All 12 Hart food hygiene ratings published for September scored 5. Only two premises in the district are rated below 3, the fewest of seven neighbours.
Every one of the 12 food hygiene ratings Hart District Council published for September scored the top mark of 5. Three were pubs, two were nurseries and one was a school kitchen.
Across the whole district, only two premises are rated below 3. That is the lowest number of the seven councils around Hart, and the smallest share.
The figures come from the Food Standards Agency ratings register, downloaded this morning. The latest September rating on it is dated 11 September. The register only keeps each premises’ latest rating.
One caution on the clean sweep. Ratings of 0 to 4 are published three to five weeks after the inspection, to leave time for an appeal. A 5 can appear sooner. So some September inspections with a lower score may not be on the register yet.
The September ratings
All 12 were rated 5, which means “very good”:
| Premises | Where | Type | Inspected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kebabs | Farnham Road, Odiham | Mobile caterer | 1 Sep |
| Cakebox Blackwater | London Road, Blackwater | Shop | 1 Sep |
| Caleb’s Coffee at Calthorpe | Calthorpe Park, Fleet | Cafe | 3 Sep |
| South Warnborough Village Shop | Alton Road, South Warnborough | Shop | 3 Sep |
| Fleet Hall Care Home | Church Road, Fleet | Care home | 8 Sep |
| Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery | Hulfords Lane, Hartley Wintney | Nursery | 8 Sep |
| Caterlink at Mayhill Junior School | The Bury, Odiham | School kitchen | 9 Sep |
| Curious Explorers Day Nursery | The Street, Crookham Village | Nursery | 11 Sep |
| Dog and Partridge | Reading Road, Yateley | Pub | 11 Sep |
| Food and Board | Elizabeth Parade, Yateley | Cafe | 11 Sep |
| The Phoenix Inn | London Road, Hartley Wintney | Pub | 11 Sep |
| The Winchfield Inn | Station Road, Winchfield | Pub | 11 Sep |
Four of them scored “very good” on all three parts of the inspection: food handling, the building, and how food safety is managed. They are Caleb’s Coffee in Calthorpe Park, Monkey Puzzle in Hartley Wintney, and the Dog and Partridge and Food and Board in Yateley.
How Hart compares with its neighbours
The register lists 638 Hart premises. Of the 567 with a rating from 0 to 5, 477 are rated 5. That is 84.1%, the highest of the seven councils compared below.
| Council | Rated premises | Rated 5 | Share rated 5 | Rated 0 to 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hart | 567 | 477 | 84.1% | 2 |
| Bracknell Forest | 702 | 586 | 83.5% | 9 |
| Wokingham | 1,055 | 851 | 80.7% | 15 |
| Waverley | 952 | 752 | 79.0% | 32 |
| Surrey Heath | 580 | 450 | 77.6% | 12 |
| Basingstoke and Deane | 1,046 | 777 | 74.3% | 19 |
| Rushmoor | 637 | 465 | 73.0% | 30 |
Rushmoor, which covers Farnborough and Aldershot next door, has 30 premises rated 2 or below. Hart has two. The shares leave out premises that are exempt or still waiting for a first inspection.
Hart’s full breakdown is 477 rated 5, 68 rated 4, 20 rated 3 and 2 rated 1. None is rated 0 or 2.
The two premises rated 1
A 1 means “major improvement necessary”. Both Hart premises on that rating were inspected this year:
- Hook Convenience, London Road, Hook, a shop, rated 1 on 21 May 2026.
- Venue Catering And Events Ltd, Rivervale Barn, Mill Lane, Yateley, listed as a restaurant or cafe, rated 1 on 20 July 2026.
The register shows the same scores for both. Food handling and the management of food safety were marked “improvement necessary”. The condition of the building was “generally satisfactory”.
Neither has a new rating pending on the register. A business can ask the council for a re-inspection once it has made the improvements, and can publish a right to reply alongside its rating. Both safeguards are set out by the Food Standards Agency.
Waiting for a first inspection
There are 52 Hart premises listed as “awaiting inspection”. These are usually new businesses, or businesses under new owners, that have registered with the council but not yet had a visit. Their rating will appear on the register after it.
What it means for you
- Check before you book. Every rating in this article links to its entry on the register, which shows the date and the three scores.
- A 5 is the norm in Hart. More than eight in ten rated premises have one, so a 3 or below stands out.
- Ratings go out of date. A rating reflects the day of the inspection. If a place you use is listed as awaiting inspection, it has not been checked yet.
- Report a problem. Concerns about a food business in the district go to Hart District Council’s environmental health team, through the Food Standards Agency’s report a food problem service.
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