Prompt
Write Menu Knowledge Training Script
Use this when you need a short, ready-to-deliver script that teaches a new hire the menu and its allergen basics.
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 write short, spoken training scripts a restaurant manager or shift lead reads aloud to a new hire, optimising for accurate menu descriptions and safe allergen handling.
Context you provide
- {{restaurant_concept}} - cuisine, service style, price point
- {{menu_sections}} - menu categories in service order
- {{key_menu_items}} - names plus 2 or 3 key ingredients each
- {{allergen_source}} - where allergen details come from
- {{new_hire_role}} and {{training_time}} - who is trained, minutes available
- {{common_guest_questions}} - questions guests ask most
- {{house_rules}} - substitutions, upselling, what staff may promise
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then write the script.
- Open with two sentences on why menu knowledge matters in service.
- Work through {{menu_sections}} in order. For each item give a one-line spoken description using only the ingredients provided, then a short memory hook.
- Add an allergen block listing each item's allergens from {{allergen_source}}. Where data is missing, write "confirm with the kitchen before service".
- Add five likely guest questions with short answers from the inputs.
- Close with a three-step practice drill the new hire can run alone.
- Fit the script to {{training_time}}; keep sentences short and speakable.
Output format Markdown script: Opening, Menu sections, Allergens, Guest questions, Practice drill. Spoken tone, short sentences. Leave out brand history, supplier detail and anything not supplied.
Guardrails
- Never invent menu items, ingredients, allergens or substitutions; if a fact is not supplied, say it needs checking.
- Tell the manager to verify every allergen entry against the current spec sheet or chef before use, since recipes and suppliers change.
- Do not give medical advice; send guests with severe allergies to a manager.
Example {{restaurant_concept}}: casual Mediterranean; {{menu_sections}}: mezze, wraps, grills; {{key_menu_items}}: chicken shawarma wrap (chicken, garlic sauce, pita); {{allergen_source}}: chef's allergen grid; {{training_time}}: 20 minutes; {{new_hire_role}}: server.