william turbert

Assisted busy pizza restaurant by washing dishes

* Started in kitchen of full service restaurant by making salads, chopping vegetables, and assisting servers in their various needs * Moved on to the floor as bus boy, clearing and resetting tables, cutting bread, and filling water for customers

* As manager, responsible for overseeing eighty seat full-service dining room and twelve seat bar by supervising employees and operations, greeting customers and ensuring optimal dining experience, placing food orders, and handling closing operations * As server, set up dining room and kitchen for dinner service. Assist customers by taking food and beverage orders, running orders, providing knowledge of menu items and specials, and delivering pleasant dining experience to customers * As bartender, operate twelve seat full-service bar by preparing all drink orders in the restaurant, processing take-out orders, answering the phone, and providing full food and drink service to bar patrons * Assist owners by providing marketing ideas

* Assisted customers as server in large fine dining Italian restaurant * Responsibilities included taking food and drink orders, running food and drink orders, providing knowledge of food and wine menus, and ensuring excellent fine dining experience * Assisted large parties in private room for weddings, anniversaries, corporate functions, and showers by setting up and staffing buffets or prix fixe menus and providing full beverage and dessert service * Was responsible for setting up kitchen and dining room for dinner service and ensuring the restaurant was ready for operations