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Bartender

SOKY SUON

Long Beach,CA

Summary

Dynamic bartender with extensive experience at YardHouse Darden Restaurants, excelling in high-pressure environments. Proven ability in creative mixology and responsible alcohol service, while delivering exceptional guest service and hospitality. Recognized for training new staff and enhancing team performance, ensuring a memorable experience for patrons during major events. Fluent in English and Khmer.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Bartender

YardHouse Darden Restaurants
04.2018 - 08.2025
  • Served high customer volumes during special events, nights, and weekends. Bartended the biggest events in Long Beach such as, Long Beach Grand Prix, Rollin' Loud, and Vans Warped Tour.
  • Performed opening, middle, and closing shifts. Efficiently opened and closed the bar according to established procedures, ensuring preparedness for each shift.
  • Efficient and well experienced with pepping fruits, juices, creating syrups from scratch, and setting up multiple wells at once.
  • Trained new bartenders on drink recipes, mixing techniques, and guest service/ communication skills to enhance overall performance under a high paced environment
  • Highly knowledgeable with keg rooms and how they operate. Able to lift kegs, rotate and change kegs properly.
  • Highly knowledgeable and can educate guest on beer, ciders, selters, white wines, red wines, champagnes, spirits, cocktails and non-alcoholic cocktails.

Barback and Busser

YardHouse Darden Restaurants
03.2017 - 03.2018
  • Assisted bartenders with drink preparation task, and glassware. resulting in faster service for patrons.
  • Maintained cleanliness of all bar areas according to health department standards through diligent sanitation practices.
  • Assisted with inventory management, proper stock levels of liquor, beer, wine, ice, garnishes, prepping fruits and changing kegs.
  • Attentive at bar tops and tables before, during and after bussing.
  • Restocked glassware, cleaned tables and organized supplies to meet demanding trading periods throughout shift.

Education

Licensed Pharmacy Technician - Pharmacy

Downey Adult School
Downey, CA
05-2015

High School Diploma -

Long Beach Polytechnic
Long Beach, CA
08-2010

Skills

  • Strong multitasking
  • Customer service
  • Highly reliable
  • Team player attitude
  • Clear and effective communication
  • Patience and tolerance
  • Outgoing personality & engaging personality
  • Cleanliness and hygiene
  • Responsible alcohol service
  • Handling difficult customers
  • Menu memorization & memory retention
  • Hospitality service expertise
  • Suggestive selling
  • Alcohol awareness
  • Food & beverage Service
  • Food running
  • Changing beer kegs
  • Creative mixology
  • POS
  • Fluency in English and Khmer

Timeline

Bartender

YardHouse Darden Restaurants
04.2018 - 08.2025

Barback and Busser

YardHouse Darden Restaurants
03.2017 - 03.2018

Licensed Pharmacy Technician - Pharmacy

Downey Adult School

High School Diploma -

Long Beach Polytechnic

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