Our journey with CheckMate.
Eighteen years ago, my oldest school friend and I founded Early Years Catering. As parents ourselves, we understood the importance of ensuring that every meal served in early years was prepared with the highest standards of safety and care.
★★★★★ Rated 5.0 on Google by care providers
Built in our own kitchens — for yours.
As parents, we knew every meal in early years had to be prepared with the highest standards of safety and care. So we built the tools to guarantee it — first inside Early Years Catering, and now for kitchens everywhere with CheckMate.
Early Years Catering is founded
Two school friends — and parents ourselves — set out to make every early-years meal as safe as it is nourishing.
A food-safety system of our own
We built our own system to check off tasks, log temperatures and follow every rule — and started scoring full marks at our EHO inspections.
CheckMate is born
Proven in our own kitchens, we teamed up with Bart and Paul to turn it into an easy-to-use app that other nurseries could use too.
CheckMate goes live
Built specifically for kitchens — nurseries, care homes and hospitality teams keep records straight and stay compliant, overseen from one place.
Where we are now
At the heart of it all is the wellbeing of the people we cook for. Safe, healthy kitchens made easy — and we're just getting started. Ready to see it in your own kitchen?
Praised by inspectors and auditors
We use CheckMate across 36 care homes for both our kitchen and housekeeping teams. We are inspection-ready every single day now. The EHO visits have become a very different experience — our teams are confident, the records are there, and the feedback has been outstanding.
CheckMate has been a real game changer, streamlining processes that were once time consuming and paper heavy.
I have used CheckMate across 30 homes with successful navigation of many EHO visits with 5* ratings. Fully recommend CheckMate to any organisations that want improved oversight and compliance of their kitchens.
Since introducing CheckMate, we’ve halved our kitchen paperwork, streamlined processes, and can now print clear, reliable reports whenever we need them.
CheckMate has been a real game changer, streamlining processes that were once time consuming and paper heavy.
We looked for some kitchen compliance software to replace our paper systems for some time. I would recommend anyone have a chat with Johnny if they want to go digital with their kitchen records. It looks to be a robust system and I’m confident it will improve and streamline our services.
EHO visits, which used to be a source of stress, are now seamless. The system provides clear, transparent data that’s easy to access and understand – giving inspectors exactly what they need with zero hassle.
CheckMate has transformed our kitchen — no more messy paper records, and we can complete checks and print reports in seconds. Their responsive support and ability to tailor checks to our needs make it a must-have for any kitchen.
CheckMate is easy to use, reliable, and has become an important part of our day-to-day food safety management.
Checkmate has halved our paperwork time and given chefs more time to cook, plan, and connect with residents. A real game-changer for any catering department!
Since implementing this compliance system in our kitchen, housekeeping and maintenance departments it has honestly been a game changer. Everything is running smoothly, saving us so much time and costing down on unnecessary costs.
The dedicated team at CheckMate have created a well structured, user friendly, secure system for food businesses to document all their food safety and legal compliance checks. The system is adaptable and easily modified to suit any business, as well as including any additional due diligence checks necessary.
Book a chat with us today to see if CheckMate is right for you?
With CheckMate you can streamline your food safety processes, enhance compliance and ensure a safe, hygienic environment.
