Marinos Batzianis
Mountain View,CA
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Supervisor
Barbayiani Taverna
Los Altos, CA
09.2024 - 03.2025
- Led service in an upscale Greek restaurant.
- Trained staff on service standards, wine, beverages, and food, and ensured that restaurant operations ran smoothly.
- Updated menus according to seasonality and availability.
- Created and maintained the wine list and cocktail menu.
- Drove per-person sales up by 40%.
Sommelier /Restaurant Server
Meyhouse
Palo Alto, CA
11.2023 - 07.2024
- Delivered table service in an upscale Turkish restaurant with live jazz music.
- Restocking wines, beverages, and managing inventory.
- Assisted guests with wine and cocktail selection, wine pairings, and enhancing the dining experience.
- Regularly updated wine and beverage list according to seasonality and availability.
- Trained new staff members on service standards and wines.
- Received positive feedback from guests, contributing to increased customer loyalty, and sales.
Server Captain
Taverna Palo Alto
Palo Alto, CA
11.2021 - 10.2023
- Led a team of servers in an upscale, farm-to-table Greek restaurant, with an emphasis on fine wine.
- Coordinated large events and private parties, ensuring seamless execution.
- Developed and maintained strong relationships with regular patrons.
- Making sure all side work is completed, in a correct and timely manner.
Beach Manager /Server Supervisor
Mykonos Dove
Mykonos, Greece
05.2018 - 10.2021
- Supervised daily beach operations, ensuring a high standard of service.
- Managed a team of over 20 staff members.
- Provided exceptional service at Anios Restaurant, the main restaurant of Mykonos Dove Hotel.
- Assisted with the training of new staff members, ensuring adherence to service standards.
- Coordinated beach, restaurant, and bar operations.
- Only during the summer (May–October).
Server
Conservatorium Hotel
Amsterdam, Netherlands
11.2018 - 04.2020
- I started working as the Head Runner for the first three months, before getting promoted to server.
- Delivered service in Taiko, a fine dining, contemporary Asian restaurant, and the hotel's main restaurant.
- Conducted wine and food pairings, enhancing the dining experience for guests.
- Making sure all mise en place of support members (runners, bussers) was finished in a correct and timely manner.
- Only during the winter, when away from Mykonos (October-April).
Busser /Server Assistant
Aqua Beach bar
Thasos, Greece
06.2012 - 10.2017
- Provided service to beachgoers at a popular family-owned beach bar.
- Assisted Servers/Bartenders around the premise.
- Assisted with the setup and breakdown of beach equipment and seating areas.
- Upsold beverages and food items, contributing to increased sales.
- Maintained a clean and organized beach area.
- Promoted From Busser to Beach Server in 2014 and to shift supervisor in 2016.
Education
Tourism And Travel Management
Mediterranean College
Thessaloniki, Greece06-2018
Culinary Arts -
IIEK DELTA
Thessaloniki06-2016
Skills
- Safe Food Handling
- Beverage Preparation
- Extensive Bar, Wine and food knowledge
- Table Setting
- Guest Seating
- Check payment processing
- Guest Relations Management
- POS operation
- Table setting arrangements
- Sales Techniques
- Effective customer upselling
- Menu Memorization
- Suggestive Selling
- Service prioritization
- Point of Sale (POS) system operations
- Banquet Coordination
- Order Management
- Food inspection
- Guest Engagement
Languages
English
Full Professional
Greek
Native/ Bilingual
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Supervisor
Barbayiani Taverna
09.2024 - 03.2025
Sommelier /Restaurant Server
Meyhouse
11.2023 - 07.2024
Server Captain
Taverna Palo Alto
11.2021 - 10.2023
Server
Conservatorium Hotel
11.2018 - 04.2020
Beach Manager /Server Supervisor
Mykonos Dove
05.2018 - 10.2021
Busser /Server Assistant
Aqua Beach bar
06.2012 - 10.2017
Tourism And Travel Management
Mediterranean College
Culinary Arts -
IIEK DELTA