Anthony B Cantaderio-Black
Las Vegas,NV
Summary
Professional hospitality expert with proven skills in mixing and serving beverages, managing bar inventory, and ensuring customer satisfaction. Strong focus on team collaboration, adaptability, and achieving high-quality results. Skilled in providing exceptional service, handling high-pressure situations, and maintaining clean and organized workspace. Known for reliability, flexibility, and creating positive experiences for patrons.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Bartender
Allegiant Stadium
06.2024 - Current
- Crafted and served a diverse range of cocktails while ensuring high-quality beverage standards.
- Managed bar inventory, ordering supplies to maintain optimal stock levels.
- Trained new bartenders on cocktail preparation and customer service best practices.
- Developed signature drinks that enhanced guest experience and increased repeat visits.
Bartender
MGM Grand
08.2019 - Current
- Prepare alcohol or non-alcohol beverages for bar and restaurant patrons.
- Interact with customers, take orders and serve snacks and drinks.
- Assess customers' needs and preferences and make recommendations.
- Mix ingredients to prepare cocktails.
- Performed opening and closing duties, printing sales reports, setting up for incoming shift, preparing cash drawers, and taking inventory.
- Increased customer satisfaction by providing excellent service and crafting high-quality cocktails.
Crew Supervisor
IHOP
04.2013 - 08.2019
- Cash registry, Inventory
- Cleaning food preparation, utensils and surfaces for prepping and cooking
- Multitask different food orders simultaneously
- Provided guidance, instruction and leadership to archive our daily goals as a team
- Supervised daily operations to ensure adherence to quality and service standards.
- Coordinated team schedules to optimize staffing and meet peak demand periods.
Team Leader
Jack In the Box
12.2011 - 07.2015
- Food Preparations
- Cook, Assist with sanitation of work area
- Provided guidance, instruction and leadership to archive our daily goals as a team
- Supervised team operations, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards.
- Trained and mentored staff to improve service quality and efficiency.
- Resolved customer complaints effectively, improving satisfaction ratings.
- Led team meetings to communicate goals, expectations, and performance feedback.
Restaurant Team Member
Kentucky Fried Chicken
07.2008 - 12.2011
- Great Customer Relations with Customers, Cash registry, Inventory
- Sanitation of work area
- Performed opening and closing duties as needed, ensuring the restaurant was prepared for efficient operation each day.
- Demonstrated exceptional multitasking abilities by managing multiple tasks simultaneously during peak hours without sacrificing quality of service or attention to detail.
- Assisted in maintaining a clean and organized dining area, contributing to a positive guest experience.
- Prepared food orders, cooking on grill and operating fry station.
- Used proper techniques to prepare food and ingredients.
Education
Associate of Arts - Culinary Arts
College of Southern Nevada
Las Vegas, NV06.2015
High School Diploma -
Southwest Career Technical Academy
Las Vegas, NV06.2010
Skills
- Team Player, enthusiastic, enjoy challenges
- Ability to work under pressure
- Commitment and dedication to job responsibilities
- Excellent customer service
- Basic knowledge of computer, and math
- Highly reliable
- Strong multitasking
- Patience and tolerance
- Outgoing personality
- Responsible alcohol service
- Menu memorization
- Food service
- Alcohol awareness
- Inventory
- Fluency in Spanish
- Point of sale systems
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Bartender
Allegiant Stadium
06.2024 - Current
Bartender
MGM Grand
08.2019 - Current
Crew Supervisor
IHOP
04.2013 - 08.2019
Team Leader
Jack In the Box
12.2011 - 07.2015
Restaurant Team Member
Kentucky Fried Chicken
07.2008 - 12.2011
Associate of Arts - Culinary Arts
College of Southern Nevada
High School Diploma -
Southwest Career Technical Academy