Manager Service

DUNCAN M. CHASE

**** *. ***** **., #*** Seattle, WA 98188 206-***-**** ************@***.***

CAREER SUMMARY

Excellent skills in bartending, inventing new cocktails, communicating with staff and guests, hiring and training, inventory selection and control. Comfortable in a high service, fast paced, craft bar setting or in fine dining – always focused on guest service. Provides guests with genuine hospitality. Strong culinary knowledge, very comfortable explaining food preparations and terms. Extensive knowledge of liquor and cocktails, and their history. Strong memory and excellent listening skills. Friendly.

Experience

Lead Bartender/Server/Whisky Maven/Class Instructor June 2011 to June 2017

The Scotch and Vine, Des Moines, WA

Bartending, Serving, Teach monthly whisky classes and tastings for the public.

Lead Bartender/Bar Manager March 2015 to July 2016

Columbia Tower Club, Seattle, WA

Create a showcase craft bar to provide a unique member experience. Train bartenders and staff. Meet with distillers and distributors to make purchasing decisions. Order spirits and beer for all departments. Manage the restaurant floor. Bartend, set up, stock inventory and breakdown the bar. Quickly and precisely make classic and modern style cocktails, from endless repertoire. Satisfy individual member needs. Solicit goods and services for events and charities. Design and select cocktails for events and the restaurant menu. Assist Member Relations and Catering in planning and executing events

Lead Bartender July 2008 to February 2015

TASTE Restaurant at Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA.

Create the cocktail menu and new cocktails for art exhibits, movie series, weddings and other special events. Teach staff training sessions and arrange field trips to distilleries and wineries. Train bartenders at all levels, from mentoring beginners to teaching experienced bartenders the restaurant’s system. Teach recipes to all bartenders and encourage the development of their palates. Do ordering for all restaurant and catering events.

Bartender March 2002 to May 2008

Seastar Restaurant and Raw Bar, Bellevue, WA.

Invented new cocktails for the menu. Bartended, stocked and broke down the bar. Made cocktails. Trained bartenders and bar backs at all levels, from mentoring beginners to teaching experienced bartenders the restaurant’s system. Met with distillers and distributors to make purchasing decisions. Created and taught training sessions for staff.

Bartender August 1999 to February 2002 Claremont Hotel, Seattle, WA

Bartender/Bar Manager/FOH Manager August 1999 to August 2001

Nara Grill, Seattle, WA

Bartender/ FOH Manager June 1998 to April 1999

La Louisianne, Seattle, WA.

Awards

USBG and Diageo World Class USA Finalist, 2012

Gosling Bartender of the Month

Winner 2005 & 2009 Providence O’Christmas Tree Cocktail Contest

2006 Seattle Metropolitan Magazine Restaurant Dream Team Bartender

Education and Certifications

Bachelor of Arts, Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio

Barsmarts Advanced Certified

References

Michele Manca Hay, manager, Seastar Restaurant & Raw Bar, Bellevue, WA

Cell phone: 206-***-****

Jill Pritchard, co-owner, The Scotch and Vine, Des Moines, WA

Business phone 253-***-****

Dan Mulgrew, former Service Manager, Columbia Tower Club, Seattle, WA

Cell phone: 206-***-****

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