About Hospitality Buying Guide

Hospitality Buying Guide is an independent guide for people running pubs, restaurants, cafés, hotels and B&Bs in the UK. We're starting with food hygiene training, because it's something every food business has to get right, and the advice out there is often confusing, salesy or both.

Who's behind it

Hospitality Buying Guide is run by Alison Statham, trading as Hospitality Buying Guide. Alison is the founder and editor, and she reviews every page before it goes live.

Alison has worked in hospitality herself. She owned and ran Talybont B&B and has worked in a local inn, so she knows what it's like to juggle staff training alongside everything else that comes with running a venue. That's the reason for the plain, practical style of this site: it's written for busy people who just want a straight answer.

What you'll find here

Simple guides to which food hygiene level each person needs, what the law says, how the popular courses compare on price and what's included, and how to train and keep records for your team. Where free official resources will do the job, we say so.

How we check our facts

We haven't taken every course ourselves, and we never pretend we have. Prices and details come from each provider's own website, and every page shows the date it was checked. Our page on how we compare courses explains our approach.

Get in touch

Spotted a mistake, or have a question? Email hello@hospitalitybuyingguide.co.uk. Alison reads every message herself.