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Restaurant jobs with green card sponsorship exist across full-service dining, hotel food and beverage operations, and institutional foodservice. Employers can sponsor foreign workers through PERM labor certification under EB-3 for skilled positions like chefs and sous chefs, or EB-2 for culinary directors and advanced-degree food science roles. Sponsorship typically follows a demonstrated inability to fill the role locally.
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As an Assistant Coach (Assistant General Manager), you support your store as a leader, strategist, and mentor. You'll inspire your team, drive operational excellence, and deliver exceptional guest experiences using data-driven insights to build healthier communities through real food.
As an Assistant Coach (Assistant General Manager), you're a hands-on leader who inspires your team while driving operational excellence. You'll mentor team members to become future leaders, partner with the Head Coach to set goals and track performance, and use data-driven insights to navigate challenges and ensure exceptional guest experiences that build healthier communities through real food. These responsibilities highlight some of the key functions an Assistant Coach performs. Additional supervisory tasks may be assigned as necessary.
Essential Functions
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People + Leading the Team: Partners with the Head Coach on hiring, onboarding, and training while fostering a culture of trust and recognition. Anticipates operational needs and adjusts deployment to support smooth operations. Provides hands-on coaching, steps in during peak times or staffing gaps, and ensures clear communication for consistent execution.
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Food Safety + Journey: Upholds high standards for food safety, cleanliness, and equipment maintenance by inspecting food quality, checking temperatures, and ensuring compliance. Partners with the Head Coach to promptly resolve facility, supply, and quality issues while ensuring team member safety and strong audit performance.
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Customer Experience: Ensures a clean, hospitable, and brand-aligned guest journey by upholding SWEET standards, acting on guest experience metrics, and making timely business decisions to deliver fast, accurate, and memorable in-store and digital experiences.
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Financial + Business Acumen: Supports operational excellence by managing controllable costs, executing schedules, and partnering with the Head Coach to drive sales and implement short- and long-term strategies using insights from the Ops Dashboard.
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Systems, Process + Tech: Ensures effective team deployment and expert use of systems by supporting daily operations, troubleshooting issues, and prioritizing tasks to drive smooth and efficient execution.
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Execute Assistant Coach Career Path Duties: Perform all essential functions outlined in the Shift Leader role, including those from the Kitchen Lead and Team Member roles.
What Makes You Stand Out
- Experience in fast casual restaurant chains
- Hands-on experience with local, organic, and sustainable products
- Familiarity with tech tools and systems used in operations and scheduling
- Proven leadership experience with strong problem-solving skills and ability to make confident decisions under pressure
- Excellent communicator who fosters positive team culture, mentors employees, and delivers exceptional guest experiences
- Highly organized, reliable multitasker with experience in scheduling, coaching, and performance oversight
Minimum Requirements
- Meet all physical requirements for all roles within the career path, including the Assistant Coach, Shift Leader, Kitchen Lead, and Team Member.
- 2+ years in a restaurant management/supervisory role
- Experience managing and developing 6+ team members per shift
- Food Handler or ServSafe certification
- Must be available to work a minimum of 30 hours per week
- Must be 18 years of age or older
- Must be authorized to work in the United States
What Perks You'll Get
- Competitive base salary + 15% bonus potential
- Medical, dental + vision insurance plans to suit your and your family's needs
- Paid Vacation + Wellness time
- 401(k) program
- Paid family leave; we fully support new parents
- Complimentary greens
- Free sweetgreen swag
- An opportunity to make a real impact on the people around you, both by growing them and connecting them to real food
- A collaborative team of people who live our core values and have your back
- A clear career path with opportunities for development, both personally and professionally
Who We Are
Sweetgreen is a national restaurant brand dedicated to building healthier communities by connecting people to real food. Since 2007, Sweetgreen has reimagined fast food to be fresh, flavorful, and rooted in relationships with farmers and communities. As we grow, we are committed to developing our people in our restaurants and at our support center, so that everyone can be part of the movement. When you join Sweetgreen, you not only invest in your own future but help create spaces where food, people, and purpose come together
Sweetgreen provides equal opportunities for all employees and applicants, without regard to sex or gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, any service in the uniformed services of the United States, or any other consideration protected by federal, state, or local law.
