The Heartbeat Award scheme is run by the Council's Food Safety Team with the support of the Oldham Primary Care Trust. The team works with caterers to make sure that they have:
Businesses that have proved they meet the above criteria receive a certificate that can be displayed on their premises and used in their advertising.
When the awards were re-launched in 2003, they were initially aimed at workplace caterers as places where customers visited regularly. However, following the Foods Standards Agency campaign to highlight hidden high levels of fat, salt and calories in ready prepared foods, the Council extended the scheme and winners now include restaurants, cafes, pubs, residential homes, schools and takeaways.
The winning businesses have all made great efforts to change cooking methods and ingredients to improve the nutritional quality of their food, and to make sure it is prepared and served in a safe and healthy environment.
Many of the businesses have had to work hard and overcome significant opposition to introduce menu change and provide smoke free dining areas.
We have compiled a record of all these businesses for you to view online. To make it easier for you to search for a particular business premises, we have divided the businesses on the list into nine types:
Simply click on the appropriate link above to see which café or restaurant or school etc. has been awarded, to date, with a Heartbeat certificate.