Enthusiastic individual seeking to work with a fun motivated group of professionals that enjoy what they do as much as I do, while improving my skills and ensuring top-notch customer satisfaction.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Server
Dsrt Club
La Quinta, CA
09.2023 - 05.2025
Maintaining full menu, product and preparation knowledge
Regularly juggling three different stations during a shift
Ensuring consistent service, and commemorating special events
Consistent knowledge and comfortability voicing daily specials
Building genuine rapport with guests to ensure repeat business
Pairing wine, beer, and/or specialty cocktails
Keeping a clean and organized workstation from the beginning to the end of every shift
Server
Tommy Bahama Restaurant & Bar
Palm Desert, CA
10.2021 - 10.2023
Providing exceptional service to high volume of daily customers
Accurately record food and drink orders
Enter all orders into POS and communicate allergies/special requests to the kitchen
Maintaining full menu product knowlege
Staying informed on menu changes to answer questions and help customers select optimal meal choices based on individual preferences and/or food sensitivities
Checking with guests to get feedback on food served, resolve issues, bring additional items and refill beverages
Bartender/Manager
Sullivan's Steakhouse
Palm Desert, CA
08.2020 - 10.2021
Mixing full bar and specialty cocktails, following exact company recipes
Suggestive selling and improvising
Serving food and drinks in a fine dining atmosphere
Overseeing all aspects of opening and closing the restaurant in a safe and secure manner
Audits, time sheets, managing labor, nightly reports