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Restaurants and bars · RB-18
Service Briefing and Specials Sheet
A free printable restaurant service briefing sheet — specials with contents, allergen flags and portions, what is off, bookings to know about and who attended.
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What this sheet is for
Give the floor one page that says what the kitchen is doing today, so the specials are described the same way at every table.
Who it is for
Restaurant managers and head chefs who brief before each service, and the front of house teams who need something to read again at the pass at nine.
How to use it
- The kitchen fills in the specials: dish, what is in it, allergen flags from your matrix, price and portions.
- List anything off the menu today and what to suggest instead.
- Add the bookings the floor needs to know about — large parties, occasions.
- Brief the team, and write in who was there.
- Cross through a special when it sells out so the sheet stays true.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: The pre-service briefing on one page: specials, what is off, the bookings to know about and who heard it.
Write-on lines: Date · Service · Briefed by · Time · Present at briefing
Specials — allergen flags from your own matrix, prices your own
Table, 4 rows: Dish · What is in it · Allergen flags · Price · Portions · Sold out at
Off today
Table, 2 rows: Item · Why · Suggest instead
Bookings and notes for the floor — large parties, occasions, VIPs, changes
Table, 4 rows: Time · Table · Party · What to know
Questions
Where do the allergen flags come from?
From your own allergen matrix, filled in by the kitchen. The sheet gives the floor a column to read from; it does not decide what is in a dish.
Why record who was at the briefing?
Because a special described wrongly at a table usually traces back to someone who arrived after the briefing. Knowing who heard it tells you who needs a quiet word at the pass.
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