raise the grade

Raise-The-Grade® was formed to offer ServSafe® training to throughout North Carolina and beyond.

Anywhere.
Anytime.

Continued growth in the hospitality and food services industry has brought more restaurants and lodging options to our communities than ever could have been imagined a decade ago. Responding to this growth, Raise-The-Grade® was formed to offer ServSafe® Food Safety Manager classes, ServSafe® Alcohol Service, ServSafe® Food Handler training, food safety auditing services, and HACCP consultation all types of food service operations.

find the class for you

Highly interactive, instructor-led course streamed live from a commercial kitchen to your home or workplace.

  • Live Instructor
  • Training complete in less than a day
  • Can be taken as a group on one shared computer

livestream classes

we have what you need

Fully interactive, live instructor-led food safety course delivered in a traditional classroom setting.

  • Private Training Options Available
  • Available in Spanish
  • Refresher Training Add-on Module

in-person classes

Online food safety course from The Always Food Safety Company and includes the proctored exam.

  • ANSI-accredited Food Safety Manager
  • Stop and start when you have time
  • Meets most state guidelines required by Health Departments

online course

in-person

livestream

online

Raise-The-Grade® is proud to have experienced instructors who collectively have over 125 years of experience in the areas of hospitality/lodging, food preparation, food service, corporate training, management, marketing/sales, purchasing, catering, business financials, secondary and collegiate education, and of course customer service. It is our goal that each student leaves the class not only armed with more knowledge of food safety and sanitation but with positive, up-beat, professional renewal for the food service & hospitality industry.

Meet our Instructors

experience

Look Who's Raised-Their-Grade with Us!  We are proud to showcase our graduates.

ServSafe® Certificate Program Graduates 

testimonials

Download or print any of these that may be helpful for training, maintaining, or managing food safety in the operation.

Resource Library & Blog

education

Meet our instructors, check out our locations, and explore our resources

a deeper dive

Regularly scheduled classes in centralized NC locations are offered in: Asheville, Boone, Charlotte, Durham, Fayetteville, Kings Mountain, Greensboro, Greenville, Hickory, High Point, Jacksonville, Mooresville, Raleigh, Rock Hill (SC), Waxhaw, Wilmington, Wilson, and Winston-Salem.

*Raise-The-Grade® also offers private corporate training. If the regularly scheduled dates and locations do not fit your company's needs, please contact us for other training options.*

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