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Hospitality training built by people who have done the job.

Five-minute interactive lessons. Real scenarios from real restaurants. Credentials that follow you everywhere.

For your team. For your career

One platform for your team. One path for your career.

Operator coaching three line cooks during a shift, brand watercolor.

For operators

Train your team on a phone, not in a classroom

  • Interactive lessons your team actually finishes. Scenarios and decisions, not lecture videos.
  • See who is certified, who is stuck, and who is audit-ready, all on one dashboard.
  • Food-safety and compliance certifications that drop onto every worker’s MAJC Trading Card.
Hospitality worker tapping through a MAJC lesson on their phone, brand watercolor.

For hospitality workers

Get certifications that travel with you

  • Five-minute interactive lessons designed for short breaks.
  • MAJC certifications drop onto your MAJC Trading Card when you finish a course.
  • Your credentials travel with you to the next job.

Inspired by conversations with industry leaders

The curriculum draws on hundreds of hours of interviews with chefs and operators we admire. The lessons are ours. The perspective is theirs.

  • Tyler Florence Chef and Restaurateur
  • Maneet Chauhan Chef and Iron Chef
  • Andrew Zimmern Chef and James Beard winner
  • Matt Jennings Chef and MAJC co-founder
  • Sarah King Chief People Officer, Darden
  • Erika Bongort Chef and Cheese Professional

The lessons your team needs, in their pocket anytime.

Why hospitality training fails and what Academy fixes

Common gaps operators name in every conversation. Each maps to a course on MAJC.

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70% of restaurants offer no formal training. 62% of employees say lack of training would make them leave.

No training

TalentLMS State of Training in F&B, 2019

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Workers motivated by career growth in hospitality fell from 22% to 18% in a single year.

No career path

Toast Restaurant Employee Insights, 2025

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"Staff was reduced to tears. Management treated us like we were disposable."

No mentorship

BuzzFeed, 2021. Bartender verbatim

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Below sommelier and Certified Food Protection Manager, hospitality has almost no portable, industry-wide credentials for hourly workers.

No certification

NRA and AHLA workforce data

Quick-service restaurant workers are 5× more likely to quit over miscommunications with management in their first 90 days.

Wrong fit

HourWork QSR exit surveys, 2021

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86% of operators offer fewer than 10 hours of training per year. The lowest of any service industry.

No time

NRA, 2025

Tap through a real lesson

Seven screens. Real choices. One five-minute lesson. No slides.

  • Scenarios over slides
  • Instant feedback: learn by failing safely
  • XP + streaks, built like the apps you already open
  • MAJC certifications that travel with you
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Food Safety Essentials

12 min+25 XP

Master the fundamentals of food safety every hospitality pro needs to know.

Tap to continue

Purpose-built courses

Courses for operators and hospitality workers to level up their skills.

  • Service +80 XP Managing Guest Complaints 15 min

    Managing Guest Complaints

    De-escalation steps, manager handoffs, and what to document before the guest leaves.

    +80 XP Service
  • Service +60 XP Greeting Guests 12 min

    Greeting Guests

    Reading the door, opening lines that land, and the first impression that shapes the whole table.

    +60 XP Service
  • Service +120 XP Handling Intoxicated Customers 20 min

    Handling Intoxicated Customers

    How to spot escalation, cut off without conflict, and document for liability protection.

    +120 XP Service
  • Bar +100 XP Alcohol Service Laws and ID Verification 18 min

    Alcohol Service Laws and ID Verification

    Federal and state rules every bartender and server needs to know cold.

    +100 XP Bar
  • Service +70 XP FOH Communication 101 14 min

    FOH Communication 101

    Shift notes, 86 boards, and incident logs. How to keep the team aligned across two rooms.

    +70 XP Service
  • Kitchen +90 XP Temperature Control for Food Safety 16 min

    Temperature Control for Food Safety

    Cold-hold, hot-hold, the danger zone, and what the inspector actually checks for.

    +90 XP Kitchen

Your training = credentials that travel

Every course you finish adds a MAJC certification to your MAJC Trading Card. Switch venues, change cities, or roles, and your badges follow you.

Service

Managing Guest Complaints

MAJC VERIFIED MJC-GC-0014
Service

Greeting Guests

MAJC VERIFIED MJC-GG-0027
Service

Handling Intoxicated Customers

MAJC VERIFIED MJC-HI-0039
Bar

Alcohol Service Laws

MAJC VERIFIED MJC-AL-0042
Service

FOH Communication 101

MAJC VERIFIED MJC-FC-0056
Kitchen

Temperature Control

MAJC VERIFIED MJC-TC-0061

Why not just use YouTube

YouTube teaches you to tie a bow tie. MAJC Academy teaches you to run a restaurant. Interactive scenarios and certifications that travel with you.

YouTube university

Ad-hoc video learning

  • Passive. Watch, forget, move on.
  • No sequencing, no spaced repetition.
  • Nothing structured for employers to scan.
  • No manager visibility or completion tracking.
  • Zero connection to jobs or community.
MAJC Academy

Interactive lessons that stick

  • Interactive. Decisions, not just playback.
  • Spaced repetition built into every module.
  • MAJC certifications added to your MAJC Trading Card.
  • MAJC Professional certification on your profile.
  • Connected to Jobs and Community. One career loop.

Train like it matters. Because it does.

Five-minute interactive lessons. Certifications that follow you everywhere.