The Food Safety App

Food hygiene ratings in Epping Forest

East Counties · 1,061 registered food establishments · 84.4% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-12 · Contact the council

16 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 38 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 20 of 362 for time to first published rating →

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Changes on the register, last 12 months

271Opened (12m)
313Closed (12m)
56Relisted (12m)
38Takeover (12m)
238Rating changes (12m)
30Renumbered (12m)

Ratings in the last 12 months: 62 improved 36 declined

■ opened   ■ closed (last 12 months)

Current ratings

5 772
4 94
3 32
2 5
1 12
Awaiting inspection 91
Exempt 55

Time to first published rating

29 days median · 59 days average
across 241 newly listed businesses since 2022

Rank 20 of 362 UK authorities (1 = fastest).

Measured from a business appearing in the published FSA dataset to its first rating appearing there. Authorities publish with delays (appeal windows, batch updates), so this reflects the register's speed, not necessarily inspection speed.

Latest published ratings in Epping Forest

New inspection results as they appear on the register, most recent first. Ratings are published with a delay, so these are publication dates, not inspection dates.

DateBusinessRatingPostcode
2026-10-09 Brunch cafe and bakery Ltd 1 → 4IG7 6EW
2026-10-07 Chef Alex's Cauldron Awaiting inspection → 5
2026-10-07 Petite crumb Awaiting inspection → 5
2026-10-03 Amourcoco Awaiting inspection → 5
2026-10-03 Safe Healing Centre Awaiting inspection → 5IG7 6PE
2026-10-03 M.R.F.A. Awaiting inspection → 5CM16 5JB

Latest changes in Epping Forest

DateEventBusinessDetail
2026-10-03Opened Grey Ghost VenisonEN9 2SF
2026-10-03Closed OOH HOO
2026-10-03Closed Bada Bing PizzaIG10 3BX
2026-10-03Closed Fat FishCM16 4AQ
2026-09-30Opened Travelodge London LoughtonIG10 3SD
2026-09-30Opened Amourcoco
2026-09-30Opened Yaad Shack
2026-09-30Opened Pane Vero

Contact the council

Think a rating is wrong, or a business is trading here but not listed? The food safety team for this area deals with both. If you run a business here and want a better score, how to improve a food hygiene rating sets out the three ways to respond and which of them needs this team.

These are the contact details the council gives the Food Standards Agency, shown as published. Your message goes to the council, not to us.

If the link has moved, search the council’s own site for food safety.

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