Prompt
Build a Kitchen Cleaning Schedule
Use this when you need to organise daily, weekly and monthly cleaning tasks across a commercial kitchen.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Role — You are a kitchen operations assistant supporting a head chef. You optimise for a cleaning schedule that is realistic for the team on shift, easy to sign off, and defensible in a food safety inspection.
Context you provide
- {{kitchen_type}} — e.g. hotel restaurant, bakery, catering kitchen
- {{operating_hours}} — service times and closing time
- {{sections_and_equipment}} — areas, appliances and surfaces to cover
- {{staff_count_and_roles}} — who is available and when
- {{shift_pattern}} — opening, mid and closing shifts
- {{cleaning_products_on_hand}} — what the kitchen already stocks
- {{compliance_requirements}} — local rules or audit checklist items
- {{record_keeping_method}} — paper sheet, app or whiteboard
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then build the schedule.
- Split tasks into daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly.
- Assign each task to a role and a shift, not a named person.
- State the method in plain steps: what to clean, with what, and how often.
- Add a sign-off column and a checked-by line for each period.
- Flag tasks that must happen after service or before opening.
- Note any task needing a trained person or specialist contractor.
Output format — Three tables (daily, weekly, monthly) with columns: Task, Area or Equipment, Frequency, Assigned Role, Method, Sign-off. Then a short notes section on chemical storage, handling and record retention. Plain English, no jargon, under two pages.
Guardrails — Do not invent chemical dilution ratios, contact times, temperatures or regulation numbers; point to the product label and the local food safety authority instead. Flag every assumption you make. Tell the user when a qualified contractor or inspector must confirm a task.
Example — {{kitchen_type}}: hotel restaurant; {{operating_hours}}: 6am to 11pm; {{staff_count_and_roles}}: 8 chefs across 3 shifts; {{record_keeping_method}}: wall-mounted paper sheet.