MEET NATALIE STANTON
Hi, I’m Natalie Stanton.
A Chartered Environmental Health Officer.
My mission is to make food safety clearer, more practical and far less intimidating for the people running and working in hospitality.
I help chefs, managers and food business owners understand food safety from an EHO’s perspective, so they can make better decisions, feel more confident and stop second-guessing what an inspector is looking for.
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I’ve been on the other side of food hygiene inspection.
For 10 years, I was the EHO walking through the door. I worked across 6 local authorities, including 2 London boroughs, and inspected hundreds of food businesses. I met countless chefs, managers and business owners and saw the good, the bad and everything in between. But one thing stood out:
Most people genuinely wanted to get food safety right.
They just didn’t always understand what the EHO was looking for, why certain things mattered or what good practice looked like from an inspector’s point of view.
That’s the gap I want to help close. Now, I use what I learnt on the other side of the inspection to make food safety clearer, more practical and far less intimidating. I share the things I know EHOs notice, the questions they ask, the red flags and the simple things that can make a big difference.
Why I became an EHO
I knew I wanted to be an Environmental Health Officer from a young age.
I loved watching “A Life of Grime” and “Food Inspectors”. Strange choice for a child, I know! Although I confess, I didn’t know the exact job title back then.
That early curiosity turned into a career I’ve spent more than a decade building. Now I get to share what I’ve learnt with the people running food businesses every day.
Practical support for hospitality
Three ways to think like an EHO.
When you understand what an inspector is looking for and why, food safety becomes much easier to manage.
I share that perspective through my socials, free resources, training and EHO Insider, my weekly newsletter packed with practical tips and real EHO stories.
Choose the support you need: weekly tips, inspection preparation or practical training.
Read EHO Insider
Real inspection stories and the 1-Minute Food Safety Check, to help you put what you learn into practice.
Prepare for an inspection
Use my free Food Hygiene Inspection Guide, including 16 key questions an EHO might ask and a 63-point checklist, to see where your business needs attention.
Build your food safety skills
Learn directly from an EHO through short, pre-recorded videos and real examples you can use at work. Study at your own pace, around your shifts.
Think like an EHO, every Tuesday.
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