A POPULAR Cantonese and Vietnamese restaurant in Worcester is "eager to change" its recent one-star food hygiene rating.

Chung Ying Garden, on Friar Street, was given the score after a recent assessment on January 25, the Food Standards Agency's website shows.

In the report, the restaurant was rated generally satisfactory for both hygienic food handling and the cleanliness and condition of the facilities and building.

But major improvement was necessary for the management of food safety such as systems or checks being in place to ensure food sold or served was safe to eat.

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Tsu Law, bar manager at Chung Ying Garden, said: "The rating was given due to our paperwork which sadly was not up to date.

"The issues have since all been rectified and we are eager for a re-inspection to get the rating back to five stars, where it has been previously."

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Chung Ying Garden is also up for a national best restaurant award after winning the hearts and minds of city customers.

The business is up for best restaurant at the England Business Awards, and restaurant managers are encouraging people to get behind them and vote for them online.

Chung Ying Gardens in Friar Street was taken over in March 2022 by Denny Chan.

Mr Chan, originally from Hong Kong, took over the business following the retirement of the previous owners. 

The previous owners announced their departure on the restaurant's Facebook page in 2022 after almost two decades at the helm.

This rating means that of Worcester's 177 restaurants, cafes, and canteens with ratings, 143 (81 per cent) have ratings of five and none have zero ratings.

Worcestershire Regulatory Services assign all of the ratings for businesses across the county on behalf of the Food Standards Agency.

The Food Standards Agency is responsible for food safety and food hygiene in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

It works with local authorities to enforce food safety regulations and its staff work in meat plants to check the standards are being met.

The FSA is a non-ministerial department, supported by seven agencies and public bodies.