Level 2 Food Safety & Hygiene
Who it’s for: food handlers working in hospitality or catering businesses.
£36.00 · Approx. 3 hours · Learn at your own pace
Need a Level 2 Food Hygiene certificate?
Get trained by an Environmental Health Officer
Learn food safety from an expert so you feel confident and are ready to get your 5☆ food hygiene rating.
It’s video-based, so that you and your team can watch at any time!
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Instant course access. Practical video-based learning.
Approximate duration 3 hours. No time limits!
Accepted by Local Authorities
Accepted by EHOs. Endorsed by Institute of Hospitality. Matches CIEH/RSPH syllabus.
Instant certificate
Instant digital certificate upon completion.
30-day money back guarantee*
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How the course works
There are no PowerPoint slides. And no voiceover here…
Yes, I’m serious. And you don’t need to read loads of text. Instead, you see a real person in 42 short pre-recorded videos.
In only 3 hours, EHO Natalie guides you through the key aspects of food safety. Think Netflix but for food safety (alright it’s not quite as fun as Netflix). But you get the point…
That’s not all. You can also check your learning as you complete a fun quiz or interactive activity at the end of each unit. But don’t worry if you can’t complete it all in one go – your progress is saved and you can revisit the course at any time.
42 short videos
Approx. 3 hours, with quizzes and interactive activities along the way.
Pause when you need to. Your progress is saved so you can pick up where you left off.
Learning can be daunting, especially when English is not your first language. But Natalie’s Level 2 Food Hygiene course was very entertaining and full of useful information and tests that felt like playing little computer games finding all the hazards.
Well structured, easy to go back and do it again. Course gets 5 stars, so did I for my business after completing it. Thank you.
Elena · Owner – Marshmallow Magic
Why should you take this Level 2 Food Safety and Hygiene course?
Do you work in a catering setting where food is cooked, prepared or handled?
This is the first self-paced video Level 2 Food Safety & Hygiene course for Catering taught by an Environmental Health Officer (EHO), often referred to as the basic food hygiene certificate.
By law, all food handlers must have an understanding of the basic principles of food safety and know how to prepare food safely… and not just in theory. You always need to be ready for food hygiene inspections by EHOs.
EHOs aren’t just looking for food hygiene certificates. They want to know that you can work safely in practice. And they will ask you (and your staff) questions about food safety. This course helps you to be ready to answer those questions with confidence.
“At GRAPE & Fig we can’t recommend The Safety Expert’s course enough – our team refreshed their Level 2 Food Hygiene courses online and found the content engaging, easy and enjoyable to digest and of a very high quality.”
Toria Smith · Founder and Co-Director. GRAPE & Fig
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“At GRAPE & Fig we can’t recommend The Safety Expert’s course enough – our team refreshed their Level 2 Food Hygiene courses online and found the content engaging, easy and enjoyable to digest and of a very high quality.
We’d 100% recommend to our peers in the catering industry and hope Natalie adds Level 3 soon. Thank you so much!”
Toria Smith · Founder and Co-Director. GRAPE & Fig
Learn directly from an EHO
If you’re just looking to ‘tick the box’ with a food hygiene certificate, you’re in the wrong place. This course is for people who want the best for their business and realise that food safety is key to their success.
Have you ever wondered why other Level 2 Food Safety courses are just “EHO approved” or “accepted by local authorities”?
Well, now you can learn directly from an EHO… like the person who will actually be doing your food hygiene inspection. This means you get direct insights to feel as confident as possible in your food safety standards.
Choose how to buy
For myself
£36.00
Buy this course for your own account and start learning at your own pace.
For my team
Choose your team size
Choose the number of places and enter your business, team or group name. You can then assign courses and follow your team’s progress.
Already manage a group? Sign in through My learning, open the correct group and choose its add-seats option. Buying for yourself adds the course to your own account; it does not add a place to an existing group.
Prefer to pay by invoice or need help choosing? Email info@thesafetyexpert.co.uk.
