Robert M. Hillyer
2450 SW 15th Ct
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312
917-805-0230
NotRichard@gmail.com
Position: Wine Sales, Wine Manager
Primary Skills: Extensive knowledge of wines and spirits, foods and flavors/aromas,
cooking techniques/cuisines, teas. Extensive service experience.
Experience in developing wine and specialty cocktail menus.
Additional Skills: Bartending, Cooking (particularly pastry/dessert), Menu Design,
Graphic Design, Desktop Publishing, Social Media
Job History
11/15 - 12/23 Lobster Bar Sea Grille, Ft. Lauderdale - Waiter
Upscale dining, large wine list, primarily seafood and steaks.
Some staff wine training, duties include shift manager/sommelier
8/14 - 11/15 The Federal Food & Drink, Miami - Waiter
Casual, but upscale dining, farm-to-table, eclectic winelist.
Service, staff training,
Some input on winelist, but primarily operations, on-call management
1/06-10/13 Bistro du Vent/Esca (B&B Hospitality), NYC - Waiter
Upscale Modern French Cuisine/ Italian Seafood
Service, pre-theater, extensive small appellation French winelist (Bistro) and small producer
Italian winelist (Esca). Acted as Assistant Sommelier as needed
10/02-3/03 Guastavinos, NYC (Conran Group)- Wine Director (upstairs fine dining closed, laid off)
American-French cuisine
Wine Pairing, Purchasing, Inventory, Staff Training, POS programming
8/02-10/02 Rick Moonen’s RM Seafood, NYC - Wine Director
American-Seafood
Wine Pairing, Purchasing, Staff Training, POS programming
3/02-8/02 Mandarin Oriental - Miami, Café Sambal - Waiter
Japanese-Asian fusion restaurant.
Server/Bartender, some cocktail/sake list development
4/01-12/01 Haru - Times Square, NYC - Headwaiter
Japanese-Asian fusion restaurant.
Service, Staff training and scheduling, Cash Handling, Inventory
Relocated to Miami for family emergency
10/99-10/00 Quince Restaurant, NYC/ Pop Restaurant, Union Square - Sommelier
French/Japanese cuisine
Wine Pairing, Purchasing, Inventory, Cocktail development
Prior experience includes corporate trainer for T.G.I. Fridays and Walt Disney World.
Familiar with most POS restaurant systems (Micros, Aloha, Squirrel, iOS POS systems)
including maint/prog, Photoshop, Illustrator, MS Office/Pages
References and press available on request
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