Cottage Kitchen food hygiene rating

The rating: 3 - Generally satisfactory

The rating dates from 3 April 2025, 15 months ago. Councils typically re-inspect higher-risk businesses every six months to two years, with well-run, low-risk places visited least often, so this is a normal gap.

Address: 28A Finkle Street, LA9 4AB

How it compares in Westmorland and Furness

In Westmorland and Furness, 86% of rated places manage a 5, so Cottage Kitchen sits behind roughly 2,659 nearby businesses. 3% of the borough shares its 3.

Every rated food business in Westmorland and Furness

5 out of 5		2,390	86%
4 out of 5		269	10%
3 out of 5		86	3%	← Cottage Kitchen
2 out of 5		17	1%
1 out of 5		9	<1%
0 out of 5		0	0%

A further 387 businesses in the area are awaiting inspection or exempt, so are not counted above.

What the inspector found

• Hygienic food handling Generally satisfactory
• Cleanliness & condition of the building Generally satisfactory
• How well they manage food safety Generally satisfactory

An inspection scores three things: how food is handled, the physical condition of the premises, and how much the inspector trusts management to keep standards up. At Cottage Kitchen none of the three raised a concern, the overall rating is only ever as strong as its weakest area, so a clean sweep is what produces a high score.

Understanding this rating

• What does a 0 food hygiene rating mean? A 0 means the inspector found serious problems and urgent improvement is necessary. It is the lowest rating the scheme gives, but it is not a closure order, and a business with a 0 can, and usually does, keep trading while it puts things right.
• Does a low hygiene rating mean the food is unsafe? A low rating tells you that an inspector found problems on a particular day. It is not a measurement of the food, it is not a prediction, and it is not a verdict on whether you will get ill. It is the best single signal a member of the public has, and it is a snapshot.
• Does a business have to display its hygiene rating? It depends where you are. In Wales and Northern Ireland a food business must display its rating where you can read it before you go in. In England it is voluntary, a business there can legally show you nothing.

More food hygiene ratings near here

Cottage Kitchen is one of 314 rated food businesses in Kendal. See every hygiene rating in Kendal →

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The official record is held by the council: https://www.westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk/