Flagler Food / Bunnell
Bantam Chef (The): inspection record
Bantam Chef (The) at S Church & Court St in Bunnell was last inspected by the Florida DBPR on August 11, 2026. Its most recent routine inspection recorded 4 findings, 2 of them high priority (some high-priority findings). Flagler Food has 3 inspection visits on file for this license since July 1, 2025.
Inspection history
August 11, 2026: Routine - Food
Result: Inspection Completed - No Further Action. 2 high-priority, 1 intermediate and 1 basic findings.
- Basic: Unsealed concrete floor in food preparation, food storage, warewashing area or bathroom. Unsealed concrete in kitchen and prep area. **
- Basic: Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Observed bulk container in walk in cooler over night Alaska pollock (46F - Cold Holding)
- Basic: Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed bulk container in walk in cooler over night Alaska pollock (46F - Cold Holding)
- Basic: No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Observed no paper towels at hand wash sink. Operator replaced. **Corrected On-Site**
November 13, 2025: Routine - Food
Result: Inspection Completed - No Further Action. 1 high-priority, 1 intermediate and 5 basic findings.
- Basic: Equipment in poor repair. Gaskets are torn on small reach in cooler on cook line and on outside reach in freezers.
- Basic: Food-contact surface not smooth and easily cleanable. Front counter is tearing apart making it not smooth and easily cleanable. **
- Basic: Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Ice buildup on inside reach in freezer and all other chest freezers inside and in outside storage. **
- Basic: Unsealed concrete floor in food preparation, food storage, warewashing area or bathroom. Unsealed concrete throughout kitchen and food prep area. **
- Basic: tape used to repair nonfood-contact surface. Tape used on top of reach in cooler is not smooth and easily cleanable
- Basic: Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. Missing on French fries. Person in charge time stamped. **Corrected On-Site**
- Basic: Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Slicer has food debris underneath blade. **
July 10, 2025: Routine - Food
Result: Inspection Completed - No Further Action. 1 high-priority, 1 intermediate and 5 basic findings.
- Basic: Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. Tanks in dry storage not secured. Person in charge secured. **Corrected On-Site**
- Basic: Food-contact surface not smooth and easily cleanable. Front counter is peeling off.
- Basic: Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Ice buildup in freezer in dry storage unit b
- Basic: In-use utensil in non-time/temperature control for safety food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Scoop handle laying in sugar. Person in charge removed scoop. **Corrected On-Site**
- Basic: Unsealed concrete floor in food preparation, food storage, warewashing area or bathroom. Floor throughout is showing unsealed concrete. **
- Basic: Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Chili 131F. Reheated it to 167F.
- Basic: Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Scoop for ice in soiled container. Person in charge washed, rinsed and sanitized everything. Slicer is soiled.
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