The fractional training department for growing restaurant brands

We build people systems to help you scale.

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We built Chipotle’s training system.

As Chipotle employees and heads of training from 2012 to 2021, we built the training infrastructure the brand still runs today. Years later it still promotes 90% of its leaders from within. We now run the same system for brands across the industry, customized to each one.

1M+

Frontline employees trained

10K+

Managers trained

8,000+

Active restaurants on the system

Training Audit

Compare your training to the industry’s best
One week turnaround
Intro call
Analysis
Debrief

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Flagship

Trainer’s Toolkit

Recipe & procedure cards
New hire tools & learner plans
Trainer’s guide
Daily ops log
Digital courses and videos

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Cinematic Upgrade

Orientation, culture & founder story films
Recipe & standards films
Manager conference films

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What the system covers.

New Hire Orientation

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Recipes & Standards

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Leadership Development

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What we believe.

The 80% Club

Great brands develop leaders from within

Promote 80% of your leaders internally and you become very hard to stop. Chipotle runs at roughly 90%. The system is built to get you there.

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Edutainment

Training should not be something people endure

People only learn from what they actually watch. So we make training they want to watch, then wire it to checklists, workshops, and shift habits.

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Hands & Screens

Restaurants are tactile, so training has to be too

Nothing digital teaches someone to build a plate. Nothing physical tracks a thousand completions. Real training uses both, and knows which one to reach for.

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Case studies.

Piada Italian Street Food

+50% guest satisfaction in 6 months

A hospitality program across 50 locations. E-learning, workshops, video, and keynotes on a structured rollout. The results held for years.

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Chagee

A $5.1B U.S. debut

Nearly 7,000 locations in Asia, zero localized U.S. training. As their fractional training department, we built it all from scratch.

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Din Tai Fung

The industry’s best AUV

Training helped get them there. Stories for new hires, executive communications, and manager conferences with world-class media.

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“If you’re serious about delivering results, choose Training Simplified. Your employees will thank you for it. Ours already have.”

Corban NicholsVP of Restaurant Excellence · Piada Italian Street Food

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The system is built, proven, and available at three levels. Thirty minutes and you’ll know where to start.

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One Week Training Audit.

Compare your training to the industry’s best.

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Compare your training to the systems live in more than 8,000 locations.

We’ve built training programs now live in more than 8,000 restaurants. From the system we built while working at Chipotle (the one they’re still running today!) to the 15+ brands we’ve worked with since, we’ve seen every variation under the sun.

When you send us your training, we can tell you exactly what’s working, what’s not, and how to fix it.

How it works.

Intro Call

Thirty minutes to meet, talk through your goals, and hear where your training stands today.

Analysis

After committing and sending payment along with your training materials, an NDA available if you need one, we analyze everything and compare it against industry standards.

Debrief

One week later, we walk you through exactly what’s working, what’s not, and how to fix it.

What we evaluate.

What We Need From You

Business goals
Current training materials
Who’s accountable for training and how
How employees access training
Budget for training

What We Compare It Against

Our system, live in more than eight thousand restaurants
Training industry best practices
Restaurant operator feedback

See the interviews and the work we’ve done for other brands on the Training Simplified Podcast.

What it costs.

$799

Flat fee. Paid after the intro call.

1 Week

From payment to debrief

Free

Thirty minute intro call

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Thirty minutes to meet, talk through your goals, and hear where your training stands today.

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Open more restaurants with consistent experiences.

For founders and restaurant leaders opening more locations. Physical tools for the line. Digital courses for your leaders. Customized to your brand and packaged in one case.

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1M+

Frontline employees trained

10K+

Managers trained

8,000+

Active restaurants using the system

The full walkthrough. Every tool in the case, explained.

Built for you

Every kit is fully customized: your recipes, your procedures, your stations, your culture.

We’ve built these for a variety of brands and no two kits look the same, because no two brands are the same.

What people say about working with us.

1:06

In their words

Why the system stuck

1:08

In their words

Rolling it out across locations

0:31

In their words

What changed on the floor

The Trainer’s Toolkit case, open: flip chart, welcome booklets, Trainer’s Guide, and card decks — What comes in the Trainer’s Toolkit.

