7shifts Academy offers free, self-paced online restaurant management courses built by the team at 7shifts (trusted by 50,000+ restaurants). You’ll learn practical skills like scheduling, hiring, marketing, and using numbers to protect your margins.
Cost: 100% free, no credit card
Format: On-demand lessons you can watch between shifts
Focus: Real restaurant problems like labor, turnover, and profitability
These courses teach the skills managers use every day—so you can lead stronger shifts and earn more responsibility.
Better systems beat quick fixes. Train your team on scheduling, hiring, and marketing so your business runs tighter without burnout.
All 7shifts Academy courses are 100% free—no credit card, no hidden fees. Learn even if you don’t use 7shifts.
If you manage shifts, manage a team, or you want to, this training is for you.
(GMs, AGMs, and owner-operators)
Run smoother shifts with scheduling, labor control, and daily execution.
(Servers, hosts, bartenders, and supervisors)
Build leadership and operations fundamentals to get promoted.
(Sous chefs, kitchen leads, and BOH managers)
Connect kitchen leadership to costs and performance to learn the business.
Build schedules that keep labor in line and your team sane.
Reduce errors with fewer gaps and last-minute fixes
Keep it fair by balancing availability and coverage
Control labor by matching hours to demand
Includes video lessons, blog posts, and real-life case studies. Covers scheduling best practices, common mistakes, and and technology.
An overview of daily management tools, skills and tips for restaurant managers.
Includes video lessons, blog posts and real-life case studies that cover:
Qualities of successful restaurant managers
Creating an effective work environment
Avoiding common pitfalls
Managing tips
Self-Paced Online Learning: Enroll anytime and learn at your own pace. Take lessons on your phone, tablet, or computer.
Time Commitment: Most courses take a few hours total, and you can split that across multiple sessions.
Videos: quick, expert-led lessons.
Articles: deeper context when you want it.
Quizzes: check what you actually retained.
Templates: plug-and-play tools for the floor.
Bring in guests, then give them a reason to come back.
An overview of effective marketing and branding techniques for restaurant managers.
Includes video lessons and blog posts that cover:
Creating a marketing plan
Digital marketing best practices
Sending emails to customers
Taking food photos for social media
Making a Google Business page
Hire better, onboard quicker, and keep your best people longer.
Attract talent with free job description templates.
Includes video lessons, templates, and blog posts that cover:
Creating a staff training manual
Effective interview questions
How to train restaurant employees
Creating a great work culture
Have you ever noticed a team member struggling, but didn’t know how to help them?
Hassel Aviles, the Founder and Executive Director of Not 9 to 5, will take you through free mental health training for the restaurant industry.
Get access to professional and free restaurant management courses designed for the hospitality industry. Download a free certificate upon completion of a course.
By the end, you’ll have practical skills you can use on your next shift.
Labor-smart scheduling: control costs without chaos
Stronger teams: hire, train, and retain better.
Restaurant marketing fundamentals: bring in guests on a real-world budget.
7shifts replaces disconnected tools with one platform for restaurants—simplifying workflows so your team can thrive.
No credit card required.
If you’re new to management, start with Scheduling and Daily Management.
Yes, many restaurant managers don’t have a hospitality degree. Experience plus targeted training in operations and leadership often matters more to employers.
General managers at high-volume or fine dining restaurants can earn $65,000 to $100,000+ annually. Pay typically rises with stronger financial and leadership skills.
They’re on-demand, so you can enroll and start anytime.
They’re completely free.
They’re built for restaurant owners, managers, and team members who want to move into leadership.
Courses are self-paced, and most can be finished in a few hours total.