California residents: Review our applicant privacy notice HERE.
sweetgreen participates in the federal government's E-Verify program to determine employment eligibility. To learn more about the E-Verify program, please click here.
A Healthier Future Starts With You
As an Assistant Coach (Assistant General Manager), you support your store as a leader, strategist, and mentor. You'll inspire your team, drive operational excellence, and deliver exceptional guest experiences using data-driven insights to build healthier communities through real food.
As an Assistant Coach (Assistant General Manager), you're a hands-on leader who inspires your team while driving operational excellence. You'll mentor team members to become future leaders, partner with the Head Coach to set goals and track performance, and use data-driven insights to navigate challenges and ensure exceptional guest experiences that build healthier communities through real food. These responsibilities highlight some of the key functions an Assistant Coach performs. Additional supervisory tasks may be assigned as necessary.
Essential Functions
-
People + Leading the Team: Partners with the Head Coach on hiring, onboarding, and training while fostering a culture of trust and recognition. Anticipates operational needs and adjusts deployment to support smooth operations. Provides hands-on coaching, steps in during peak times or staffing gaps, and ensures clear communication for consistent execution.
-
Food Safety + Journey: Upholds high standards for food safety, cleanliness, and equipment maintenance by inspecting food quality, checking temperatures, and ensuring compliance. Partners with the Head Coach to promptly resolve facility, supply, and quality issues while ensuring team member safety and strong audit performance.
-
Customer Experience: Ensures a clean, hospitable, and brand-aligned guest journey by upholding SWEET standards, acting on guest experience metrics, and making timely business decisions to deliver fast, accurate, and memorable in-store and digital experiences.
-
Financial + Business Acumen: Supports operational excellence by managing controllable costs, executing schedules, and partnering with the Head Coach to drive sales and implement short- and long-term strategies using insights from the Ops Dashboard.
-
Systems, Process + Tech: Ensures effective team deployment and expert use of systems by supporting daily operations, troubleshooting issues, and prioritizing tasks to drive smooth and efficient execution.
-
Execute Assistant Coach Career Path Duties: Perform all essential functions outlined in the Shift Leader role, including those from the Kitchen Lead and Team Member roles.
What Makes You Stand Out
- Experience in fast casual restaurant chains
- Hands-on experience with local, organic, and sustainable products
- Familiarity with tech tools and systems used in operations and scheduling
- Proven leadership experience with strong problem-solving skills and ability to make confident decisions under pressure
- Excellent communicator who fosters positive team culture, mentors employees, and delivers exceptional guest experiences
- Highly organized, reliable multitasker with experience in scheduling, coaching, and performance oversight
Minimum Requirements
- Meet all physical requirements for all roles within the career path, including the Assistant Coach, Shift Leader, Kitchen Lead, and Team Member.
- 2+ years in a restaurant management/supervisory role
- Experience managing and developing 6+ team members per shift
- Food Handler or ServSafe certification
- Must be available to work a minimum of 30 hours per week
- Must be 18 years of age or older
- Must be authorized to work in the United States
What Perks You'll Get
- Competitive base salary + 15% bonus potential
- Medical, dental + vision insurance plans to suit your and your family's needs
- Paid Vacation + Wellness time
- 401(k) program
- Paid family leave; we fully support new parents
- Complimentary greens
- Free sweetgreen swag
- An opportunity to make a real impact on the people around you, both by growing them and connecting them to real food
- A collaborative team of people who live our core values and have your back
- A clear career path with opportunities for development, both personally and professionally
Who We Are
Sweetgreen is a national restaurant brand dedicated to building healthier communities by connecting people to real food. Since 2007, Sweetgreen has reimagined fast food to be fresh, flavorful, and rooted in relationships with farmers and communities. As we grow, we are committed to developing our people in our restaurants and at our support center, so that everyone can be part of the movement. When you join Sweetgreen, you not only invest in your own future but help create spaces where food, people, and purpose come together
Sweetgreen provides equal opportunities for all employees and applicants, without regard to sex or gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, any service in the uniformed services of the United States, or any other consideration protected by federal, state, or local law.
