Restaurant/Bar Professional with Integrity
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Highly skilled restaurant and hospitality professional, amounting over 15 years' experience with a track record of providing exceptional customer service resulting in repeat business. Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Server & Shift Trainer at Dukes Restaurant (2022-07 – 2026-06)
Provided efficient, guest-focused service during peak breakfast/lunch rushes while also helping to oversee cash register operations, coordinating phone and takeout orders, and maintaining expo flow. Demonstrated reliability through secure opening and closing duties and strengthened team performance by training and onboarding all new hires.
Server/Hostess/To-Go at Grumpy's Restaurant (2022-01 – 2022-06)
Breakfast and lunch serving professional with high volume, fast paced experience. Considered to be a multi-faceted employee as I occasionally worked other positions such as expo, hosting, and takeout. Consistently averaged high sales numbers and smoothly managed a large volume of running side work. Also, regularly performed opening and closing duties.
Server at Carrabba's Italian Grill (2021-03 – 2022-01)
Demonstrated exceptional restaurant service which included, but was not limited to, taking food and beverage orders and delivering them to guests, maintaining all running side work to ensure smooth operation of dinner service, upselling alcoholic beverages and premium food items, and working with other teammates to ensure all guests were more than satisfied with their meal experience.
Lead Bartender/ Cashier/ Food Preparer/Shift Supervisor at Jim's Blanding Billiards (2021-01 – 2021-06)
Routinely opened and operated the billiards and bar. Managed the weekly billiard tournaments, which included booking, advertising, and fund raising. Other duties included cashiering and reconciling cash accruals at the end of each shift, bookkeeping for tournament entries and pool table rentals, keeping inventory for all food products, cooking/preparing a variety of fresh foods for patrons and fundraisers, mixing/serving alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, and maintaining a clean and orderly billiards up to state standards.
Bartender at Paxon Lounge and Liquors (2020-09 – 2021-01)
Single-handedly supervised and operated a high-volume beer and liquor bar smoothly and efficiently. Bar duties entailed mixing and serving alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, taking inventory and stocking product needed, cashiering and reconciling cash accruals at the end of each shift, and maintaining a clean and orderly business that is up to par with state standards.
Server at Edgewood Diner (2020-02 – 2020-09)
Served dining guests with professionalism in a high volume, fast paced atmosphere. Duties included routinely opening and closing diner, answering calls for takeout orders and assembling them throughout each shift, keeping with running side work and ensuring restaurant was clean and orderly, as per state standards.
Server at Red Lobster (2018-01 – 2020-02)
Provided exceptional lunch and dinner service to all dining guests. Preformed all opening and closing duties, kept close attention to my running side work, and took all food and beverage orders and ensured they were delivered.
Budget and information technology Intern at Florida Blue (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida) (2007-05 – 2011-09)
Performed joint Intern duties for the Senior Departmental Budget Analyst and Database Administration Team:
Associate in Business Administration/Finance in Business Administration/Finance – Florida Community College of Jacksonville (2004-01 – 2008-08)
High school diploma – First coast academy homeschool (2003-04)
