Banquet & Fine Dining Server
Resume:
LESLI KADDIN
RATTO
***********@*****.***
Arizona
linkedin: leslikaddinratto
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Business
Administration
Management and Human
Resources
California State Polytechnic
University Pomona
Jun 2014
Relevant courses
Course work : *Introduction to
Entrepreneurship *Contract
Aspect/Ucc *Fundamentals of Real
Estate *Legal Environment of
Business Organization *Legal
Aspects of International Business
*Mangerial Finance I * Managerial
Finance II * Finance Accounting for
Decision Making* Principals of
Economics 201 * Principals of
Economics 202
*Principals of Marketing Mgmt.
*Principles of Mgmt.
*Communications for Mgmt.
*Emerging Issues in Mgmt.
*Human Resources in Mgmt.
*Leadership *Training and
Development *First line Mgmt.
*Men & Women in Mgmt.
*Organizational Behavior
*International Comparative Mgmt.
*Women, Health & Soc. Justice
*Public speaking *General
Psychology *Principles of
Psychology I *Health Psychology*
Human Sexual Behavior:
Relationship Psychology * Gender
and the family *Intro to Hospitality
Industry *Play, Games, & Sports in
Culture *Fashion Industry *Careers
in Music * Poetry or Modern
Drama *Intro to American Gov.*
Intro to Philosophy * History of
Garden Art * Kickboxing
Online Journalism
Palomar College
2014 - 2015
WORK EXPERIENCE
Arizona Real Estate Salesperson ʀᴇᴀʟᴛᴏʀ®
eXp Realty
Nov.2025 - current Arizona
Busser
Elephante
Oct 2024 - Nov 2026 Scottsdale, AZ
Office Assistant- Stephen Wagstaff
Cook Financial
Feb 2024 - Nov 2024 Gilbert, AZ
office filling work, Documentation, Scheduling
Front Desk
BodyRoll Studio
Jan 2024 - Oct 2024 Scottsdale, AZ
Attended Guest and instructed guest on how to use the machines for lympathic massage
Manager/ Supervisor/ Catering Coordinator/
Sales/CEO Assistant
Kiros Catering
Feb 2023 - Dec 2023 Irvine, CA
Payroll
Rent payment/ payments for home & property taxes
Making sure all confirmed quotes were ready for the following week, updating staff
Making sure all quotes had sticker made for labeling. Making all weekly labels.
Cold/sales calling, initiating calls. Following up, verifying orders Data entry, training new employees
Filing new employee paper work
Making sure employees got paid, via check or direct deposit Working with vendor outsource, ordering inventory, & food inventory, Keeping track of arrived inventory with payments made Making sure all payments have been made.
Returns/ ordering supplies.
Manager office
Overseeing staff
Work with other vendors and suppliers, ITT
Supervise catering event/ meet with clients to plan event, for example planning with the client and visiting the venue of event before hand. For a clients husband birthday that took place in a in Newport beach for a Paradiso Yacht Charter rental.
Organized/event planned A mothers day event on May 10th In the South Coast Plaza Mall for Christian Louboutin boutique store 3rd floor, and for an American footballer event that took place in the same Christian Louboutin store on June 6th, 2023.
Made sure payments have been entered, deposits made, and final payment has been fullfilled.
Keep track of follow up calls and calls made to clients for sales. Employee management, accounting, customer service
Create invoices/ quotes
Communicate with staff and clients for time of delivery. To staff who and what time for food to be delivered.
Oversee clerical and support services,
Course work: *Multimedia writing.
and Reporting *Introduction to
Public Relations *Mastering Social
Media *Online Jour. Lab *Writing
for online Journalism
*Race/Gender &Media Effects
*Intro to Mass Communication
Fashion as Design by the
Museum of Modern
Art
Coursera, Online
September 2018
HarvardX: The Architectural
Imagination
EDX, Online
Feburary 2019
LANGUAGES/SKILLS
Fluent English
Fluent Spanish
cold calling
PC and MAc
MS Word
WordPad
Excel, Access
Power point
iMovie, My Movie Windows Live
Movie Maker
Adobe Reader, POS system, GMS
Patron, drop box
Google docs
compete.com, cision.com
QuickBooks
Foodstorm
Outlook
Canva
Avery.com
CERTIFICATES &
LICENSES
Real Estate Salesperson License:
State of California Renewal: Nov.
2022- Nov. 2026 Renewal: Nov.
2026- Nov. 2030
Real Estate Salesperson License-
Arizona Department of Real
Estate: eXp realty Nov. 2024- Nov.
2026, Renewal Nov.2026- Nov.
2028
Arizona Department of Education:
Substitute Teacher- PreK-12 Feb.
2024- Oct. 2030
Parsons Fashion: Yellowbrick
Fashion Course: Fashion Industry
Essentials Certification Apr. 2022
Ensuring tasks are completed in a timely manner
Hiring staff through indeed.com, make calls. Scheduling interviews, selecting qualifying candidates to interview.
