Krista K. Radford
Sommelier, Bottle sales at table
Austin, TX · (914) 555 0113 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/kristakradford
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Seven years in restaurant wine service, four as a sommelier on the floor
CUISINE
Steakhouse and modern American, high volume dinner service
SPECIALTIES
Bottle sales at the table, by the glass program, cellar inventory, staff wine training
SYSTEMS
Toast point of sale, BinWise, OpenTable, Compeat
CREDENTIALS
Certified Sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers Americas
EDUCATION
Associate degree in culinary and beverage management, Austin Community College
Executive Summary
Certified Sommelier running the floor and the cellar at a two hundred seat steakhouse that turns three hundred covers on a Saturday. Seven years in wine service, focused on selling bottles at the table rather than waiting to be asked, and on keeping beverage cost honest while the list grows.
Signature Achievements
- Grew wine sales per cover from eighteen dollars to twenty seven dollars in two years while average check rose only modestly, meaning guests traded up rather than simply spending more.
- Rebuilt the by the glass program around twenty two pours with a preservation system, cutting waste from nine percent to under three percent of glass pour cost.
- Held beverage cost of goods sold at thirty one percent through a year when distributor pricing rose across most of the list.
- Ran a monthly staff tasting for thirty servers that raised the number of guests offered a bottle recommendation from roughly one table in four to more than half.
- Sold through an aging allocation of one hundred and forty bottles of Napa Valley cabernet sauvignon by building a vertical tasting dinner series that filled six nights.
Professional Experience
Sommelier
Brasada Prime Steak and Cellar, Austin, TX 2021 to present
Two hundred seat steakhouse with a four hundred selection list and a cellar valued near two hundred and thirty thousand dollars.
- Work the floor five nights a week guiding guests through pairings, decanting service and large format bottles for private dining.
- Own purchasing across nine distributors, weekly ordering, par setting and monthly physical inventory of the cellar.
- Write and reprice the list quarterly, balancing recognizable labels with the smaller producers the kitchen wants represented.
- Train new servers on the core list, service standards and Texas alcohol service rules before they take a section.
Assistant Sommelier
Hill Country Table, Austin, TX 2019 to 2021
Ninety seat farm driven restaurant with a rotating list of about one hundred and forty selections.
- Supported the wine director on receiving, cellar organization and glass pour changeovers.
- Handled wine service for the chef counter tasting menu three nights a week.
- Maintained inventory records and reconciled monthly variance against point of sale depletion.
Server and Wine Captain
Colorado River Chophouse, San Marcos, TX 2018 to 2019
Full service restaurant serving around one hundred and eighty covers a night.
- Served a six table section and acted as the wine reference for the dining room on busy nights.
- Passed the Introductory Sommelier Certificate while working full time on the floor.
Licensure and Certification
Certified Sommelier, Court of Master Sommeliers Americas, 2022
Seller server certification, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
ServSafe Food Handler certification
Education
Associate degree in culinary and beverage management, Austin Community College, 2018
Core Skills
Wine service and decanting · Bottle and pairing sales · By the glass program design · Cellar inventory control · Distributor purchasing · Beverage cost management · Staff tasting and training · Toast point of sale · BinWise · Private dining service