Meet your course expert
With food safety, you want to get it right the first time… That’s why it makes sense to learn from Chartered Environmental Health Officer Natalie Stanton (Malupa).
You will understand how EHOs think, what they look for during your inspection, and feel more engaged being taught by an expert.
With 13 years of experience as an EHO, and having worked for local authorities and in the private sector for clients including ExCeL London, she has a lot of knowledge and experience to share with you.
The main thing that drew me to this course was that it looked well laid out & straightforward to complete. And I liked that a qualified EHO was providing the information.
Laura Blinman · Owner. Laura‘s Baking Cwtch
Reviewed by Environmental Health Officers
This course will help you to comply with food hygiene law and satisfy your local authority.
Natalie is a former local authority Environmental Health Officer, so she knows exactly what local authorities are looking for.
The course has also been independently reviewed by Environmental Health Officers who have years of experience inspecting, auditing and providing technical guidance to food businesses.
Here’s what they have to say:
“A practical and engaging Level 2 course that helps food handlers build real-world confidence.
This is one of the few Level 2 courses I’ve seen that genuinely helps food handlers understand why food safety matters. The bite-size format makes it easy to follow, and the content is grounded in real workplace practice.
As an Environmental Health Officer, I’ve inspected everything from takeaways to high-end restaurants, hospitals, and manufacturers. I’ve seen plenty of training certificates that haven’t translated into safe behaviour. A certificate alone doesn’t mean much if staff don’t understand and apply what they’ve learned.
This course focuses on real understanding and safe habits and that’s what ultimately protects customers, supports your hygiene rating, and saves your business time and money.”
Laksmi Kerrison · Environmental Health Officer
About Laksmi Kerrison
Laksmi Kerrison is an Environmental Health Officer with extensive experience in food safety enforcement across Borough, District, and Unitary Authorities. She holds registration with the Environmental Health Officers Registration Board (EHORB) and has worked in both food hygiene and food standards roles throughout her career.
Laksmi has also held positions at Port Health, the Food Standards Agency, and the UK Health Security Agency, where she served as the Local Authority Project Lead for Food, Water, and Environmental Safety during the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
With a particular interest in allergen management, food standards, and food safety at large-scale events, Laksmi has contributed to sector-wide improvements through both frontline enforcement and national project work. She currently works within the Regulation and Enforcement Division of a large metropolitan authority in the Midlands.
“This course is ideal for food handlers who need to build strong, practical food safety knowledge without sitting through hours of dry training.
The individual units and modules make it easy to digest the information, so you can work through it in your own time, whether that’s a few minutes or full session.
Nick Lowe · Environmental Health Officer
No more slogging through hours of training in one go. Your staff can just listen, learn, and gain the knowledge at a pace that suits them.”
About Nick Lowe
Nick Lowe is an Environmental Health Officer with nearly 40 years of experience, primarily in food safety and standards. For most of his career, he has worked in a large metropolitan authority, where he was formerly Head of Food Safety. He has also served as a Port Health Officer at one of the largest containerised ports in Europe.
In addition to Environmental Health, Nick holds qualifications in health & safety, Lead Assessor Role, and Licensing Law. He is a visiting lecturer at both the University of Birmingham and Coventry University, and sits on the Food Standards Agency’s Food Standards and Labelling Focus Group.
Nick has a particular interest in food fraud. He led a year-long enforcement project targeting illegal activities within his authority and was an inaugural member of the first Illegal Meat Task Force and the Food Fraud Advisory Unit (the forerunners to the current National Food Crime Unit).
More recently, Nick has taken on the role of Head of Licensing and Markets, opening a different perspective on food businesses. His work in delivering and managing the markets gives him unique insights into the challenges of operating and maintaining complex sites with numerous food business operators working in partnership.
Inside the course
These are stills from the course videos. See how practical demonstrations and real hospitality situations bring the learning to life.
See food safety through an EHO’s eyes
Follow Natalie as she checks food safety with a chef.
