The Food Safety App

Food hygiene ratings in Tendring

East Counties · 1,317 registered food establishments · 66.9% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-26 · Contact the council

42 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 20 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 127 of 362 for time to first published rating →

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Changes on the register, last 12 months

249Opened (12m)
233Closed (12m)
9Relisted (12m)
20Takeover (12m)
325Rating changes (12m)
11Renumbered (12m)

Ratings in the last 12 months: 88 improved 92 declined

■ opened   ■ closed (last 12 months)

Current ratings

5 795
4 232
3 114
2 23
1 20
0 4
Awaiting inspection 109
Exempt 20

Time to first published rating

63 days median · 108 days average
across 508 newly listed businesses since 2022

Rank 127 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 Tendring

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
2026-10-22 Good Taste Cafe Frinton Awaiting inspection → 4CO13 9PN
2026-10-22 The Sandwich Box Awaiting inspection → 3CO13 9NE
2026-10-17 NAVA SUPERMARKET Awaiting inspection → 4CO15 4DD
2026-10-14 Fryatt Community Hospital 5 → 4CO12 4EX

Latest changes in Tendring

DateEventBusinessDetail
2026-10-14Opened Taylorshaw @ Lift -Tendering Thorpe CampusCO16 0LQ
2026-10-14Opened Taylorshaw @ Lift - TenderingCO13 0AZ
2026-10-14Opened Taylorshaw @ Lift - HamfordCO14 8TE
2026-10-14Opened The Village MaidCO11 2UZ
2026-10-14Opened Balloons and BitesCO12 3AB
2026-10-14Opened Holland Park Primary School PTACO15 6NG
2026-10-14Closed Fairgrove Vineyard
2026-10-14Closed Just Tong

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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