Restaurants and franchises · Onboarding
Onboarding training for restaurant teams, in three short examples
Most restaurant groups still train new starters with a slide deck and a trainer, repeated at every site. These clips show the same first-day routines as interactive steps a new starter clicks through on a phone. The brand in them, Tavelo, is fictional.
Example 01 · 30 s
How do you train a new restaurant starter on opening checks?
Turn the opening checklist into steps the new starter does themselves: check the fridge display is in range and tick it off, bin anything past its date and log it, then build the house dish the same way as every other site. Each step gets a tap and instant feedback instead of a slide to read.
Transcript
Your first day at Tavelo. Three checks before the doors open.
The fridge first. Tap the display: in range, tick it off.
Labels next. Past its date? Bin it, and log it.
Then the house bowl, the same at every site: base, protein, greens, sauce last.
Send us the deck you train with. We’ll turn it into a course like this.
Example 02 · 15 s
How do you teach new kitchen staff to check date labels?
Show real tubs and let the new starter decide: a label that says use by today stays, one from yesterday goes in the bin and gets logged. Making the call and seeing the result sticks better than reading the rule.
Transcript
Which one goes in the bin?
Use by today? Keep it.
Yesterday? Bin it, and log it.
Your procedures, as a course new hires click through.
Example 03 · 12 s
Can a restaurant training slide become an interactive course?
Yes. The content of an existing slide, SOP or checklist stays the same; each step becomes something the new starter taps through, with voice-over, captions and a check at the end. One deck you already train with is enough to start.
Transcript
One slide from your training deck.
Now it’s a step new staff click through.
Send us yours.
Restaurant onboarding: common questions
How long should a restaurant onboarding module be?
Three to five minutes, on one topic. A new starter can finish it on a phone during a shift, and a short module is quick to update when a procedure changes.
Which onboarding topics work best as interactive training?
Routines where a mistake is easy to make and costly to repeat: opening and closing checks, date labels, allergen questions, spills and cleaning, shift handover, service standards and the house recipes.
How do all sites in a chain get the same training?
Every site opens the same course from one web link, so every new starter learns the same standard, instead of each trainer explaining it a little differently.
Do new starters need to install anything?
No. The course opens in the browser on a phone, tablet or computer. It can also go into your existing learning platform as a SCORM package.
What do we need to send to start?
One slide deck, SOP or checklist you already train with. You get a free sample scene from it, and a plan and quote within two working days.
Want one for your team?
Send one fileA free sample scene from your material, with a plan and quote in two working days.