For restaurants & cafés

Train new restaurant staff who don't all speak English

You hire constantly, your kitchen speaks more than one language, and you're teaching the same closing and food-safety steps over and over. Tiendo turns a two-minute spoken walkthrough into a clear routine, translated into your team's language, that every new hire can follow on their phone — and confirm they understood.

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No app for your staff to install · Works on any phone · No credit card to try

In short: Tiendo lets a restaurant owner record a job once — closing, prep, allergen handling, a station — and hand every new hire the same clear routine in their own language, with a record that they read and understood it. No app for staff, no courses to build.

Why training restaurant staff is so hard right now

Restaurant turnover runs far higher than almost any other industry, so onboarding isn't a one-time event — it's a weekly cost. And when your back of house speaks Spanish, Haitian Creole or Vietnamese, a walkthrough in English leaves real gaps in exactly the places that matter most: food safety, allergens, cleaning.

You run the same closing and food-safety walkthrough for every new hire, and quality dips while they learn.
Your new cook doesn't speak English well, and you can't tell if the allergen and hygiene steps landed.
A misunderstanding on the line can mean a failed inspection, a sick guest, or a bad review that costs you customers.
You don't have time to write real SOPs or translate them — there's no one whose job that is.

How Tiendo helps

Talk through a job the way you'd show a new coworker. Tiendo structures it into clear steps with the safety and hygiene points called out, then translates it — keeping every temperature and time exact — so the new hire reads it in the language they think in. Post it as a QR code at the station, or send it as one link. When they tap "read and understood," you get a dated record in their language.

One routine, every language your team speaks: EspañolKreyòlTiếng ViệtالعربيةPolski中文

How it works

Talk it in. Walk through closing, a prep station, allergen handling or a cleaning process out loud — messy and natural is fine.
Get a clear routine. It becomes tidy steps, safety notes and checkpoints, then translates into your team's language — numbers and temperatures kept exact.
Your team reads and confirms. Post a QR code at the station or hand a new hire one link. They read it on their phone, come back to it anytime, and tap "read and understood."

Questions restaurant owners ask

How do I train kitchen staff who don't speak English?

Record the job in your own words; Tiendo structures it and translates it into your team's language — Spanish, Haitian Creole, Vietnamese and more — so each new hire reads the same steps in the language they understand, on their phone, with no app to install.

Can I give food-safety instructions in Spanish and other languages?

Yes. Every routine you create can be translated into the languages your team speaks, with numbers, temperatures and times kept exactly as you said them, so safety-critical detail isn't lost.

Do my staff need to download an app or make an account?

No. Staff scan a QR code or open a link and read the routine right away. Nothing to install, no password — that's the point for busy frontline workers.

How is this different from a full training platform?

Big training platforms are built for enterprises with a training department, sold through sales calls. Tiendo is self-serve and made for the small operator: you talk a routine in and it's ready in minutes, not built as courses.

Does this prove my staff were trained for a health inspection?

It gives you a dated record that the instruction was delivered in the worker's language and that they confirmed they read and understood it. That's useful documentation — but it is not a food-handler certification and does not guarantee an inspection outcome.

How long does it take to set up?

Your first routine takes about two minutes: talk it through, pick the languages, and it's ready to post or assign.

Say it once. Never train it from scratch again.

Build your first restaurant routine free and see it come back clear, in your team's language.

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Other teams we're built for

Also for catering, food trucks, bakeries, commissaries, grocery and delis

Same food safety, same closing, same allergen handling, different building. Grocery and delis add cash handling and receiving at volume. Catering adds transport and off-site setup. Everything here fits; record your own routines on top.