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Molly Ogilvie

Bridgeport

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

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Bartender

Tautog Tavern
01.2025 - Current
  • Served high customer volumes during special events, nights, and weekends.
  • Managed cash handling duties responsibly, ensuring accurate accounting at the end of each shift.
  • Performed opening and closing duties, printing sales reports, setting up for incoming shift, preparing cash drawers, and taking inventory.
  • Efficiently opened or closed the bar according to established procedures, ensuring preparedness for each shift.

Bartender

The Pub on Howe
01.2024 - 01.2025
  • Developed loyal clientele by consistently delivering outstanding service and engaging in friendly conversation.
  • Maintained a clean and organized workspace, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations.
  • Reduced wait times for drinks by efficiently managing the bar area and prioritizing orders.
  • Enhanced overall guest experience by promptly addressing concerns and resolving issues professionally.

Bartender

Artisan
07.2023 - 12.2023
  • Created cocktail recipes for frequently changing seasonal drink list.
  • Maintained updated knowledge on constantly updated food and wine menu with a focus on French cuisine and Old World wines from lesser known appellations.
  • Served guests in a fine dining environment in a hotel with frequent VIPs.
  • Maintained daily ordering lists for liquor and bar related produce.
  • Led beverage portion of daily pre-service meetings, ensuring front of house staff has up to date and relevant knowledge to successfully sell beverages and meet customer demands.

Bartender

Tavern on State
05.2022 - 01.2023
  • Executed craft cocktail menu to exacting standards while utilizing comprehensive knowledge of frequently rotating craft beers and wines with a focus on natural producers and lesser known varietals.
  • Utilized in depth knowledge of complex and frequently changing food menu, including explaining ingredients and cooking processes.
  • Completed opening and closing procedures including cleaning, stocking, inventory and ingredient preparation.
  • Ensured seamless and enjoyable guest experiences, including recommendations, accurate and prompt coursing of meals, and engaging conversation

Bartender/Shift Manager

Moxie
08.2021 - 05.2022
  • Developed new seasonal beverage menus.
  • Followed strict recipes to create consistent, high-quality and cost effective cocktails.
  • Pleasantly and attentively interacted with guests during times of high volume service to ensure a fun and positive guest experience.
  • Performed opening and closing duties for both the bar and restaurant as a whole, including daily sales reports and cash drawers, ensuring security of the building upon closing, and managing proper opening and closing procedures and side work for bartenders, servers and support staff.
  • Trained and mentored new staff members in a variety of positions to maximize team performance.

Bartender

Bacari Social
05.2021 - 08.2021
  • Part of the opening team for the first season of a new cocktail bar and northern Italian restaurant in a popular marina.
  • Served high customer volumes during private events, nights and weekends.
  • Organized bar inventory and developed procedures to keep stock within optimal levels for both guest demand and restaurant costs.
  • Developed new drink specials, sustaining guest interest and bar revenue.
  • Explained daily specials and beverage promotions to exceed daily sales goals.
  • Oversaw and monitored cash drawers and reconciled reports at closing.
  • Prepared and set pars for house-made ingredients and batches.

Bartender

Conspiracy
06.2020 - 11.2020
  • Executed multiple 16 to 30 drink craft cocktail menus with short notice of menu roll-out in an environment with a large number of bartender's choice requests.
  • Prepared house made ingredients including syrups, batches, fermentations, infusions, cordials and shrubs.
  • Prepared service tickets for a 10 table, 50 capacity patio while simultaneously serving and preparing drinks for the floor and bar, and executing takeout drink orders.


Bartender/Barista

The Owl Shop
06.2019 - 06.2020
  • Made classic and signature cocktails as well as all standard coffee and espresso beverages, panini and charcuterie boards.
  • Utilized comprehensive knowledge of cigars and 250+ whiskey selection, recommending cigars and whiskeys to suit guests' individual preferences.
  • Served guests at cigar counter, bar and on the floor, often simultaneously.
  • Upsold menu items to guests, increasing check averages and maximizing profits.

Bartender

Harp & Hound
06.2018 - 01.2019
  • Served up to 7 tables while serving food and making drinks at the bar in a high volume setting, at times during large local events as the only front of house employee on shift.
  • Utilized mental math and memorization skills in a fast paced environment with no point of sales system.

Bartender

Pattaconk Bar & Grille 1850
05.2018 - 11.2018
  • Purchasing and management of 100+ bottle whiskey program.
  • Monitored pricing and profit margins to ensure fair pricing for guests and lucrative profits for the restaurant.
  • Created new and unique seasonal drink menus, as well as drink specials.
  • Managed, coordinated and received deliveries.
  • Improved business relations with sales representatives, ensuring first access to allocated products.

Education

WSET Level 2

International Wine Center
New York
03-2025

Camp Runamok
Kentucky
05-2022

High School Diploma -

The Williams School
New London
05-2013

Skills

  • Toast, Micros, Rezku, Upserve Experience
  • Cocktail Creation
  • Wine Knowledge
  • Whiskey Knowledge
  • Shift Management

Timeline

Bartender

Tautog Tavern
01.2025 - Current

Bartender

The Pub on Howe
01.2024 - 01.2025

Bartender

Artisan
07.2023 - 12.2023

Bartender

Tavern on State
05.2022 - 01.2023

Bartender/Shift Manager

Moxie
08.2021 - 05.2022

Bartender

Bacari Social
05.2021 - 08.2021

Bartender

Conspiracy
06.2020 - 11.2020

Bartender/Barista

The Owl Shop
06.2019 - 06.2020

Bartender

Harp & Hound
06.2018 - 01.2019

Bartender

Pattaconk Bar & Grille 1850
05.2018 - 11.2018

WSET Level 2

International Wine Center

Camp Runamok

High School Diploma -

The Williams School

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