Lauren E. Cadwell
Ridley Park
Summary
- Extensive team management and coordination experience.
- Keen and eager worker with a focus on providing attentive customer service. Observant, interested and quick learner.
- Basic Accounting skills, Barista training (on the job and at the Intelligentsia workshop in Manhattan), Food Handler’s License, TIPS certified, RAMP certified, experience with Micros, Aloha, Breadcrumb, and Square.
- Fluent in oral and written German.
- Responsible professional skilled at making custom drinks and maximizing business revenues with top-notch service. Work well with team members to meet all customer needs in fast-paced environments. Good money handling, problem-solving and time management abilities.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Bartender
320 Market Cafe
Swarthmore
12.2022 - 10.2025
- Extensive knowledge of craft beer and natural wines in a high volume cafe
- Trained all new employees
- Took inventory of all wine and beer
Server
Spice Finch
Philadelphia
07.2018 - 11.2021
- Provide fine dining service from a menu focused on Middle Eastern and seasonal fare, with a renowned chef, ingredients sourced from local farms.
- Assist with opening and closing duties, calculation and distribution of tips, etc.
Server
Royal Sushi and Izakaya
Philadelphia
01.2017 - 06.2018
- Provide fine dining service from a menu focused on Omakase or chef’s tasting and seasonal fare, ingredients sourced from Japan and local fisheries. Assisted customers in pairing foods with an extensive sake and wine list.
- Assisted with opening and closing duties, including wine and sake station set-up, inventory of cellar, calculation and distribution of tips, etc.
Server
Abe Fisher
Philadelphia
10.2015 - 01.2017
- Provide fine dining service from a menu focused on Jewish diaspora and seasonal fare, ingredients sourced from local farms. Assisted customers in pairing foods with an extensive wine list.
- Assisted with opening and closing duties, including wine station set-up, inventory of cellar, calculation and distribution of tips, etc.
Server
Little Park at The Smyth Hotel
New York
09.2014 - 09.2015
- Worked with opening staff and James Beard award winning chef to establish a critically acclaimed restaurant with a focus on local, organic and sustainable ingredients and a well-developed wine program.
- Assisted with recruitment, customer service, and training.
- Placed orders in a busy fine dining environment while providing excellent service to a discerning and loyal clientele.
Cultural Programming Coordinator and Assistant to
Queen Sofia Spanish Institute
New York
09.2010 - 06.2014
- Coordinated programming schedules and events for cultural initiatives at the institute.
- Collaborated with educators to enhance curriculum offerings for diverse audiences.
- Managed communications between staff, instructors, board members and leadership, effectively.
- Facilitated workshops and seminars to promote Spanish language and culture.
- Organized outreach efforts to increase participation in programming activities, within the field of fashion and art as it relates to Spanish Culture.
- Assisted in training new staff on program coordination best practices and tools.
- Created, maintained and updated program databases with accurate data.
- Coordinated with the transportation of art and visiting artists to ensure successful and profitable gallery exhibitions.
- Hired and trained gallery guards. Managed the on-site book and ticketing shop.
Education
B.A. - Art History
Wellesley College
Wellesley, MAGerman, organic chemistry, statistics, mathematics
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Amherst, MASkills
- Craft beer knowledge
- Natural wine expertise
- Inventory management
- Training and onboarding
- Customer service
- Maintaining cleanliness
- Time management
- Effective communication
- Team collaboration
- Strong multitasking
- Basic accounting
- Wine and liquor expertise
- Hospitality and accommodation
- Safe food handling procedures
- Fluency in oral and written German
- Team training and development
- Hospitality service expertise
Timeline
Bartender
320 Market Cafe
12.2022 - 10.2025
Server
Spice Finch
07.2018 - 11.2021
Server
Royal Sushi and Izakaya
01.2017 - 06.2018
Server
Abe Fisher
10.2015 - 01.2017
Server
Little Park at The Smyth Hotel
09.2014 - 09.2015
Cultural Programming Coordinator and Assistant to
Queen Sofia Spanish Institute
09.2010 - 06.2014
B.A. - Art History
Wellesley College
German, organic chemistry, statistics, mathematics
University of Massachusetts at Amherst