Restaurant Management Internship

Great American Restaurants Inc•Fairfax, VA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Great American Restaurants (GAR) is a privately owned restaurant group with over 50 years of history, known for its commitment to quality, hospitality, and developing long-term leaders. With multiple concepts and continued growth across Northern Virginia and Maryland, GAR offers a unique opportunity to learn in a high-performing, team-oriented environment. The Great American Restaurants Management Internship is a consecutive 10-week paid program designed for college students who are interested in hospitality, restaurant operations, and future leadership opportunities. This internship provides a realistic, hands-on experience in restaurant management. Interns rotate through key hourly and management functions, learn GAR’s service standards, and work alongside experienced restaurant leaders to understand what it takes to succeed in a high-volume, standards-driven environment.

Requirements

College student interested in hospitality, restaurant operations, and future leadership opportunities.
Professionalism, teamwork, and guest focus.
Ability to meet the expectations of hourly GARStars in each rotation.
Ability to successfully complete required training benchmarks, including tests with a score of 90% or higher.
Coachability, consistency, and a strong work ethic.

Nice To Haves

Energized by hospitality.
Interested in restaurant leadership.
Comfortable working in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
Hardworking.
Detail-oriented.
Interested in building a long-term career in restaurant management.

Responsibilities

Rotate through core areas including hosting, food running, serving, service bar, dining room supervision, and kitchen management shadowing.
Understand how hourly roles connect to leadership decisions, guest experience, team coordination, and restaurant performance.
Gain exposure to additional areas such as kitchen operations, artisanal bakeries, breweries, or financial management based on performance and business needs.
Develop skills in operational execution, team coordination, guest experience leadership, and professional accountability.
Attend weekly manager meetings and receive ongoing coaching, feedback, and guidance.
Uphold GAR’s standards of professionalism, teamwork, and guest focus.
Meet the expectations of hourly GARStars in each rotation.
Successfully complete required training benchmarks, including tests with a score of 90% or higher.
Demonstrate coachability, consistency, and a strong work ethic throughout the program.
Potentially take on a supervisor-level role during the final week of the internship.