California residents: Review our applicant privacy notice HERE.
sweetgreen participates in the federal government's E-Verify program to determine employment eligibility. To learn more about the E-Verify program, please click here.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Restaurant
Document your culinary credentials before applying
Gather foreign culinary school diplomas, apprenticeship records, and any professional certifications now. USCIS requires your credentials to match the PERM job description exactly, so gaps between your documents and the posted role can stall or kill a petition.
Target hotel and resort food and beverage departments
Large hospitality groups with multiple properties are far more likely to have in-house HR and immigration infrastructure than independent restaurants. Search for openings at branded hotel groups that already run E-Verify, as that signals an employer familiar with the federal compliance side of sponsorship.
Use Migrate Mate to filter for PERM-sponsoring restaurants
Search Migrate Mate to find restaurant and hospitality employers with active green card filing history. Filtering by EB-3 sponsorship saves you from applying to restaurants that have never navigated PERM, which is where most candidates lose time.
Understand how PERM prevailing wage affects your offer
Before accepting any offer, verify that the proposed salary meets DOL wage requirements for your role and location using the OFLC Wage Search. An offer below the prevailing wage will get the PERM application denied, regardless of how strong the rest of the petition is.
Ask employers about their PERM recruitment history
PERM requires the employer to complete mandatory recruitment steps like newspaper ads and job postings before filing. Ask hiring managers directly whether they've completed PERM recruitment before. A restaurant that has never run the process is unlikely to complete it successfully without specialized legal help.
Check your O*NET job zone before targeting EB-2 roles
Not all restaurant roles qualify for EB-2. Review your position's O*NET occupation profile to confirm it requires an advanced degree or its equivalent. Executive chef and food and beverage director roles are more likely to qualify than line cook or prep positions, which typically fall under EB-3.
Green Card Restaurant: Frequently Asked Questions
Which restaurant roles typically qualify for EB-3 green card sponsorship?
EB-3 covers skilled workers in roles requiring at least two years of training or experience, which includes positions like sous chef, pastry chef, and banquet chef. Line cook and prep cook roles may qualify under the unskilled or other worker EB-3 subcategory, though employer willingness to sponsor those roles through PERM is far less common given the cost and timeline involved.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for restaurant workers?
The green card route through PERM and I-140 leads to permanent residency, not a temporary status with an expiration date. EB-3 has no annual lottery and no cap concerns for most nationalities, unlike the H-1B visa. The tradeoff is timeline: PERM labor certification alone can take six months to over a year before an I-140 petition is even filed, making it a longer but more permanent path.
How do I find restaurant employers who will actually sponsor a green card?
Use Migrate Mate to search for restaurant and hospitality employers with verified EB-2 or EB-3 filing history. Most independent restaurants have never filed a PERM application and lack the HR infrastructure to do so. Focusing your search on employers with documented sponsorship activity dramatically improves your odds of reaching an offer that leads to an actual green card filing.
Can a restaurant sponsor me for a green card if I'm currently on a different visa status?
Yes. Your current visa status does not prevent an employer from filing a PERM labor certification on your behalf. You can accumulate PERM filing history and an approved I-140 while working in another authorized status. Adjustment of status to a green card typically happens later, once a visa number becomes available based on your priority date and country of birth.
What happens if my restaurant employer withdraws sponsorship after PERM is approved?
An approved PERM labor certification is tied to the specific employer and job offered. If the employer withdraws before your I-140 is approved, the PERM certification is typically unusable. However, if your I-140 has been approved for 180 days or more and you find a new job in the same or similar occupational classification, you may be able to port the priority date under AC21 portability rules.