Tara Smith
Horn Lake, MS *****
ad4m8q@r.postjobfree.com
Attentive, reliable, and customer-oriented bartender with experience taking orders and interacting with customers in a high-volume and unpredictable restaurant environment. Confident and proficient team player with excellent problem solving, decision making, and communication skills. Energetic, determined, and innovative problem solver who brings critical thinking and multitasking skills to the table.
Willing to relocate to: Horn Lake, MS - Memphis, TN - West Memphis, AR Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
Craft Bartender
Southland Casino Charred Oak Bourbon Bar - West Memphis, AR December 2020 to Present
Beverage server.
Take guests orders, handle cash, bring beverages to guests, clean work area Bartender
Makes all feature cocktails, non alcoholic beverages, clean and stock bar, prepare batch recipes,cash handling
Bartender
TPC @ Southwind - Memphis, TN
September 2019 to November 2020
Made drinks for members at the restaurants and at private events. Served guests and members at banquets and restaurants inside the club Made drinks and served guests and patrons for the 2020 PGA World Golf Championship Bartender/Server
Chili's - Southaven, MS
September 2017 to September 2019
I handled transactions, opened and closed the bar, provides service to my bar guests and made all server drinks in a timely manner.
Server
Texas Roadhouse - Horn Lake, MS
May 2014 to August 2017
Greet guests, take orders, bring food and drinks, handle transactions, run food and drinks, Bartender
Diamondhead Country Club - Diamondhead, MS
April 2011 to March 2014
I worked in the 19th Hole a bar for all the golfers and I also worked in the dining room, along with bartending for the banquets and private parties.
Education
Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering
Mississippi State University Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering - Mississippi State, MS May 2000 to August 2006
Skills
• Barback
• Bartending
• Restaurant Server
• Waitress
• Restaurant Experience
• Bartender Experience
• Serving Experience (10+ years)
• Time Management (10+ years)
• Cash Handling (10+ years)
• Waiter
• Mixologist
• Hostess
• POS
• Food Safety
• Food Handling
• Upselling
• Food Preparation
• Food Service
• Banquet Experience
• Guest Services
• Customer service
• English
• Phone etiquette
• Kitchen Management Experience
• Food service
• Food industry
• Restaurant experience
• Bartending
• Customer service
• POS
• Cash handling
• Hospitality
• Guest services
• Communication skills
• Sales
• Food safety
• Upselling
• Catering
• Basic math
• Food handling
• Serving
Certifications and Licenses
TIPS Certified
TABC
Food Handler Certification
Driver's License
Assessments
Bartending — Proficient
October 2022
Understanding, pouring, and mixing drink orders
Full results: Proficient
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Additional Information
TABC
TIPS certified