Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

YUM! Brands, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements listed below of YUM! Brands, Inc. and Subsidiaries (“YUM”) of our reports dated March 2, 2006, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of YUM as of December 31, 2005 and December 25, 2004, and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows and shareholders’ equity and comprehensive income for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2005, and all related financial statement schedules, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005 and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, which reports appear in the December 31, 2005 annual report on Form 10-K of YUM.

Description	Registration Statement Number
Forms S-3 and S-3/A
YUM! Direct Stock Purchase Program	333-46242
$2,000,000,000 Debt Securities	333-42969
Form S-8s
YUM! Restaurants Puerto Rico, Inc. Save-Up Plan	333-85069
Restaurant Deferred Compensation Plan	333-36877, 333-32050
Executive Income Deferral Program	333-36955
YUM! Long-Term Incentive Plan	333-36895, 333-85073, 333-32046
SharePower Stock Option Plan	333-36961
YUM! Brands 401(k) Plan	333-36893, 333-32048, 333-109300
YUM! Brands, Inc. Restaurant General Manager
Stock Option Plan	333-64547
YUM! Brands, Inc. Long Term Incentive Plan	333-32052, 333-109299

/s/ KPMG LLP

Louisville, Kentucky

March 2, 2006