Scheduling marketing emails through mailchimp.
Use of The POS system such as foodstorm
Taking catering orders from the phone and entering in the POS system. Making sure the right menus with pricing are being emailed and correct in the website.
Overseeing and spearhead of daily operations for entire Kiros Catering Inc. Ensuring that members of the catering staff interact with guests in a courteous and professional manner.
Communicating with the chef and kitchen on changes and orders and menu changes/ updates
Prepare and organize CEO legal documents, print flights All Kiros Catering Duties within events and office work to CEO personal assistant work
Office Administrative /Delivery Driver/Eatery
Taste Catering
Sep 2021 - Dec 2023 Lake Forest, CA
A combination of office & driver, delivering Taste food as required Perform clerical and administrative functions to drive company success Taking great care of our valued clientele
Answering calls, typing emails, creating estimates in QuickBooks OfficeAdministrator/Estimator
Simmsssco Industries Inc, Molly Maid
Feb 2022 - Sep 2023 Lake Forest, CA
Follow up on existing customers, following up on lead to generate home cleanings.
Providing over the phone estimates as well as in-home estimates to customers, etc.
If needed entering employee’s timesheets and route activity as well as bookings.
Office work/Answering calls of customers and employees. Prepared Foods Service Team Member
Wholefoods
August 2021 - January 1, 2022 Laguna Niguel, CA
Executive Assistant/ Inside Sales/ Buyers Real Estate Assistant
Keller Williams Realty- Jordan Wang Group
June 2021 - Jul 2021 Newport Beach, CA
Newport Beach & Irvine Keller William offices. A few however not all: Everyday
Straight Cold Calling/Prospecting expires, just sold for a potential lead generation. Had to generate appointments
Schedule multiple showing of homes for clients as well showed clients these houses ranging
Pick up Supra, lockbox keys, made duplicate keys, dropped it off, and put Supra and lockboxes to different locations
Admin work such as CMAs (Comps), Realist, Residential Purchase Agreement through Zipfrom
Edit open house information, Instagram. Sent lease applications to potential clients
ISSA – Elite Trainer Certificate
Certified Personal Trainer, Health
Coach, Nutritionist & Online
coaching Sep.2023-Sep. 2025.
AFPA American Fitness
Professionals & Associates:
Holistic Nutritionist Certification.
Sep 2020- Sep 2022.
ACTIVITIES
Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity
(sorority) 09/2007- 06/2010 - ZTA
Activities Chair - ZTA Cotillion
(formal ball) committee Consisted
of coordinates all cotillion
committee members, find a
location, DJ, Catering, gifts etc.
Turns in necessary reports to
advisors & VP in a timely manner-
Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority Human
Pyramid team, Tug a War team,
Flag Football team
Managed various Sporting
activities, which included,
participation, schedules, and
financing.
Susan G. Komen Race for the
Cure, Volunteer: Zeta Tau Alpha
Philanthropy Breast Cancer
Awareness
Habitat for Humanity Restore,
Volunteer- a few days, assisted
manager & workers in projects
04/2016
100 Latinos Dijeron Contestant,
Hispanic T.V. game show filming
took place 11/2014, aired 01/2015.
Volunteered for October 2015 &
October 2016 Style Fashion Week,
Los Angeles, CA.
Volunteered for October 2015 Art
Hearts Fashion Week, Los Angeles,
CA.
Administrative, Showroom, Home Staging,
Warehouse, in-house interior designer Assistant
Ambiance Home
Oct 2020 - June 2021 Irvine, CA
In-house interior designer's Assistant
A few however not all, Assistance to lead designers for many of their jobs in the showroom and at the job sites, staging 1-30-million-dollar homes in Newport, Irvine, CA. Orange
County areas. Utilize retail POS system, such as furniture wizard. Inventory management
Maintains store appearance to merchandising & cleanliness standards Protect Company assets by ensuring adherence to all Loss Prevention procedures
Help the sales team in writing up orders, processing order payments and wrapping
Inventory management such as data entry, tagging and inspecting new merchandise and maintaining showroom merchandise
Banquet Server
Big Canyon Country Club
Aug 2019 - Oct 2020 Newport Beach, CA
Performs food and drink serving duties at dinners and special events while interacting with members and their guests in a positive, professional, and friendly manner.
