About CompliChef Lite

What is CompliChef Lite?

CompliChef Lite is a mobile-first food safety compliance app designed specifically for independent restaurants, cafes, pubs, takeaways, catering companies and small institutional kitchens.

Every food business in the UK has a legal obligation to maintain food safety records. For many small operators, this means paper forms, clipboards and filing cabinets — which are easy to lose, hard to search, and don't make a great impression when the environmental health officer turns up.

CompliChef Lite replaces paper with a simple, reliable digital system that works on your phone, works offline, and produces clean PDF reports at the tap of a button.

What does it do?

• Temperature logging — Fridge, freezer, hot holding, reheating, cooldown, and probe calibration, all with automatic pass/fail detection
• Delivery records — Log goods received with supplier, items, temperature, condition and photos
• Checklists — Opening, closing and custom checks completed by staff using their PIN
• Cleaning schedules — Track daily, weekly and monthly cleaning tasks with method notes
• PDF reports — Filter by date range, module, staff and pass/fail — export in seconds
• Staff PIN logins — Each team member has a 4-digit PIN so every record is attributed to the right person
• Offline-first — All records save instantly to your device and sync when you have a connection

CompliChef Lite vs CompliChef (full platform)

CompliChef Lite is the right product for single-site independent operators. The full CompliChef platform is designed for multi-site groups and enterprise food businesses, and includes:

• Multi-site management from a single dashboard
• Supplier management and allergen tracking
• Advanced reporting and analytics
• Bespoke integrations and API access
• Dedicated account management

If you run a single kitchen and want a reliable, affordable compliance solution without enterprise overhead — CompliChef Lite is built for you.

Who built it?

CompliChef Lite is built and maintained by Nick Richards, the founder of CompliChef. Nick has spent years working with food businesses of all sizes to help them manage compliance digitally.

Questions, feedback or support: admin@complichef.co.uk

Regional compliance

CompliChef Lite correctly handles the different food safety regulations that apply in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Most notably, the reheating temperature threshold differs — 75°C for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and 82°C for Scotland. The app automatically applies the correct threshold based on your registered business region.

Data and privacy

Your compliance data is yours. It's stored encrypted on UK-based servers. We never sell or share your data with third parties. See our Privacy Policy for full details.