Food<\/a> Standards Agency officers on 5 November, meaning \u201cmajor improvement\u201d is necessary.<\/p>\nChef patron Gareth Ward told the BBC on Wednesday he was \u201cnot embarrassed\u201d by the rating, which he said was due to inspectors\u2019 concerns about the use of raw and aged ingredients.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m buying sashimi-grade fish from Japan and they\u2019re questioning, \u2018Well, we don\u2019t know the water, so how do we know it\u2019s sashimi grade?\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, it is sashimi grade, this stuff\u2019s eaten raw all over the world and just because our rules don\u2019t fit their rules, they\u2019re questioning it \u2026 I\u2019ve got a salt chamber for ageing fish but they obviously don\u2019t like the idea of ageing stuff.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not at all ashamed but I am disappointed. I\u2019m not sat here thinking, \u2018Oh my God, I\u2019m embarrassed, I\u2019ve done something wrong\u2019, because we haven\u2019t. What we have done is something different.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ward, a former contestant on MasterChef: The Professionals, said Ynyshir employs a specialist compliance company to address food safety and has a \u00a350,000 freezer capable of reaching temperatures of -80C (-112F).<\/p>\n
After the inspection, the restaurant\u2019s fish was sent away for independent laboratory testing, which found no concerns.<\/p>\n
Ward acknowledged that the food safety officers were \u201cnot 100% wrong\u201d, and has since installed an additional hand-washing station in the fish preparation area. He also said paperwork problems contributed to the poor score.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome of our paperwork wasn\u2019t right, and that\u2019s our fault,\u201d he said. \u201cSometimes you miss stuff or sometimes you write stuff down wrong or forget \u2026 I\u2019d need a full-time office worker doing the paperwork to get it perfect every time.\u201d<\/p>\n
In Wales and Northern Ireland, all food establishments are legally required to display their hygiene rating in a prominent place.<\/p>\n
In a statement, a spokesperson for Ynyshir said the business had requested a reinspection but no date had been set.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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