Food hygiene: The best and worst rated places to eat in Chapel Allerton

We’ve collated data from the Food Standards Agency on the best and worst-rated restaurants, cafes and takeaways in Chapel Allerton.

The area - which is centred around the main thoroughfares of Harrogate Road and Stainbeck Lane - performs well for food hygiene standards, with only two businesses told they need to make improvements to their practices.

In total, 36 businesses serving food have been inspected by the FSA and given a rating from one to five based on their most recent report. Click on the link above the view them in gallery form.Each business is given their hygiene rating when it is inspected by a food safety officer from the local authority.

The officer checks how well the business is meeting the law by looking at:

- How hygienically the food is handled – how it is prepared, cooked, re-heated, cooled and stored

- The condition of the structure of the buildings

– The cleanliness, layout, lighting, ventilation and other facilities

- How the business manages and records what it does to make sure food is safe At the end of the inspection, the business is given one of the six ratings from 0-5.

The top rating means that the business was found to have ‘very good’ hygiene standards. Any business should be able to reach this top rating. Ratings of two or below mean urgent or major improvements are required.

Last week, we revealed the number of food outlets in neighbouring Harehills which have ratings of two stars or less.

We’ve also published a list of the nine businesses across Leeds which have zero-star certificates - the lowest possible rating.

Members of the public can search for any business by visiting the Food Standards Agency’s website.

Chapel Allerton’s dining scene contributed to it being named one of Britain’s best places to live by the Sunday Times this year

The nine Leeds businesses with zero-star food hygiene ratings