My Pop-Up Restaurant - Level 2 - Create and Run a Home Restaurant

Sep 19, 2026

Uploaded by Oliver

My Pop-Up Restaurant (Level 2) is a five-day, 6-hour learning activity guiding learners to plan, prepare, price, market, decorate, and host a home-based pop-up restaurant. Learners develop a complete business plan covering concept, logistics, food choices, and budgeting, then create a menu, banner, logo, invitation, and feedback form. The program includes practical cooking stages, ingredient planning, cost calculation, and a final day to serve guests, collect feedback, and distribute costs.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryPresentations

FormatPDF

Pages5

Reading Time2 min

AccessFree to download

DAY 1

Business plan introduction and Sections 1-2

DAY 2

Food plan development and cooking stages

DAY 3

Pricing plan and feedback form

DAY 4

Restaurant setup, menu, invitations, decoration

DAY 5

Cook, serve, host guests, collect feedback

My Pop-Up Restaurant (Level 2) | Description | Set up a meal for your family like a restaurant including planning themeal, cooking the meal and doing the decoration. Share the meal with the family! | | --- | --- | | Leading
Question | Since all restaurants are closed, can we make our own pop up restaurant and serve a meal to our guests at home? | | Total Time Required | 6 hours total over 5 days | | Supplies
Required | Recipe Books, Paper, Pencils, Colours, Kitchen Equipment, Ingredients | | Learning Outcomes | 1. Developing business plans
2. Understanding what goes into preparing a meal
3. Developing budgets | DAY 1 | Today you will learn about how to open and run your own restaurant and start a business plan.
Suggested Activity and Description
Duration | | | | --- | --- | --- | | 5 minutes | ● | Start a conversation about food and tell the learner that since most restaurants are closed, they will get a chance to start their own popup restaurant serving a meal at home | 5 minutes ● ● ● ● ● Learners will explore the business plan template, by going through and understanding the format and the suggested prompt questions Business Plan Template Section 1: Concept of the pop-up restaurant: What will make the restaurant special and unique? Section 2: Logistical plan: Who are the guests? When, where, and how will the meal be served? Section 3: Food plan: What dishes will you serve? What are the ingredients? How will you source the ingredients? How will you make the dishes? Section 4: Pricing plan: What are all your costs? How much will you charge? Section 5: Marketing, communication and decoration plan: What is the name of the restaurant? How will you communicate and share information? What will the menu look like? | 30 minutes | ●
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● | Learners will start filling out the Section 1 and 2 of the business plan (concept and logistical section)
Learners can discuss and interview family members to get inspirations and understand preferences
TIP: It is important that the learner takes the lead and thinks about all the different sections of what it takes to prepare this pop-up restaurant meal. | | --- | --- | --- | | 20 minutes | ●
● | Learners should begin with section 3 of the food plan by interviewing family members on their preferred foods, dietary preferences and begin researching which dishes they would like to serve
TIP: If there are no recipe books available, learners can discuss dishes with family members | | DAY 2 | | | | Today you will continue working on the business plan of your restaurant
Suggested Activity and Description
Duration | | | | 45 minutes | ●
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● | Learners will continue with Section 3 of the business plan (food plan)
Learners will look up recipes and write down all the required steps to make the dishes
Learners will make a list of all the ingredients, required for the dishes and check their availability at home
TIP: The learner should identify simple dishes to make that they can manage start to finish.
TIP: Learners can write recipes based on interviews with the family, in the case that there are no recipe books | | 15 minutes | ● | Learners will understand and experiment with some of the stages of the cooking (esp. to observe the primary chef in their home) | | DAY 3 | | | Today you will finish the business plan and your feedback form. Suggested Duration Activity and Description | 1 hour ● Learners will work on Section 4 of the business plan (pricing plan)
● Learners will create a basic budget with all costs of ingredients, marketing materials, “staff costs”, etc.
● Learners will identify all the main cost buckets of the meal (including the costs of the ingredients, staff costs, price of décor etc.)
● Learners will identify the cost of the ingredients (based on price tags, grocery bills or interviews with the family member who goes shopping)
● Learners will calculate the total c

FAQs

What is the main goal of the My Pop-Up Restaurant (Level 2) activity?

Learners create and run a home-based pop-up restaurant for guests by planning the concept, preparing and cooking the meal, decorating, and hosting a serving day.

How long does the activity take and how is it organized?

It takes 6 hours total over 5 days, with specific tasks assigned to each day (planning, food prep, pricing, setup, and final hosting).

What does the business plan template include?

It covers five sections: concept, logistical plan, food plan, pricing plan, and marketing/communication/decoration plan.

Sep 19, 2026

Uploaded by Oliver