Menu wording and specials

Module 2: Do the job better with AI

Course outline

Quick check

Guess first, no penalty. The chef wants a menu description for a new special: slow-cooked lamb with mint and roasted carrots. What is the safe way to use AI here?

Menus, specials and dish descriptions are good work for AI. It can shorten a line, add warmth or fit a description into a small space. It can't know what is in the pan, what a supplier changed, or what cross-contact happens in the kitchen.

Cross-contact is when an allergen touches food that should be free of it, such as a shared pan. That's a kitchen fact, and only the kitchen's records and staff can confirm it.

A prompt is the message you type into the tool. Keep the ingredient list in it exact.

Wording is safe, ingredients are not

Write a menu description for a restaurant special. Under 20 words. Warm and simple.
Use only these ingredients, exactly as listed: lamb shoulder, mint, carrots, olive oil, salt.
Don't add any health claim, allergy claim or "gluten-free" wording.

Your turn

Fill the gaps

Fill each gap so the wording is the tool's job and the facts come from the kitchen.

Prompt

Write a menu description for a restaurant special. Under . . Use only these , exactly as listed. Don't add any .

Try it

Your steps, about 2 minutes

0 of 1
  1. 1.Pick one dish on your menu. Write its description with AI using the request above, then check each ingredient against the recipe card.2 min

Practice

Question 1 of 2

The special cooks in a pan shared with flour dishes. A server wants to write 'gluten-free' on the menu because the sauce has no flour. What's right?

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