Everything you need to train every person in your restaurant, in one kit.

Grill, procedure, drink, and prep card decks on binder rings

Recipe & Procedure Cards

Durable cards made to get handled. They get thrown in the dish pit, washed off, and back on the line the next shift.

New Hire Tools

An orientation flip chart and a culture booklet, so day one lands the same way in every location.

Trainer’s Guide

Station-by-station walkthroughs so anyone can teach to the standard, not just the person who happens to know it. Every guide is built for one brand. No two look the same.

Station sign-off sheets: orientation, cashier, sushi, kitchen, sashimi

Learner Plans

One-page sign-off sheets that make progress visible and accountable for every role. New hires and station training, shift leaders, and GMs each get a plan built for the job they’re doing.

Video Learning Courses

Digital curriculum for shift leaders and GMs, each with its own training plan. Proven best practices from the best-run brands in the industry, like a trainer with 20 years in the business in your pocket. Currently running in more than 8,000 locations.

Instant access to industry standards. More than fifty courses across three programs, ready to jump-start your curriculum on day one, with digital delivery and completion tracking built in.

Food, Feel, Flow. Hospitality training. Guest satisfaction up 50% in six months, and the gain held for years.

GREAT Shifts. Shift leadership that shows up as better execution and safer shifts.

Restaurant Business Simplified. The P&L for GMs: sales up, with sustained cuts to food, labor, and operating costs.

Add your own content whenever you’re ready.

The path to completion.

STEP 1

We come to you

We visit your restaurants to learn your brand, your stations, and your standards. We collect everything you already have.

STEP 2

We build it all

Everything built from scratch, customized to you. Three to six months from kickoff to case-in-hand.

STEP 3

Your trainers run it

A train-the-trainer rollout so the system sticks. Every new store opens on it.

Every kit is scoped to your brand’s size. Book a call for pricing.

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Thirty minutes. We’ll listen to where you’re at and help you figure out if this is the right move for your stage of growth.

Questions

Frequently asked questions.

What’s actually in the Trainer’s Toolkit?

Everything you need to train every person in your restaurant, in one kit. A trainer’s guide that walks through every station in your store, one-page sign-off sheets for every learner, new hire orientation tools (a flip chart plus a culture booklet), recipe and procedure cards, a daily operations logbook for line checks, and full training plans for shift leaders and GMs, including access to our digital curriculum, currently running in more than 8,000 locations. It all comes packaged in one case.

How long does it take to build one for my brand?

Three to six months. We come on-site with you, learn your brand and your locations, and collect every piece of training material you already have: recipes, SOPs, whatever’s on the walls or buried in a Google Drive. Then we build everything from scratch, customized to you.

Is this a template, or is it actually built for my brand?

Built for you. Every kit is fully customized: your recipes, your procedures, your stations, your culture. We’ve built these for a variety of brands and no two kits look the same because no two brands are the same.

Why physical materials instead of just digital?

Because restaurants are physical places. Recipe cards get thrown in the dish pit and washed off. Logbooks get passed hand to hand between managers. We’ve found tactile, in-the-restaurant tools actually get used in a way a Google Doc doesn’t. That said, shift leader and GM training also comes with full digital course access. This is a hybrid system, not an either/or.

Who is this for?

Founders and restaurant leaders growing past one location. If you’re opening new locations, franchising, or moving into a new market and need consistency without flying back and forth every week, this is built for that.

Do shift leaders and GMs get their own training?

Yes. Each gets a dedicated learning plan. Shift leaders get a one-page plan built for their role, plus access to our full digital restaurant curriculum. GMs get the same, but built around the P&L: sales, COGs, labor, and the other levers that make a store profitable, not just operationally sound.

What’s it like to work with you guys?

Awesome.

How does this help with food safety and daily standards?

The kit includes a physical operations logbook for line checks, covering temperatures, sani buckets and parts per million, plus space for managers to leave notes for each other and track deep-cleaning schedules. Many brands pair it with digital line check systems too.

