ROBERT MERGLER

Phone: 917-374-5490                                                       Robert.Mergler@gmail.com

Restaurant Manager – Chef Coordinator

Food & Beverage Director – Event Specialist

Past owner of “Soho’s Premium Supper Club” is now available and willing to share his talents and expertise in managing all aspects of operating a restaurant: set up of staffing, catering, advertising entertainment and more. 100% hands on.
 
Summary of Qualifications:

• Managed successful market and neighborhood deli
• Managed a successful boutique restaurant in Soho
• Enthusiastic host and organizer for intimate parties, weddings, corporate events
• Innovative caterer and event planner
• Responsible for front and back of the house daily restaurant operations
• Monitored all aspects of customer and employee relations for a restaurant
• Ensured quality guest experience by maintaining highest levels of service
• Accountable to maximize daily sales and effectively manage food and labor costs
• Quoted in newspaper and magazine articles:
• http://books.google.com/books?id=zecCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66&lpg=PA66&dq=robert+mergler&source=bl&ots=6zQcmHCKBY&sig=tkExXRCODNAtHAHCoAZNSFX3XBc&hl=en&ei=0bFhS-CvNcfDlAfg_czuCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBYQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=robert%20mergler&f=false
• New York Magazine – Great Places To Have A Party!!
• New York Times – Finding The Right Place, “Weddings”

Professional Experience:

• Owner and manager of Bobby O’s Stadium Market and Deli, specializing in organic products, organic rotisserie beef and chicken
• Owner, chef and manager for over 10 years of 5 & 10 No Exaggeration, a boutique restaurant in Soho, NYC http://www.5and10noexaggeration.com/
• Food and Beverage Director for 5 years at Christy’s Skylight Gardens, an upscale restaurant in Greenwich Village, NYC
• Breakfast Chef for at the Mutiny Hotel at Sailboat Bay, Florida
• Line Cook for at the Jockey Club, Miami, Florida

Education and Current Certifications:

• The Bernard M Baruch College of the City University of New York
• BBA, Accounting and Marketing Management
• The City Of New York Department Of Health
• Qualifying Certificate In Food Protection