Set up for events by putting out tablecloths and place settings, arranging table placement, and setting up a buffet
Able to read and understand BEO's
Carrying plates of food on trays and serving guests Keep glasses filled; remove each round of plates and replenish utensils Perform cleaning tasks and breakdown of service • Frequently walking with some standing at a time, possibly extended distances; ability to bend and climb stairs when necessary
Ability to perform work duties on different walking surfaces (ex. Grass, Cement, Stone, Tile, Carpet) • Frequently lift/carry up to 25lbs. Serving à la carte
Fine dining
Line Cook (Pantry)
Cohn Restaurant Group, Vintana Wine + Dine
Nov 2017 - Dec 2019 Escondido, CA
Fine Dining setting
Clean and stock line to ensure an efficient service Prepare all food items as directed in a sanitary and timely manner Follow recipes, controls, portion, and presentation specifications as set by the restaurant
Follow proper plate presentation and garnish set up for all dishes Handle, store and rotate food products to maintain freshness Maintain clean and orderly service areas and complete side work duties Comply with established safety and sanitation standard. Stock inventory Prep Cook/Dishwasher/ Janitorial
Cohn Restaurant Group, Vintana Wine + Dine
September 2017 - October 2017 Escondido, CA
Banquet/Event Server
Coast Catering & Crown Rentals
May 2018 - Dec 2018 San Diego County
Multiple locations
Performs food and drink serving duties at dinners and special events while interacting with members and their guests in a positive, professional, and friendly manner. Duties and Responsibilities
Set up for events by putting out tablecloths and place settings, arranging table placement and setting up a buffet.
Able to read and understand BEO's
Carrying plates of food on trays and serving guests Keep glasses filled; remove each round of plates and replenish utensils. Perform cleaning tasks and breakdown of service • Frequently walking with some standing at a time, possibly extended distances; ability to bend and climb stairs when necessary.
Ability to perform work duties on different walking surfaces (ex. Grass, Cement, Stone, Tile, Carpet) • Frequently lift/carry up to 25lbs. Seasonal Salesperson Entry level
Nordstrom
Nov 2017 - Jan 2018 Escondido, CA
For Woman's Apparel Dresses/ Special Occasions, Coats/Jackets, Petite Focus, Point of View
Provide confident feedback to customers about style and fit Help customer pick out a dress and assemble the outfit with clutch etc. To ensure customer
Seek fashion and product knowledge to build your expertise Work with the team to keep the department "runway ready," which means stocking, remerchandising
Café Busser
Nordstrom
Nov 2016 - Mar 2017
Support (Server Assist/ Food runner/Busser/Expo/
Event/Banquet Staff)
Twenty -Eight Restaurant and Bar
May 2016 - Nov 2016 Irvine, CA
Partnered restaurant Stacie Tran and Chef Shirley Chung was a finalist on Bravo’s Top Chef Season 11, featuring a menu of American Cuisine with a Chinese Soul.
Fine dining
properly set tables
upscale atmosphere
have rules of dining, such as a dress code etc. expected to meet. menu memorization of each dish.
communication between chefs and all employees, to make sure each dish was taken to the dinning floor properly.
Event & Banquet set up, take down and serving.
Public Relations Intern
Chic Little Devil PR
Mar 2015 - Jul 2015 Los Angeles, CA
Account Coordinator 4/8/15-4/17/15
4 -month internship Full-Service mgmt. of PR, brand development, celebrity & media placement.
Compling showroom pulls for biweekly press ledgers. Ensuring any brand placements the celebrity team garnered are credited with designer information and secure placements of those shots in weekly/monthly magazines or online mentions, by clipping and services final form to corresponding clients/designers.
Proactively communicate with the clients/designers about what was being serviced. Ensured all clippings were serviced to the correct client, answering calls, built, updated database, gifting. Helped garner placements on celebrities and in editorial sections of magazines that use freelance stylists, doing pick-ups/drop-offs with merchandise, bagging up items, assisting stylists while in the showroom, merchandising and maintaining the aesthetics of the showrooms, assisting the gifting team with processing gifting requests, and outlook for any placements on celebrities.
Players club Representative
Valley View Casino & Hotel
Sep 2013 - Jun 2015 Valley Center, CA
Assisted guests through the membership process and explained the benefits of membership
Primarily responsible for promoting the success of the Players Club by assisting guests through the membership process and explaining the benefits of membership, updating computer files as needed. Resolving miscellaneous guest complaints, referring to the appropriate supervisor
Facilitating the effective flow of information, cash handling A & R (Artist & Repertoire) Intern
Warner Records
Jan 2013 - Mar 2013 Los Angeles, CA
Internship
Assistant
Step by Step Day Care
Apr 2012 - Nov 2012 San Jose, CA
Service Representative
24 Hour Fitness
Dec 2011 - Mar 2012 Escondido, CA
Teller
Bank of America, Escondido
Jul 2011 - Sep 2011 San Marcos, CA
Received and count working cash, identified customers, validate and cash checks, accept cash and checks for deposit and check the accuracy of deposit slips
Sales Associate
New York & Company
Feb 2011 - Jul 2011 Escondido, CA
Hostess (Seater, Greeter, Coordinator)
Bjs Restaurant, San Jose, Brea, West Covina, CA
June 2006 - Aug 2010 California
Addressed and distributed attention to guests, managed incoming calls, and coordinated/organized guest seating. Assisted in bussing and food running
Barista/Cashier/Italian Gelato Ice Cream Server
La Crema d'Italia
Jul 2004 - Aug 2005 San Jose, CA
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