86 the Busywork · YouTube, Instagram & TikTok
Cut the busywork out of running a food business.
In a kitchen, “86” means cut it. I’m Ryan, and I run a taco truck and a catering company in Santa Ana. On 86 the Busywork I show how I use AI and automation to capture leads, follow up automatically, track sales and spend less time in my inbox — and how each system is built, so you can set it up for your own food business.
What the videos cover
Real systems from a working truck and catering business. New video every week, with the free template linked.
Capture every lead
Catering and order inquiries land in one place instead of getting lost across DMs, texts and email.
Follow up automatically
Quotes, reminders and thank-yous go out on time without you typing them at midnight.
Track your sales
See what sold, where and when, without building the spreadsheet by hand every week.
Spend less time in email
Sort, draft and answer the routine stuff fast, so you get back to the line.
Built in a real kitchen
Every system on the show runs inside our own businesses first.
Ryan Lane
Born and raised in Santa Ana. Ryan started Tacos El Gringo in 2017 and founded Culinary Curators LLC in 2024, which runs weekly meal prep, custom catering and the kitchens at Garden AMP and The Third Sports Lounge.
86 the Busywork is the playbook he uses to run all of it with a small team.
Get each new system in your inbox
When a new video goes up, you get one short email: what the system does, the free template, and what we’re testing next in our own kitchen.
Want the full toolkits?
Our pricing workbooks, catering proposal templates and food truck start-up kit are the same sheets we use to run our business.