound Lane, Thorpe St Andrew | 5 | 9 Sep |
| Spice of India | Holt Road, Horsford | 5 | 9 Sep |
| The Frying Machine | Furze Road, Thorpe St Andrew | 5 | 9 Sep |
| Rackheath Primary School kitchen | Willoughby Way, Rackheath | 5 | 10 Sep |
| The Longe Arms | Crostwick Lane, Spixworth | 5 | 11 Sep |
| The Queen of Hearts | Fakenham Road, Great Witchingham | 5 | 11 Sep |
| Oak Court | Fakenham Road, Taverham | 5 | 14 Sep |
| Spixworth Social Hub | Spixworth Village Hall, Crostwick Lane | 5 | 14 Sep |
| Sparhawk Infant and Nursery School kitchen | Sparhawk Avenue, Sprowston | 5 | 15 Sep |
| Norwich Homeless Support CIC | Dixon Centre, Reepham Road, Hellesdon | 5 | 15 Sep |
| Taverham Recreational Facilities | Sports Pavilion, Beech Avenue, Taverham | 5 | 15 Sep |
| Extended Hours School Club, Kinsale Infant | Kinsale Avenue, Hellesdon | 5 | 16 Sep |
| Kinsale Junior School | Kinsale Avenue, Hellesdon | 5 | 17 Sep |
| Redlands House | Reepham Road, Hellesdon | 5 | 17 Sep |
| Southwood Hall | Coronation Barn, Southwood | 5 | 17 Sep |
| Bure Valley School kitchen | Hungate Street, Aylsham | 5 | 18 Sep |
| Ozzie’s Oinkers | South Walsham Road, North Burlingham | 5 | 21 Sep |
| Mary Chapman Court | Mary Chapman Close, Thorpe St Andrew | 5 | 22 Sep |
| The Norwich School of Hair and Beauty | Roundtree Way, Sprowston | 5 | 22 Sep |
| Woodland View Junior School | Ivy Road, Spixworth | 5 | 22 Sep |
| Cris’s Cakes | NR6, address not published | 5 | 25 Sep |
| Traceys | NR6, address not published | 5 | 25 Sep |
Seven of the September businesses have no street address on the register. The Food Standards Agency withholds the address where a business runs from a private home, so home bakers and mobile caterers show only a postcode district.
The newest Broadland rating on the register when we read it on 2 October was dated 25 September. As in August, inspections from the last days of the month may still appear. We will count them in the October roundup.
The wider picture
Broadland’s register held 965 food businesses on 2 October. Of those, 912 carry a numbered rating, 29 are exempt and 24 are waiting for a first inspection.
805 of the 912 rated businesses hold a 5, or 88.3%. On 1 September it was 791 of 903, or 87.6%. Another 78 hold a 4, down from 86. Twenty-nine sit at 3 or below.
The district’s only zero is still New China on Thunder Lane in Thorpe St Andrew, rated on 14 July. Eleven weeks on, the register shows no newer rating and does not list it as awaiting one.
What it means for you
A rating reflects what an inspector found on one day. It is not a verdict on the food.
- Every rated business can be looked up free on the FSA’s register, which is the only official source. Third party listings copy it and go stale.
- A business that thinks its rating is wrong can appeal in writing to the council within 21 days of being told the rating.
- A business can ask for a re-visit once it has made improvements, and can publish a “right to reply” that appears on the register next to its rating.
- Concerns about a food business in Broadland go to the council, which runs the inspections, through its food premises complaints pages.
Ratings for the businesses in our Broadland business directory come from the same register.
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