Louisiana Culinary Specialists
Quality & Food Safety Auditors

In this post pandemic time are you sure your employees are safely managing your back of-the-house and/or the front of the house food
service operation? Want to know about possible code violations BEFORE the Health Department shows up for their quarterly inspection? Or do you simply need a trusted second party to help you assess how well your managers and staff are performing on a day-to-day basis?

Let us help you; at Louisiana Culinary Specialists we are SERIOUS about Food Safety! Louisiana Culinary Specialist’s audit program lets your customers know you are as serious about food safety as you are about serving great food. Louisiana Culinary Specialists quality and food safety audits feature a comprehensive assessment of both daily operations and food safety, offering restaurants, grocers, healthcare, and retailers’
peace of mind. Our audits include audits of food safety, supplier qualifications, brand consistency and price integrity. Louisiana Culinary Specialists performs food safety and sanitation audits on many of North America's major food service brands.

Louisiana Culinary Specialists has earned a sterling reputation for its rigorous approach to auditing the safety and quality of food service environments. We are beginning to address a concern within the food industry where quality and food safety is a very real concern for both operators and consumers.

Considering a change in food safety auditors for your restaurant’s, food service operations or stores. We know what’s involved. From selecting the right auditors, to working to a defined project plan and managing timelines to ensure success, we’re ready to work in partnership with you. As your strategic training partner, Louisiana Culinary Specialists works with organizations like yours the world over.

Are you looking to close the skills gaps in your team? Louisiana Culinary Specialists works with organizations like yours the world over, identifying skill gaps and delivering solutions that are right for your needs. 

Everyyear, in the U.S. alone, food poisoning causes:

· 1 in 6 Americans (over 50 million) toget sick.

· 130,000 hospitalizations

· 3,000 deaths

· Over $75 billion in losses

Louisiana Culinary Specialists audit program offers affordable front and back of-the-house inspections for the restaurant industry. Each inspection provides a scorecard that measures performance and staff adherence to critical food safety standards.

We can help you:

· Identify weak points/vulnerabilities in food storage and prep procedures.

· Increase profits, consumer safety, and accountability among staff.

· Reduce risk/costs and promote food safety awareness.

· Drill down to root causes of violations/food safety problems.

· Establish an extra layer of protection: consistent inspections are a proactive way to eliminate “surprises.”

· Educate your staff and provide better understanding about the direct and scientifically demonstrated causes of foodborne illness.

· Identify staff that may need additional training in food safety – education of food handlers is the key!

We are experienced food service professionals, and since 2009 we have partnered with numerous regional and national brands. Our auditors are all certified Serv-Safe instructors with years of hands-on knowledge and experience in “Train-the-Trainer” Food Handling Classes, HACCP Principles for Food Handling and Processing, Food Handling, and Food Safety for Managers and Food Safety Team Members in the Food
Service Industry. All inspections are performed without the pressure of “outside eyes.” Scorecard results, based on your organization’s SOP’s, are kept confidential and are sent to you via secure email, so that any violations found can be addressed internally.

Compliance Food Safety Training

Need a reliable, trustworthy partner to get your employees up-to-speed on the latest food safety compliance processes? Louisiana Culinary Specialists Food Safety Training Programs are designed to meet or exceed federal, state, and local food safety regulations. Our training helps clients minimize risk and liability. You benefit because we work to meet your unique needs, provide applicable solutions, and develop a partnership with your team to maintain the highest level of food safety and sanitation.

Why Invest in Our Food Safety Training?

· You need the highest standard of foodsafety training and certification.

· Our programs have evolved to meet the most urgent food safety training challenges in the industry.

· We offer a better way to learn. Each class is highly engaging for greater comprehension and better application.

· We have all the training options to meet your needs.

· Prudent safety compliance measures reduce risk – with so much on the line, the right preparation means everything.

· Our three training programs meet all the needs of today’s diverse industry. Exams are offered in English, Spanish and Chinese.

. Classes are taught in English

At only $240 per person, depending on the course, ours is a great investment for your operation to ensure compliance with government regulations. We also offer the instruction and exam proctoring of the National Restaurant Associations ManageFirst Program, and their ServSucess program, and in partnership with IFSEA and Global Foodservice Institute we offer teaching and proctoring of all their internationally recognized certification programs, CFA (certified foodservice associate), CFM (certified foodservice manager), and many others.

Grubby kitchen Food Service Audit

A comprehensive, independent review of your food service operation will help to ensure that your organization is meeting or exceeding your customers’ expectations for service, foodsafety, and atmosphere. It’s an enhanced version of our audit program described above and includes an in-depth audit of the entire food service operation.

6 categories + 450 points = zero guessing.

Our custom auditing format is divided into six specific categories, consisting of over 450 detailed line items, or quality assurance standards, relating to all aspects of food service, including customer service, food and beverage quality, cost controls/pricing, atmosphere, maintenance, staffing, and cleanliness/food safety. When we’re done, you’ll know if your team is hitting their mark.

We provide a detailed performance summary with recommendations. This is accomplished by combining our interactive assessment with a departmental performance review, which includes facility sanitation and food safety inspections, staff interviews, and guest/resident questionnaires. Realistic plans and actions are formulated and implemented after our study, so that your facility can enhance food and service quality, identify sub-standard performance, and raise customer satisfaction and retention levels.
 
Please consider partnering with us, as we feel that our partnership will be extremely beneficial to your restaurant and/or foodservice operation.