Can this help me franchise?

Yes. That’s exactly what it’s designed for. It’s what lets you hand a new franchisee the exact standards and culture you built in location one.

What does it cost, and how do I get started?

Every kit is scoped to your brand’s size and complexity, so pricing depends on what you’re building. Book a call and we’ll listen to where you’re at and help you figure out if this is the right move for your stage of growth.

One case. Every standard.

Three to six months from kickoff to a fully customized training system in every location.

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Your restaurant is
more than recipes.
Your training
should be too.

You poured your heart and soul into building your restaurant. We pour the same into making sure everyone knows what makes it special.

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Section 01 · New Hire Orientation

Belief, on film.

Culture stories, founder stories, values, mission and purpose, and the growth waiting for anyone who stays. Filmed in your restaurants, with your people, in your voice. Day one lands the same way in every location.

7:26

Denise’s Story

Bun Mee · A career, on camera

3:31

A Family Legacy

Din Tai Fung · Founder story

0:45

Angel’s Story

Parable Hospitality · Growth

2:33

Welcome to Chagee

Chagee · Day one in the U.S.

These founder stories have a page of their own. The full films, and how each one got made. See the full stories

Section 02 · Recipes & Standards

Tribal knowledge, worth watching.

The recipes, procedures, and hospitality standards your best people carry around in their heads. Filmed, captioned, and cut so anyone can learn them. Teachable and enforceable, without you in the room.

1:16

Hot Tea Latte

Chagee · Recipe & standards

1:32

F3 Hospitality

Piada · Food, Feel, Flow

2:16

The Art of Xiao Long Bao

Din Tai Fung · Craft on camera

1:31

The Overview Reel

Ninety seconds of everything

Section 03 · Managers

Your best leaders, teaching the rest.

Somebody in your company has already solved the problem everyone else is stuck on. We put them on camera and turn what they know into training the whole field can use. Conferences are one place we do it. Award nights, store visits, and everyday shifts are others. Not generic leadership content. Your leaders, saying what actually worked.

3:09

Identifying Future Leaders

Piada · Their managers, on camera

1:00

The Sammie Awards

Mendocino Farms · Recognition

4:46

GMLS ’25 Opening

Mendocino Farms · Setting the tone

Din Tai Fung 2025 conference recap video still

3:04

DTF ’25 Recap

Din Tai Fung · The whole room

What our partners are saying.

“Piada has partnered with Training Simplified on past conferences, but never saw the needle move as much as our last one in 2025 where they created a conference closing video for us. The passion, engagement, and tenacity that we experienced from our team immediately coming out of our conference was like nothing we have experienced before. They were able to distill our key themes to a single message and truly inspire our brand to be better. As a direct result, we saw improvement in multiple organizational KPIs and even witnessed a complete impact to satisfaction scores, comp sales, and traffic by year’s end to put us positive YoY.”

Corban NicholsVP of Restaurant Excellence · Piada Italian Street Food

“Not only do they help conceptualize material from the start but they walk through the entire process step by step to ensure the desired outcome. The Training Simplified team understand restaurants, training, and how to bring the best out of Team Members and Managers. Grateful for the partnership and stoked that we were able to create material that will live (and inspire) in perpetuity.”

Jacob LeagueVP of Ops Services · Mendocino Farms

Put your brand on screen.

Filmed once in your restaurants. Working for years in your onboarding.

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Home/Domains / New Hire Orientation

Domain 01

Day one should feel like the right decision.

Onboarding and paperwork don’t inspire. We convert your story, expectations, and growth philosophy into a structured experience that scales across every location and role.

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What we build

Belief, before the first shift.

Founder-led story explaining why your brand exists and what it stands for
Clear standards, so people know what great looks like
Culture reinforced through real examples and leadership perspective
Career paths and internal growth opportunities, made visible
Assets packaged for day-one onboarding and ongoing use
Hiring brand & recruiting assets, so hiring and onboarding operate as one belief system

See it in action

Orientation, brought to life.

Founder stories, values, and welcome films from real client builds.