Hood Cleaning in London, Ontario
Hood Cleaning London is a commercial kitchen exhaust cleaning service for restaurants, pubs, franchise lines, Legion halls, hotels, care homes and workplace kitchens across London, Ontario and the route towns from St. Thomas to Woodstock. A crew degreases the canopy, filters, plenum, duct and rooftop fan to the published NFPA 96 standard, photographs every cleaned surface, and leaves a signed certificate. Visits run overnight or between services. A single-hood kitchen starts at $585 per visit, and the written quote comes back within 24 hours.
Where to find hood cleaning near me in London
Hood Cleaning London works every district of the city, plus the towns a route day reaches along Highway 401, Highway 402 and Highway 4.
The City of London holds 422,324 people (2021 census) and is the seat of Middlesex County, on the Thames River where Highway 401 meets Highway 402. Downtown and Richmond Row pack pubs and late-night kitchens between Budweiser Gardens and Covent Garden Market. Old East Village runs along Dundas Street east of Adelaide. Wortley Village keeps its bistros and pizzerias on Wortley Road. Masonville and Hyde Park carry plaza restaurants in the north end, and the Wellington Road strip through White Oaks, along with Wonderland Road from Byron down to Lambeth, fills with franchise units and family dining rooms.
Two authorities read the paperwork. The London Fire Department enforces the Ontario Fire Code, which references NFPA 96. The Middlesex-London Health Unit inspects food premises in the city and across Middlesex County, while Southwestern Public Health covers Woodstock, Ingersoll, Tillsonburg, St. Thomas and Aylmer. Each route town and its corridor is described on the areas served page.
Seven kinds of kitchen that book hood cleaning in London
Seven groups make up most of the calls and form requests.
1. Independent restaurants, pubs and pizzerias. The largest group, from Richmond Row taprooms to Old East Village diners. South Asian sweet shops and restaurants run tandoor, tawa and deep-fry lines that coat a system faster than most.
2. Franchise and quick-service lines. Fried chicken, wings, grilled cheese and donuts along Wellington Road, Wonderland Road and Fanshawe Park Road. Head office usually fixes the cleaning cycle and wants the certificate filed centrally.
3. Food trucks and trailers. Trucks have their own page, because the system on a truck behaves differently from a restaurant hood.
4. Legions, churches, township offices and community halls. A hall kitchen can sit cold for weeks, then feed two hundred people at a fish fry or a wedding. A volunteer treasurer often needs the certificate for the hall insurer.
5. Hotels, banquet rooms and golf clubs. A hotel restaurant, a banquet line and a clubhouse grill can share one building and load their hoods at very different rates.
6. Long-term care, retirement and memory-care kitchens. Three meals a day, seven days a week, and an operator inspector who asks to see the certificate.
7. Workplace, food-plant and farm kitchens. A plant cafeteria, a food manufacturer line or an agritourism kitchen on a farm outside the city, where the certificate goes to the plant or farm insurer.
What happens on a hood cleaning visit in London
The order below holds for a pizzeria in Byron and a care home kitchen in Oakridge alike.
- You call or send the form. Give the canopy count, what the line cooks and the hours the kitchen is closed.
- A technician walks the system at no charge. The hood is measured, the filters are checked, and the route from the canopy to the roof is traced and noted.
- The written quote arrives within 24 hours. It lists the scope line by line, with anything that needs your separate approval shown on its own.
- Insurance paperwork comes first. Proof of WSIB coverage and liability insurance reaches you, and your landlord where roof access is involved, before the crew books the night.
- The crew arrives after close or between services. Cooking equipment is wrapped and the floor is covered before any degreaser is opened.
- The system is cleaned from the hood up. Each surface is photographed before the work starts and again once it is back to bare metal.
- The certificate is signed. It names the date and each section cleaned, and it references the published NFPA 96 standard. Hood Cleaning London is not affiliated with NFPA.
Every service is listed on the commercial cleaning services page, with method detail on the hood cleaning services and kitchen exhaust cleaning pages.
Hood cleaning company near me: what to look for in London
A good hood cleaning company is judged on the documents it leaves behind, not on the shine of the canopy face.
Insurance proof in hand before the date is set. Ask for WSIB coverage and liability insurance in writing.
Photographs of places you cannot reach. The plenum behind the filters, the inside of the duct and the fan housing belong in the photo set, not only the canopy.
A certificate with sections and a date on it. What the certificate should and should not claim is covered on the NFPA 96 page.
A cleaning interval tied to your cooking. A tandoor line and a church kitchen should not share a schedule. The published intervals are on the NFPA 96 page.
A fan that actually gets opened. Grease that leaves the duct ends up in the rooftop fan. Why some fans get skipped is explained on the exhaust fan repair page.
How much does hood cleaning cost in London in 2026?
Hood Cleaning London charges from $585 per visit for a single-hood kitchen up to ten feet and from $995 per visit for a multi-hood kitchen of two to four canopies. Larger systems are quoted on site after a free walk-through, and every written quote comes back within 24 hours.
The number and length of canopies set the price of one visit. The cooking under them sets how many visits a year the kitchen needs. Fan repair, solid-fuel appliances and cookline deep cleaning are quoted per job after an inspection or walk-through.
Next step: call 226-457-6745 or fill in the form at the top of this page with the canopy count and what the line cooks. The contact page lists the other details worth having ready. How the business runs is on the about page.
Hood cleaning in London: frequently asked questions
How often does a London restaurant need its hood cleaned?
NFPA 96 sets the interval by the type and volume of cooking, from monthly for solid fuel to annual for a low-volume kitchen such as a church hall. The full table and the reasoning behind it are on the NFPA 96 page.
Who inspects commercial kitchen exhaust systems in London?
The London Fire Department enforces the Ontario Fire Code, which references NFPA 96. The Middlesex-London Health Unit inspects food premises in the city, and Southwestern Public Health does the same in Oxford and Elgin towns such as Woodstock and St. Thomas.
Does the kitchen have to close for a hood cleaning?
Hood Cleaning London books visits overnight or in the gap between services, so a Richmond Row pub finishes last call and a care home kitchen serves breakfast on schedule.
Which towns outside London does the service cover?
Hood Cleaning London covers St. Thomas, Strathroy, Woodstock, Ingersoll, Aylmer and Tillsonburg, plus smaller places on the way such as Lucan, Komoka, Dorchester, Port Stanley and Bayfield. The full list is on the areas served page.
What does the kitchen receive after the visit?
Each visit ends with before-and-after photographs of every cleaned surface and a signed health and safety certificate referencing the published NFPA 96 standard.