Hi, I’m
Alicia Zuniga
Monterey,CA
Summary
- 20+ years in Natural Food, Retail and Food and Beverage Industry
- Customer Service/Perishable Management Specialist
- Certified: Horticulturist/Serve Safe/RBS/WSET level 1/ Barstarts/Barsmarts Basic/Pro
- Aspiring towards vegan raw dessert chef/Food management and safety/Level 2 wine sommelier
- Currently studying Herbalism/Permaculture/Real estate
Overview
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Folktale Winery And Vineyards
Server/Wine Educator
05.2023 - Current
La Bicyclette
Server
04.2021 - 10.2021
Pescadero
Hostess/Server/Bar
10.2018 - 04.2019
Folktale Winery And Vineyards
Event Assistant
08.2019 - 03.2020
Big Sur Bakery
FOH Customer Service/waitress
02.2018 - 11.2018
Cornucopia Community Market
Produce Buyer/Manager
12.2013 - 09.2014
Eco Carmel
Sales Associate/Visual Merchandising/Social Media
11.2012 - Current
Whole Foods Market
Customer Service Associate/Floral
05.2010 - 06.2011
Succulent Gardens
Customer Service Specialist
01.2008 - 01.2009
Earthbound Farm's Farm Stand
Kitchen Manager/Customer service
03.2002 - 03.2006
Education
Barsmarts Level 2/3 Level Certification Barsmarts.com
09.2022
Crystal Dawn Culinary Crystaldawnculinary.com
Raw Vegan Dessert Chef from Raw Vegan Dessert Creation And Operations Mgmnt
12.2021
BarsmartsBarsmarts.com
from Barstarts Level 1
12.2021
Napa Valley Wine Academy 39-45 Bermondsey Street, London
WSET Level 1 Award In Wines from Wine Sommelier
06.2019
Monterey Peninsula CollegeMonterey Peninsula, California
Associate of Science from Ornamental Horticulture
2010
Skills
- Waitressing experience
- Botanical nomenclature/ID
- Team Building/Training
- Receiving/Inventory Management
- WSET level 1 Wine
- Current CA Serve Safe Certified
- Retail Sales/Department Development
- Customer Service Specialist
- Perishable Management
- Produce Processing/Storage
- Procurement/Pricing
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Quality Control/Food Safety
- Department Resets/Plano-grams
- Barsmarts: barstarts, basics, professional certification
- Current RBS training and certification
- Visual Merchandising
- Social Media Marketing
Timeline
Server/Wine Educator
Folktale Winery And Vineyards
05.2023 - Current
Server
La Bicyclette
04.2021 - 10.2021
Event Assistant
Folktale Winery And Vineyards
08.2019 - 03.2020
Hostess/Server/Bar
Pescadero
10.2018 - 04.2019
FOH Customer Service/waitress
Big Sur Bakery
02.2018 - 11.2018
Produce Buyer/Manager
Cornucopia Community Market
12.2013 - 09.2014
Sales Associate/Visual Merchandising/Social Media
Eco Carmel
11.2012 - Current
Customer Service Associate/Floral
Whole Foods Market
05.2010 - 06.2011
Customer Service Specialist
Succulent Gardens
01.2008 - 01.2009
Kitchen Manager/Customer service
Earthbound Farm's Farm Stand
03.2002 - 03.2006
Barsmarts Level 2/3 Level Certification
Crystal Dawn Culinary
Raw Vegan Dessert Chef from Raw Vegan Dessert Creation And Operations Mgmnt
Barsmarts
from Barstarts Level 1
Napa Valley Wine Academy
WSET Level 1 Award In Wines from Wine Sommelier
Monterey Peninsula College
Associate of Science from Ornamental Horticulture
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