Practical cooling methods
See a blast chiller in use as part of safe cooling.
Food storage in a working kitchen
Look inside a walk-in fridge and connect the lesson with everyday food storage.
Really interactive course! Love the questions and answers! Easy to understand and I feel super prepared for my inspection – but also confident enough to handle food in the right way.
The knowledge I have gained has allowed me to take control of my small business!
Absolutely loved it. Thank you so much!
Amra Medic · Owner – Cake by Amra
Course Content
Unit 1. Food Safety Intro
- Introduction
- Food safety- why do we care?
- Key food safety definitions
- High-risk and low-risk foods
- Food poisoning
Unit 2. Food Safety Hazards
- Chemical hazards
- Physical hazards
- Allergenic hazards
- The 14 allergens
- Managing allergens
- Controlling allergen contamination
- Microbiological hazards
- Spores and toxins
- Cross-contamination
Unit 3. Chilling Food Safely
- Chilled storage
- Cooling down hot food
- Frozen storage and defrosting
Unit 4. Heating Food Safely
- Cooking, reheating and hot holding
- Taking temperatures
- How to calibrate a digital temperature probe
- Acrylamide
Unit 5. Purchasing and Storage
- Food preservation methods
- Dry goods storage, stock rotation & food spoilage
- Date Marking
- Suppliers and deliveries
Unit 6. Food Safety Management
- HACCP and prerequisites
- Documentation, records and small business resources
Unit 7. Food Handlers and Personal Hygiene
- Food handler responsibilities
- Food handler hazards
- Hand washing
- Protective clothing and bad habits
Unit 8. Cleaning and Disinfection
- Cleaning and Disinfection
- Two Stage (6 Stages) of Cleaning
- Cleaning Schedules, Chemicals and Equipment
Unit 9. Design of Food Premises and Equipment
- Design of premises and equipment
- Washing facilities
- Premises and equipment essentials and waste control
- Pest Prevention and Control
- Controlling Pests
Unit 10. The Law
- Food Business Operator Responsibilities
- Enforcement Officers
What’s included
Included for individual learners
- Video-based learning with practical examples
- Taught by an EHO
- Meet your legal obligations
- Instant course access and digital certificate
- Unlimited free retakes
- Engaging and interactive content
Included for teams
- Everything in single user plus:
- Multi user discounts
- Group dashboard to manage your staff
- Digital certificates for managers to download
- Progress reports for all team members
- Bulk add your team via csv file
More course details
Who should take this course?
This Level 2 Food Safety & Hygiene course for Catering* helps you comply with your legal requirements. The course is suitable for food handlers in all areas of the catering industry, including:
- Restaurants
- Cafes
- Takeaways
- Pubs
- B&Bs
- Hotels
- Schools and colleges
- Nurseries
- Care homes
- Canteens
- Mobile caterers
- Home caterers/ home bakers
*This course is not a formal RQF food safety and hygiene qualification. The level only indicates the type of learner whom it is suitable for.
Buying for a business?
Bulk discounts- starting from 10% for 10 courses
Group dashboard to manage users
If you would prefer to pay by invoice, email: info@thesafetyexpert.co.uk
Course aims
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- Identify the food safety hazards (microbiological, chemical, physical, and allergenic), and explain why and how to control contamination.
- Describe safe food handling and preparation techniques, including explaining how to safely chill, freeze, defrost, cool, cook, reheat, and hot-hold foods, and monitor critical temperatures.
- Explain the principles of safe food storage, including preservation methods, effective stock control, and traceability procedures, and explain the difference between ‘Best Before’ and ‘Use By’ dates.
- Describe food handler responsibilities, including the importance of personal hygiene and hand washing.
- Explain the importance of cleaning and disinfection, pest control, and waste control, and describe how premises and equipment should be designed to ensure safety.
- Describe the principles of Food Safety Management Systems, explain the law in relation to food safety, and describe the role and powers of enforcement officers.
