Frank Camel
Miami
Summary
Motivated Hospitality professional with over thirty years experience working at high volume restaurants, bars, and entertainment venues in large metropolitan seaside areas. Well versed restauranteur with mixology wine and spirit knowledge with a solid background in team leadership and operations. Highly intuitive with inventory control and money saving strategies. Adaptive in deadline oriented roles with the capacity to execute and complete multiple projects in high stress environments.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
General Manager
WINTERPARK Resort, Alterra
Winter Park, CO
10.2025 - 04.2026
- Directed daily operations to enhance guest experience and service quality.
- Implemented cost control measures, optimizing budget allocations and resource utilization.
- Led staff training initiatives, fostering a culture of excellence and teamwork among employees.
- Analyzed customer feedback to drive improvements in service delivery and operational processes.
- Coordinated marketing strategies to increase brand visibility and attract new clientele.
- Established relationships with vendors to negotiate favorable terms and ensure supply chain efficiency.
- Developed performance metrics to monitor team productivity and operational effectiveness.
- Oversaw compliance with safety standards and regulations, ensuring a secure environment for guests and staff.
- Managed budget implementations, employee reviews, training, schedules, and contract negotiations.
- Managed a diverse team of professionals, fostering a positive work environment and high employee satisfaction.
General Manager
The Wall bar kirkwood mountain vail resorts
Kirkwood, California
11.2024 - 04.2025
- Training for preseason opening and constant safety protocol on everyday operations
- Orientation and an express awareness to staff of rules regulations protocols and empowerment activities.
- Overseeing ordering of food and beverage on a weekly bases.
- Creating a weekly front of house schedule to cut labor and maneuver for increase and decrease of business.
- Table touching and guest interaction to maintain brand and guest expectation.
- Maintaining high numbers of covers and creating a teamwork environment
- Hands on management with sense of urgency and power hour pushing of team to fulfill maximum efficiency and sales.
- A motivator team player involving cooperation of personnel skill building exercises.
- Constant training and completion of quizzes throughout the season On product and facilities knowledge and history.
- Increasing sales by using our culinary kitchen to express daily special items created by our team and sold to our guest by our service staff.
Assistant General Manager
Bubba Gump, Landry's
Miami, FL
05.2017 - 10.2024
- Team player, hands on management style
- Managed and directed total annual sales 12M+
- Experienced with all liquor and beer vendors, responsible for ordering schedules and liquor and beer inventory counts
- Helped decrease in-house labor costs down from 27% to 24% within his first 6 months, eliminating overtime all across BOH and FOH
- Managed food cost-29.7%; Managed beverage cost-14.5%; Skilled in P&L Management and budget development, and control
Assistant General Manager
I Lov 305 Daiquiri Bar / Sugar Factory
Miami, FL
05.2017 - 05.2023
- Started as a Bar Manager, promoted to Assistant General Manager after 3 years; Managed and directed annual sales of 4M+
- Trained, developed, and mentored multiple servers and bartenders into supervisory tasks and roles
- Developed a Bartender to Manager, mentored his career/leadership skills, nurturing his current role as a F&B Director
- Decreased Bar Costs from 22% to 13% by determining/focusing on areas of possibilities, mistakes and improper practices and habits
- Ordering and receiving of products; Inventory and proper fluctuation of product for increases and decreases in business
- Worked with employees and guests to create a social media page to increase sales and business
- Wrote training manuals and created in-house documentation including wine and spirits bi-weekly inventory systems on Excel
- Improved daily business techniques of upselling by effectively training staff on high end spirits and wines
- Maintain and surpass nightly sales, upselling courses, and top-shelf wine and spirits, constant training, and hands on experience
- Helped and directed a sales increase from 2.2M to 4M; Managed and directed staff of 26+
- Managed food cost to 21%; Managed Labor costs within budgets, scheduling and maintaining low labor costs
Bar Manager/ Mixologist
Soho bay
Miami Beach, FL
01.2015 - 03.2017
- Managed and directed Bar Sales, training and development of bartenders and servers, annual sales volume 7.4M+
- Mixology and creation of infused cocktails and new trends in syrups and carbonated cocktails
- Liquid nitrogen proper training and show tending iced cocktails
- Inventory control and biweekly audits in order to insure proper levels of product
- Assuring low labor and bar costs weekly ( LC-11% FOH, Beverage Costs- 11-14%)
- Helped Increased sales during tenure from 5.5M to 7.4M+
- Experienced with all liquor and beer vendors, responsible for ordering schedules and liquor and beer inventory counts
- Developed 2 FOH staff members to Shift Supervisors; Developed 1 server to Lead Bartender
- Worked closely with 4 bartenders, 1 Lead Bartender, and 2 Shift Supervisors; Skilled in managing heavy beer and liquor sales
- Developed an alcohol program with the assistance of management and developed head bartenders as craft cocktail specialists
- Trained bartenders and servers to up-sell drinks, safety procedures when dealing with intoxicated guests
- Increased liquor sales per staff member by 10% to 15%
- Increase overall liquor and beer sales by 33%
Bar Manager
Texas De Brazil
Miami, FL
11.2010 - 12.2014
- Hired as a server, promoted to bartender/lead bartender/ Bar Manager after first year
- Annual sales volume – 15M+, beverage/bar sales- 5M+
- Proper fine dining table service and maintenance
- Vast knowledge in wine and spirits; Decanter presentation expertise wine pouring
- Proper cocktail infusion and preparation for large increase and decrease in covers
- Created events and special promotions including holidays and continues family gatherings
- Reorganized bar stations to streamline overall efficiency and service flow
- Ordering and receiving for large amounts of wines and spirits for future increase and decrease of seasonal business
- Developed Bartender Supervisor to Bar Manager upon departure
- Additional Experience: Cleavelander hotel 1032 Ocean drive Miami Beach, Fl 1999-2008 Busser dishwasher Barback maintenance Server Bartender line cook security bar manager front desk night auditor.
Education
Bachelors - hospitality management and business
Florida International University
Miami, FL01.2003
Skills
- Certified food safety manager by the national registry of food safety professionals
- Serve safe Alcohol awareness California
- Responsible vendors Florida Utah food handler permit
- Food handlers Utah and Florida
Websites
Languages
Proficient in Spanish and English
Timeline
General Manager
WINTERPARK Resort, Alterra
10.2025 - 04.2026
General Manager
The Wall bar kirkwood mountain vail resorts
11.2024 - 04.2025
Assistant General Manager
Bubba Gump, Landry's
05.2017 - 10.2024
Assistant General Manager
I Lov 305 Daiquiri Bar / Sugar Factory
05.2017 - 05.2023
Bar Manager/ Mixologist
Soho bay
01.2015 - 03.2017
Bar Manager
Texas De Brazil
11.2010 - 12.2014
Bachelors - hospitality management and business
Florida International University