Managing Career Uncertainty: Part 1

FREE WEBINAR AND Q&A WITH BEVERAGE INDUSTRY LEADERS

Preparing to Transition from the Restaurant Floor: Supplier Side Opportunities

COVID-19 has created a great deal of uncertainty in the sommelier community. Will restaurants open again? Will wine programs be the same? Will restaurants have space to have servers and sommeliers both working the floor? In this time of uncertainty, we have a tremendous resource – we have the asset of time. We can plan and decide on an end game. Whether a sommelier will transition this year or ten years from now, there needs to be a strategy and even if COVID-19 never happened, career planning is an important tool for everyone in the wine business.

Listen to sommeliers who have made the transition and managed their careers
Learn from former somms about opportunities available and as well as obstacles they faced along the way
Christopher Pappe, an active recruitment executive, will highlight what a recruiter looks for in candidates for top paying jobs

Panelists include:

Moderator: Geoff Labitzke MW | Director of Sales, Kistler Vineyards; Former Director of Fine Wine, Young’s Market Company; Former Imports Manager, Wine Warehouse
Christopher Pappe | CRP Trade Solutions; Former National Sales Manager, Dutton Goldfield Winery; Former Director of Restaurants, Four Seasons
Emmanuel Kemiji MS | Owner, Miura Vineyards; Former Wine Director, Ritz Carlton Hotels
Aaron Patrick MS | Director of Business Development, Republic National Distributing Company; Former Beverage Director, Bourbon Steak, Wingtip
Bernard Sun | Luxury Accounts Manager, Kobrand Corporation; Former Corporate Beverage Director, Jean Georges Management Group
Will Costello MS | Export Manager, Miller Family Wine Company; Estates Ambassador, Bien Nacido and Solomon Hills Wines; Former Wine Director, Manderin Oriental, Las Vegas; Former Sommelier, Addison Del Mar Hotel
Brooke Barnett | Regional Director of Sales, Kistler Vineyards; Former Director of Hospitality, Kistler Vineyards; Former Wine Director and Sommelier, Megu Restaurant Group

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