Certification and Accreditation
The course is endorsed by the Institute of Hospitality as providing independently-evaluated, quality content that teaches good practice standards.
Course reviews
Ratings and Reviews
Katy Wickenden
This course was very thorough and easy to navigate. The videos were informative and of a good length with some great humour too! I feel more confident in my personal knowledge and also relieved that I was already on the right track. I would definitely recommend this course to others.
Donna Barnham
Surprisingly, I really enjoyed this course and I learnt a lot, which also surprised me. It was full of useful information and links to various resources. Anyone considering doing this course, I would highly recommend. I needed to contact The Safety Expert during the course and Natalie responded straight away and way extremely helpful. Thank you Natalie 🙂
Emily Boenke
A really fun and informative course, I love that the course uses a video and text – I feel like it’s great to follow and information is much easy to remember that way. So glad I stumbled across the safety expert YouTube channel which led me to complete this course and broaden my knowledge ahead of my inspection.
*30 Day money back guarantee
Your satisfaction with the course is so important.
Natalie truly hopes that you love this course and that it helps your business succeed safely.
If you’ve started the course and are unsatisfied for any reason, we offer a no-quibble, 30 day money back guarantee. Simply email us at info@thesafetyexpert.co.uk within 30 days of making your purchase*
*provided you have not completed the exam and gained your certificate.
FAQs
Who is the course suitable for?
The course is suitable for food handlers in all areas of the catering industry. Including food handlers working in: restaurants, cafes, takeaways, pubs, B&Bs, hotels, schools and colleges, nurseries, care homes, canteens, mobile caterers, home caterers, and home bakers.
How long does a food hygiene certificate last?
There is no legal requirement, but it’s recommended to refresh your training every 3 years to keep up to date.
What devices can you access the course on?
The online course can be accessed on any mobile phone, tablet, laptop, or computer device. You just need an internet connection and a speaker to listen to the videos.
Is the course accredited?
Yes – the course has the following accreditations and endorsements:
- The course is endorsed by the Institute of Hospitality.
Can I access the course after I have completed it?
Yes – there is lifetime access to the course. So you can watch it as many times as you need to but to update your certificate you will need to buy the course again.
Is there a time limit on completing the course?
No – there is no time limit. Complete the course in your own time and at your own pace. There’s no pressure here.
What payment options are available?
If you would prefer to pay by invoice, please email us at info@thesafetyexpert.co.uk to arrange this. Otherwise, you can pay online by card.
If I fail the exam, can I retake it?
Yes – you can retake as many times as you need. At no extra cost.
How is the course assessed?
Once all 10 units have been completed you will undertake an assessment online. The assessment has 30 multiple-choice questions. To pass you need to score at least 80%. You will know instantly whether you have passed and a digital certificate will be available immediately. If you do not pass you can re-take as many times as you need at no extra cost.
How can I buy a course for myself?
Use the individual purchase option under “Choose how to buy”. This adds the course to your own account. It does not add a seat to a company group.
How can I buy a course for my staff?
For a new team, use the company-group option under “Choose how to buy”, select the places you need and name your group. After purchase, enrol your staff from the group dashboard. If you already manage a group, sign in to its dashboard and use the add-seats option for that group.
What happens after I have bought the course?
- If you have bought a single course for yourself: you will be redirected to the course page and can get started right away.
- If you have bought multiple courses for your staff: you will be redirected to the group dashboard where you can add your staff, all you need is their names and email addresses.
If I buy multiple courses will I get a discount?
Yes – when buying for a new team or group, the following discounts apply:
- 10% Discount on 10 or more courses.
- 20% Discount on 50 or more courses.
- 30% Discount on 100 or more courses.
- 40% Discount on 400 or more courses.
Do you offer bespoke courses?
If you need a bespoke course, please email us at info@thesafetyexpert.co.uk to explain what you’re looking for and we can let you know if we can help.
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LOVED EVERY BIT OF THIS AND WOULD LOVE TO JUST LISTEN TO THE VIDEOS AS A REFRESHER