ICGA Culinary Quality project
A professional restaurant sensory and service assessment scheme with documented applications, eligibility review and assignments with an agreed scope.
Applications are open for professional roles and restaurant assessment. Each request is reviewed before acceptance; any result or certificate requires completed assessment, review and an authorised decision. This is a private professional scheme, not government accreditation.About the project
INTERNATIONAL CULINARY & GASTRONOMY ARBITRATION LTD, UK company 16846998, operates the Culinary Quality scheme. Administration receives professional-role and restaurant assessment applications and records declarations, evidence reviews, decisions and agreements within each application file.
Assessment areas
Flavour and balance
30 pointsTexture and execution
20 pointsAppropriate serving temperature
10 pointsPresentation and coherence
10 pointsConsistency
20 pointsGuest service
10 pointsThe displayed weights provide the assessment framework. The criteria version and decision threshold must be documented and communicated to the restaurant before an assessment is agreed. An application alone produces no pass decision or certificate.
Working process
- Eligibility review and agreement to participate
- Assessor training, calibration and conflict disclosure
- Two visits on different dates with specified repeated samples
- Evidence review by a person not involved in the visits
Assessment scope
Assessment covers sensory characteristics and guest service at the agreed site and within the agreed scope. Food safety, allergens, halal status, statutory hygiene ratings and educational qualifications are outside this scope. Operators remain responsible for permits and legal compliance.
Apply for a professional role
Applications are open for assessment, decision review and independent appeals roles. Competence, training and conflicts are reviewed before an appointment agreement is prepared. Both parties must accept and sign before an actual assignment.
Apply for a professional roleApply for restaurant assessment
Submit the restaurant, site and requested assessment scope. Following eligibility review, criteria, dates, fees, expenses and permissions must be agreed in writing before visits begin.
Apply for restaurant assessmentGovernance and fees
Assessment, decision review and appeals are separate functions. Fees and expenses must be set out in a written offer accepted by the applicant before work starts. This page collects no payments.
Document verification
Verify an application receipt, declaration record or appointment agreement version by QR or verification number. Verification shows record status and digest; an unsigned document or received application does not confer appointment or certification.