RED CHILLEZ
13680 WALSINGHAM RD · LARGO · Pinellas County · FL 33774
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
29 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 6
12A-16-4High Priority – Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Observed employee enter and begin work on cook-line without washing their hands. **Warning**
12A-18-4High Priority – Employee dried hands on clothes/apron/soiled towel after washing. Employee observed wiping hands with a dry wiping cloth when working at the tandoori oven. **Warning**
01B-07-4High Priority – Food with mold-like growth. See stop sale. (5) portions of carrot pudding (3) portions of gulapjamun With visible blue and white mold like growth inside front reach-in cooler. **Warning**
35A-02-7High Priority – Live, small flying insects found (1) live fly in kitchen, not observed landing on food contact surfaces (1) live fly in dish room (1) live fly in dry storage room **Warning**
08A-04-5High Priority – Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce. Raw chicken stored above unwashed produce in walk-in cooler. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
08A-05-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw marinated chicken stored above cut tomato's in walk-in cooler. **Warning**
Intermediate 3
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board across from cookline soiled. Can opener blade soiled. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
53B-01-5Intermediate – No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Manager states he does not have any records of employee training. Advised he employs rotating employees from other restaurants. Manager also states employees have been employed for over 60 days. **Warning**
02C-02-5Intermediate – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. (5) portions of carrot pudding not date marked, operator advised held for a week inside reach-in cooler. **Warning**
Basic 20
14-01-5Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Plastic bowls used as scoops for dry goods in kitchen. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
23-24-4Basic – Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Door handles on reach-in coolers soiled with old food debris. **Warning**
24-27-4Basic – Clean equipment/dishware/utensils stored next to handwash/food preparation sink exposed to splash. Clean plates next to hand sink at wait station with no splash guard. **Warning**
21-05-5Basic – Cloth used as a food-contact surface. Cloth used as food contact surface for dough at tandoori oven. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
50-09-4Basic – Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. Verified license with owner. **Warning**
40-06-5Basic – Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Cell phone on prep table **Warning**
13-03-4Basic – Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
36-73-4Basic – Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Floors heavily soiled underneath cook line and under reach-in coolers in kitchen. **Warning**
10-17-4Basic – In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Knives between equipment on cook-line. Manager removed. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
10-20-4Basic – In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs on oven doors on cook-line. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
31B-04-4Basic – No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. No handwash sign at sink for server station. Inspector will provide a sign to manager. **Warning**
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Reach-in cooler gaskets soiled across from cook-line. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
22-16-4Basic – Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Interior of reach-in coolers across from cook-line soiled. **Warning**
14-20-4Basic – Ripped/worn tin foil used as shelf cover. Torn tin foil used to line shelves in kitchen next to cookline soiled-line **Warning**
25-05-4Basic – Single-service articles improperly stored. Single service items stored on floor at hallway to bathrooms. **Warning**
25-06-4Basic – Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. To go containers on top shelf over coolers on cook line not inverted **Warning**
21-10-4Basic – Soiled dry wiping cloth in use. Soiled dry wiping cloths in use at cutting board across from cookline soiled-line **Warning**
29-49-6Basic – Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Standing water at bottom of reach-in cooler across from cookline soiled-line. **Warning**
06-01-5Basic – Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Frozen sauce thawing at room temp in prep area **Warning**
36-27-5Basic – Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Wall soiled with accumulation of debris in kitchen. **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 3, 2026 12:25 PM.
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Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.