Adult Career Pathways – Restaurant Ready

Restaurant Ready supports adults with disabilities as they build skills for jobs in restaurants, food service, and hospitality. Through hands-on training, individualized support, and connections to employers, participants can prepare for work and take steps toward competitive employment. 

People We Serve

This program is designed for people who may benefit from person-centered support as they build workplace skills, confidence, and experience. Services are offered in the Twin Cities metro, with a primary focus on the northern, northwestern, and eastern metro. 

Program Activities & Support

Participants begin with work-readiness preparation before moving into the Restaurant Ready certificate program, where they build skills in communication, customer service, and industry fundamentals through hands-on training.
Along the way, they receive individualized support from Rise team members, including:

• Career planning
• Job search assistance
• Employer connections

*The State of Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) funded (or funded in part) this training through a grant. The grant recipient created this training. DEED does not endorse this publicity or training or make guarantees, warranties, or assurances of any kind, express or implied, regarding the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, usefulness, adequacy, continued availability or ownership of the information herein or elsewhere.*