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Michele DiPietro

Michele DiPietro

Philadelphia,United States

Summary

Restaurant professional with proven track record in managing high-volume dining establishments, focusing on elevating customer satisfaction and operational excellence. Known for fostering collaborative team environment and consistently achieving business goals. Possesses strong skills in staff management, menu planning, and financial oversight, coupled with results-driven mindset

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Realtor, Sales Associate

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, Realtors
06.2019 - Current
  • Investment Business in Pennsylvania & New Jersey. Managed a large portfolio of diverse properties, catering to the unique needs of each individual client.

Tasting Room Manager

Saddle Hill Cellars
05.2024 - 02.2025
  • Manager of the Winery and Farm, daily tasting room/restaurant operations, hiring, onboarding and training staff, guest relations, table management, scheduling, labor control, inventory and overall operations of business

Teacher

The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College
08.2021 - 08.2022
  • Engaging the students and guiding their learning in both the hands-on lab setting and the lecture classrooms
  • Develop schemes of work, lesson plans and tests that are in accordance with established procedures
  • Certified and trained by the PLCB as a classroom instructor to provide a Responsible Alcohol Management Program

Multi-Units General Manager Vino Volo B/C and D/E Terminals

Paradies Lagardère
08.2019 - 08.2021
  • Managed two terminal locations, scout for employee candidates, conduct interviews, spot talent, hire, coach, and evaluate staff
  • Ability to manage vendor relationships at a local level, including knowledge of how the wine distribution industry works
  • Responsible for all business results, Profit and loss statement, inventory and all financial operational goals

Director of Restaurants & Bars

PM Hotel Group
08.2017 - 08.2019
  • Company Overview: Marriott Renaissance Hotel
  • Full responsibility for the operational, marketing and financial management of all restaurant and bar operations in the Hotel
  • This includes hiring, training, supervising and motivating the F&B management and staff teams with the expressed aim of delivering 'best in class' operations that maintain successful positions in the market; are consistent with the hotel's brand; and achieve budgetary objectives

General Manager

Schulson Collective
08.2016 - 05.2017
  • Most anticipated restaurant opening of 2016 with an award winning interior design as well as a very successful dining room and bar scene including 2 floors and a speakeasy/bowling lanes on the lower level with a very busy private event venue

Owner

Meritage Restaurant & Wine Bar
06.2006 - 09.2015
  • Worked on premise daily to manage operations including private events/group parties, accounting, staff management, customer satisfaction, kitchen control by keeping food at 25% and labor cost under 15%, award winning wine list by Wine Spectator, honored by the Philadelphia Business Journal for outstanding cost control, honored with 3 bells from Philadelphia Inquirer food critic, Craig Laban in 2009

Assistant General Manager/ Sommelier

Smith and Wollensky
04.2002 - 06.2006
  • Manage a bi-level restaurant with two kitchens, two bars and a seating capacity of 300
  • Assisted in the hiring and training of employees, staff scheduling, daily points of service, banquets and private events, reservations, and maintained budgetary and inventory concerns
  • In charge of staff wine education and sommelier responsibilities in the dining room

Education

B.A. - Early Childhood/Elementary Education

Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

Skills

  • Restaurant Ownership, Award Wine Lists, 3 Bells Local Food Critics
  • Hospitality management
  • Purchasing management
  • Menu development
  • Performance analysis
  • Cost control
  • Staff leadership
  • Director in Hotel Food & Beverage Operations
  • Multi Unit Management
  • Sommelier
  • Hiring, Training, Onboarding
  • Operational efficiency

Timeline

Tasting Room Manager

Saddle Hill Cellars
05.2024 - 02.2025

Teacher

The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College
08.2021 - 08.2022

Multi-Units General Manager Vino Volo B/C and D/E Terminals

Paradies Lagardère
08.2019 - 08.2021

Realtor, Sales Associate

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, Realtors
06.2019 - Current

Director of Restaurants & Bars

PM Hotel Group
08.2017 - 08.2019

General Manager

Schulson Collective
08.2016 - 05.2017

Owner

Meritage Restaurant & Wine Bar
06.2006 - 09.2015

Assistant General Manager/ Sommelier

Smith and Wollensky
04.2002 - 06.2006

B.A. - Early Childhood/Elementary Education

Temple University

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