With a robust background in the hospitality industry, notably at Vincent’s on Grand, I've honed my expertise in food handling and cash management, alongside cultivating a professional attitude. My experience includes enhancing customer satisfaction through efficient service and building warm relationships, demonstrating both hard and soft skills vital for any food service role.
When my daughter started kindergarten I thought it would be good to work breakfast lunch at a hotel. I tried and stayed on part time for 2 years but continued at Vincents.
I worked mainly lunch’s here as I also exercised horses in the mornings. It was a patio and if it rained a lot they would pretty much close it. So I started picking up banquets on call at night at hotels such as Four Seasons Aviara, L’eau Berge Del Mar, and Rancho Valencia
I worked here Sundays and Mondays
Las Brisas was part of the El Torito restaurant group. I worked for that group for 10 years at El Torito Grille, El Torito Laguna Hills and finally Las Brisas.
I grew up riding horses and after college used these skills as a way to travel and see the world. I spent a year in Spain working for the Sarasola family on their ranch outside of Madrid. The sons both rode internationally and for Spanish Olympic team. I spent a couple years in Japan working on a ranch outside of Tokyo for the Hirota family. They trained racehorses and their son also rode internationally and Olympics. And also spent time at a barn in Hamburg, Germany where I rode horses for a horse dealer with mainly international clients.