Customer Service Bartender

DARIAN J. BENTON

*** *. **** *****, ********, GA, 30060 • 803-***-**** • adtncj@r.postjobfree.com

Energetic customer-service oriented certified trainer and bartender/server with 10+ years of experience in the hospitality and food industry. Well-rounded with experience in various task, exceptional interpersonal and problem-solving skills. Outstanding leader with many values and skills through work experience, collegiate endeavors, and core values.

SKILLS AND CORE QUALIFICATIONS

• Extensive Experience in Dining Services

• Food and Customer Safety

• Training and Development

• Customer Service

• Building Rapport

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• I am currently a bartender at Paces and Vine in Vinings, Georgia and also at the Fox Theater in downtown Atlanta,Ga. I recently resigned in October 2022 from the bartending position at the Even Hotel in Cobb Galleria after being there since the opening in June of 2020.

Buffalo Wild Wings, Cumberland Mall Certified Trainer and Lead Bartender

• Team Oriented

• Cash Handling Operations • Workplace Maintenance

• Risk Management

• Train all servers and bartenders to ensure they exceed company standards and goals

• Upkeep a 25-seat bar with drinks, food, and entertainment

• Collaborate with servers to ensure drinks go out to them promptly to continue workflow

• Limit issues related to customer intoxication by refusing to serve patrons and request taxis to transport patrons’ home safely

• Oversee the Ordering and requisitioning of liquors and supplies to maintain workflows and meet patron demands

• Clean and stock bar

• Collect payments for beverages and balance cash receipts at end of shift

The Hilton Garden and Inn, Albany, GA

Night Server and Lead Bartender January 2014-December 2018

• Opened and closed the restaurant every evening

• Set up cash register at opening; counted drawer down at closing and calculated the deposit to put in the safe

• Set up bar and tables in the dining room

• Calculated the sales for the restaurant from breakfast through dinner in an Excel spreadsheet

EDUCATION

Albany State University

Bachelor of Science, Biology Scholar-Athlete

In progress- mostly completed

Heathwood Hall Episcopal School

College Prep Program Scholar-Athlete

Columbia, SC

May 2006

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