A gamified, teacher-built course that turns leadership and operations into real-world practice - business planning, concept design, staffing, schedules, menus, and marketing. A full capstone so competition prep happens inside class time and your after-school hours are yours again.

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Restaurant Management Digital Curriculum

KP Restaurant Management is a fully online, teacher-built curriculum that puts management into motion. Use it in class or as an independent student project. It includes gamified, scenario-based modules, interactive activities and simulations, editable lesson plans, auto-graded assessments, and rich multimedia. A complete Capstone Project is included, and pricing is as affordable as a student workbook.

100% ready to teach with limited prep time. Lessons, rubrics, and assessments are classroom-ready so you can launch quickly.

Standards-aligned and industry-driven. Mapped to Family & Consumer Sciences (FCS) and the Hospitality & Tourism Career Cluster standards, with competencies informed by hospitality industry expectations.

Teacher Guidebook included: proven strategies to introduce skills to all students and to incorporate competition prep during class time…helping you avoid hours of after-school work.

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Full access to the first two modules

Detailed narrative of all 21 modules (scope, skills, activities)

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Ideal for these programs:

  • Culinary arts and food service courses

  • FACS programs (teach the sequence or pull single lessons)

  • ProStart-affiliated programs

  • SkillsUSA, FCCLA, C-CAP, NHSBBQ, and ACF Competition Events

  • Workforce development/Job Corps centers

Streamlined Lessons

  • Master essential skills with ready-to-teach modules:

  • From Dream to Reality: Designing a Successful Restaurant Concept

  • Becoming a Culinary Professional

  • Mastering Entrepreneurship and Business Plans

  • Company Organizational Structure

  • Restaurant Business Operations

  • Customer Service

  • Projecting Business Sales

  • Financing the Business

  • Regulations and Permitting

  • Entertainment Licensing

  • Floor Plan

  • Interior Design

  • Branding

  • Marketing in the Restaurant Industry

  • What Is a Menu? The Tool That Drives Every Restaurant

  • Menu Engineering: Straight from the Pros Who Invented It

  • The Math Behind the Menu

  • Menu Presentation and Guest Experience

  • Front of the House Operations

  • Competition Strategies

  • Capstone Project: From Concept to Company – Launching a Restaurant Start-Up

  • Resource: Teacher Guide - Delivering Curriculum, Capstones, Competition Prep, & Customizing Modules to Fit Your Classroom.

Testimonials

Competition-Ready: Scholarships & Opportunity

Give every student a real shot at college and careers. This curriculum provides everything needed to build a complete Restaurant Management or Entrepreneurship competition project - from first idea to polished pitch - opening pathways to scholarships, especially for students who might not otherwise see a route to college.

Ideal for these programs

  • End-to-end build: concept brief, market research, financial model (startup budget, cost control, sales forecasting), menu engineering, operations plan, staffing and org chart, FOH service plan, marketing and branding, food safety and compliance, and final pitch.

  • Aligned to competitions: guidance and checklists mapped to SkillsUSA, FCCLA, and ProStart expectations, with judge-style rubrics and scoring sheets for practice.

  • Ready-to-use tools: editable templates, costing templates, a menu-engineering matrix, a labor tracker, and a sales forecasting spreadsheet.

  • Built for access: designed to be completed during class with teacher scaffolds and peer review, so students don’t need excessive after-school time.

  • Scholarship momentum: students finish with a professional portfolio they can submit to competitions and scholarship applications, showcasing leadership, teamwork, communication, and critical thinking.

  • "This was so much easier to set up and adopt than MyCulinaryLab." – Kathleen Hassett, Horry Georgetown Technical College

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KP is a proud partner of CAFE, an organization dedicated to advancing education in our industry. They have an excellent conference in June where you can meet other like-minded educators around the country and learn new skills from experienced professionals. Visit their website, and mention KP when you sign up for an extra goodie.

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CONTENT

Days of instruction – 90+
Pages of content – 125+
Student projects – 45+
Videos and Animations 
Assessments – 1,000+

FEATURES

  • 100% ready-to-teach - limited prep required

  • Standards-aligned (FCS & Hospitality & Tourism Career Cluster; industry-driven competencies)

  • Customizable modules

  • Integrated, auto-graded tests

  • Student performance reports

  • Import and edit web content

  • Ongoing updates and support

  • Anytime/Any Device access

REQUIREMENTS

Edge
Firefox 24.0+
Google Chrome
Safari
Mobile device browser

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