The Food Safety App

Food hygiene ratings in South Cambridgeshire

East Counties · 1,312 registered food establishments · 86.7% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-26 · Contact the council

27 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 29 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 126 of 362 for time to first published rating →

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Changes on the register, last 12 months

217Opened (12m)
188Closed (12m)
3Relisted (12m)
29Takeover (12m)
304Rating changes (12m)
14Renumbered (12m)

Ratings in the last 12 months: 54 improved 55 declined

■ opened   ■ closed (last 12 months)

Current ratings

5 1,072
4 127
3 27
2 4
1 5
0 2
Awaiting inspection 49
Exempt 26

Time to first published rating

63 days median · 73 days average
across 643 newly listed businesses since 2022

Rank 126 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 South Cambridgeshire

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
2026-10-26 Mohak Cafe 5 → 1CB23 1JE
2026-10-23 The Duke of Wellington Awaiting inspection → 4CB24 5HS
2026-10-23 The Railway Vue Awaiting inspection → 3CB24 9NP
2026-10-22 Cambridge Herb Lab Awaiting inspection → 4
2026-10-22 The Market Cafe 5 → 4SG19 3DP
2026-10-21 Zara 5 → 4CB22 5AX

Latest changes in South Cambridgeshire

DateEventBusinessDetail
2026-10-16Opened The Bake Smith
2026-10-16Opened Briton
2026-10-16Opened AvevaCB4 0FY
2026-10-16Opened Kale & DamsonCB23 3GY
2026-10-16Opened Yuhan Rice Rall also trading as Cambridge Chinese Homemade Food
2026-10-16Opened Teddy's Potato Waffles
2026-10-16Closed MMFOODS
2026-10-16Opened The Duke of WellingtonCB24 5HS

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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