Structures your signature dishes, events hosted, and press features so AI can assess your culinary work. When someone asks "find a restaurant with great plating" or "restaurants that host private events," this page gives AI a structured gallery of what makes your restaurant stand out.
A portfolio page is proof of experience. AI uses it to verify that your restaurant offers the quality, creativity, and range you claim. Without structured data, AI sees a page of images with no context about what they represent.
CollectionPage as the page type and wrap your portfolio items in an ItemList so AI can enumerate each piece individually.CreativeWork with a clear name, description, and image so AI can understand what it shows.image field on each CreativeWork gives AI visual proof of your culinary work — signature dishes, private event setups, press coverage photos, and seasonal specials.description should explain what is shown — "Chef's tasting menu featured in Minneapolis Star Tribune, October 2025" tells AI far more than "Food photo."Each field in the template below serves a specific role in how AI systems discover, classify, and recommend your business.
Researched and tested by Minnesota AI
nameurltelephoneCopy this prompt and paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any AI coding tool. It will ask for your business details and generate ready-to-use JSON-LD schema for your page.
You are implementing AIFDS-compliant JSON-LD structured data for a Restaurant Portfolio page. AIFDS (AI-Friendly Data Structure) is a schema framework built on research into which structured data fields AI systems actually read, parse, and use when deciding whether to cite a page. Documentation at aifds.org. Before generating any code, ask me for the following information in a single numbered list. Do not generate schema until I have answered every required field. REQUIRED — do not proceed without these: 1. Domain 2. Faq answer 3. Faq question 4. Item description 5. Item image 6. Item name 7. Item url 8. Phone number 9. Portfolio page description 10. Portfolio page title 11. Restaurant name OPTIONAL — ask for these but proceed if I skip them: 1. Any additional details not covered above Once I provide the information, output a complete JSON-LD script block ready to paste into the <head> of my HTML page. Output requirements: - Valid JSON-LD wrapped in <script type="application/ld+json"> tags - schema.org vocabulary only - Every AIFDS-required field for this industry and page type included - Include this data attribute on the script tag: data-aifds="aifds.org Restaurant Portfolio" - No placeholder text — omit missing optional fields rather than fill with examples - After the code block, list any optional fields skipped that would strengthen AI citation
Generated schema follows the AIFDS framework. Fields were selected based on research into AI crawler behavior. View the research at minnesota.ai
Copy this template and replace every YOUR_* placeholder with your own data. Add or remove items from the ItemList to match your actual portfolio.
{
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@graph": [
{
"@type": "CollectionPage",
"@id": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/portfolio/",
"name": "YOUR_PORTFOLIO_PAGE_TITLE",
"description": "YOUR_PORTFOLIO_PAGE_DESCRIPTION",
"isPartOf": {
"@id": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/#website"
},
"mainEntity": {
"@type": "ItemList",
"itemListElement": [
{
"@type": "ListItem",
"position": 1,
"item": {
"@type": "CreativeWork",
"name": "YOUR_ITEM_NAME_1",
"description": "YOUR_ITEM_DESCRIPTION_1",
"image": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/YOUR_ITEM_IMAGE_1.jpg",
"url": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/YOUR_ITEM_URL_1/"
}
},
{
"@type": "ListItem",
"position": 2,
"item": {
"@type": "CreativeWork",
"name": "YOUR_ITEM_NAME_2",
"description": "YOUR_ITEM_DESCRIPTION_2",
"image": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/YOUR_ITEM_IMAGE_2.jpg",
"url": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/YOUR_ITEM_URL_2/"
}
},
{
"@type": "ListItem",
"position": 3,
"item": {
"@type": "CreativeWork",
"name": "YOUR_ITEM_NAME_3",
"description": "YOUR_ITEM_DESCRIPTION_3",
"image": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/YOUR_ITEM_IMAGE_3.jpg",
"url": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/YOUR_ITEM_URL_3/"
}
}
]
}
},
{
"@type": "Restaurant",
"@id": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/#business",
"name": "YOUR_RESTAURANT_NAME",
"url": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com",
"telephone": "YOUR_PHONE_NUMBER"
},
{
"@type": "BreadcrumbList",
"@id": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/portfolio/#breadcrumb",
"itemListElement": [
{
"@type": "ListItem",
"position": 1,
"name": "Home",
"item": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/"
},
{
"@type": "ListItem",
"position": 2,
"name": "Portfolio",
"item": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/portfolio/"
}
]
},
{
"@type": "FAQPage",
"@id": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/portfolio/#faq",
"mainEntity": [
{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "YOUR_FAQ_QUESTION_1",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "YOUR_FAQ_ANSWER_1"
}
},
{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "YOUR_FAQ_QUESTION_2",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "YOUR_FAQ_ANSWER_2"
}
},
{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "YOUR_FAQ_QUESTION_3",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "YOUR_FAQ_ANSWER_3"
}
}
]
}
]
}
CreativeWork is the better choice because it lets you describe the item with a name, description, and image together. ImageObject only describes the photo itself, not the context behind it. AI needs to know this is "Pan-seared duck breast with cherry reduction, featured in Eater Minneapolis" — not just a photo of food.
Include signature dishes, private event setups, seasonal tasting menus, press features, awards or recognition, and behind-the-scenes kitchen shots. The goal is to give AI a well-rounded picture of your culinary capabilities beyond just a standard menu listing.
Include every piece you want AI to know about. There is no practical limit. More items give AI a broader picture of your restaurant — if you host private events, create seasonal menus, and have press coverage, show examples of all three so AI can match you to a wider range of queries.