We exist to make the unglamorous, essential work behind every kitchen simple, accountable, and worth doing well. One partner. One place. One standard your guests can see.
Get StartedOperators are pulled in a hundred directions. The work that keeps a kitchen legal, safe, and clean — oil collection, grease traps, hoods, fire systems, pest, refrigeration — is essential, yet it's scattered across half a dozen vendors, invoices, and phone numbers. It's the part of the business no one celebrates and everyone dreads.
Certified Restaurant was built to change that. We organize the entire back of house into a single, dependable relationship — and turn what was a cost and a chore into a standard you can be proud of, complete with a badge for your door. Our mission is to make this work simple to manage, trustworthy by default, and genuinely rewarding for the people who run restaurants.
Most providers want to sell you one truck for one task. We take responsibility for the whole job. Think of us the way a building owner thinks of a general contractor — we own the relationship, the standard, and the bill, while vetted specialists do the hands-on work.
You have one point of contact for everything. We answer for the schedule, the quality, and the follow-through — so you never chase a truck or re-explain your kitchen to a stranger.
Every service is held to the Certified Restaurant standard, documented with the manifests and reports inspectors expect. The standard is ours to define and uphold — not left to whoever shows up.
Your entire back of house lives in one place — one point of contact, one login, no chasing six different companies. See every service and its history at a glance.
The physical work is performed by licensed, insured local specialists we screen, schedule, and stand behind. You get the depth of a regional crew and the simplicity of a single vendor.
Membership is a status restaurants earn and grow into — not a contract to dread. It progresses in three tiers, and every tier carries the badge.
Certified Restaurant is a private, brand-operated service program. It is not a government, health-department, or regulatory accreditation, it doesn't confirm legal compliance, and it does not replace the licenses, permits, or inspections your jurisdiction requires. What it does is keep your back-of-house work consistent, documented, and easy to manage — one partner, one place — and give you something to show for it.
A standard is only as good as the company that stands behind it. These are the commitments we hold ourselves to on every account.
When something goes wrong in the back of house, you call one number. We don't pass you between vendors — the responsibility is ours.
Documented service, clear scheduling, and honest, itemized invoices. No buried fees, no mystery line items, no contracts written to trap you.
Every gallon of used oil becomes renewable fuel. Doing the right thing for your kitchen and the right thing for the watershed are the same job.
Pickups and service visits happen on schedule. Operators run on rhythm, and we earn trust the only way that lasts — by showing up.
The badge means something because the work behind it is consistent and verifiable — held to one definition, on every account, every visit.
We serve the Sacramento metro and Northern California with regional partners who know the codes, the sewer districts, and the kitchens here.
Certified Restaurant runs on the Vavan operations platform — the quiet infrastructure that keeps every pickup, manifest, and invoice in order behind the scenes.
Start with reliable used-oil collection and recycling, then set up the rest of your kitchen — one partner, one place, one standard.
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