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Overview
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Brittany Bogdan

Chicago,IL

Summary

Efficient and engaging bartender with over 17 years in hospitality and strong leadership skills. Experience in all FOH positions as well as different management positions. Crafted unique cocktail programs at various locations around Chicago, and also developed and booked weekly and monthly events.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Bartender

Mother's Ruin
02.2022 - Current

Developing batched and draft menu cocktails weekly, creating fresh fruit purees and syrups, stocking liquor deliveries, balancing cash drawers and filing reports at EON, maintaining high volume service with minimal staff.

Bartender

The Violet Hour
05.2021 - 05.2022

Preparing current menu cocktails as well as archived menu drinks, developing seasonal menu drinks, extensive classic cocktail and spirits knowledge, cross trained for all front of house positions, daily juice prep, cocktail batching and boxing for the subscription series, and instructing public cocktail classes.

Bartender/Floor Manager

Kapitan
12.2020 - 10.2021

Co-developed the beverage program, managing and resolving all customer inquiries and issues, maintaining FOH inventory, balancing registers at EON, key-holder, food photographer for social media, extensive knowledge of Peranakan cuisine and culture, cross trained for all front of house positions.

Head Bartender

Drink Shop Chicago
05.2019 - 12.2019

Changing kegs, stocking packaged goods displays, prepping fresh juice and garnish daily, cleaning entire bar daily, handling customer inquiries, crafted the signature cocktail menu, designed drink menus, key-holder, balanced cash drawers and filed reports at EON.

Head Bartender/General Manager

Fifolet Cajun
01.2017 - 05.2019

Developed signature cocktail menu, extensive cultural knowledge, planning and hosting events, stocking liquor deliveries and maintaining inventory, creating weekly schedules, hiring and training new staff, conducting payroll, calculating cost for cocktails, ordering liquor and front of house necessities, designing restaurant menus and event fliers.

Skills

  • Graphic design
  • Proficient in several commonly used POS systems
  • Management Experience
  • Mixology
  • Extensive beer/wine/spirit/allergen knowledge
  • Event coordinating

Certification

  • ServeSafe Food Handler
  • BASSET
  • Cicerone Certified Beer Server

Timeline

Bartender

Mother's Ruin
02.2022 - Current

Bartender

The Violet Hour
05.2021 - 05.2022

Bartender/Floor Manager

Kapitan
12.2020 - 10.2021

Head Bartender

Drink Shop Chicago
05.2019 - 12.2019

Head Bartender/General Manager

Fifolet Cajun
01.2017 - 05.2019
Brittany Bogdan