Parentini

Francesco Parentini
Restaurant & Floor Manager · Luxury Fine Dining, Private Events & Banquets
Relocating to Kyiv, Ukraine — available immediately · 📧 [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація»)
🛂 Latvian passport (EU citizen) · 🗓 Born 11 January 2002, Cantù (CO), Italy

P R OFILE

Hospitality professional with seven years of front-line and floor experience in luxury fine dining
across Italy, Latvia and Switzerland — a Michelin-starred restaurant (Belmond Hotel Cipriani), an
exclusive private members' club (Gstaad Yacht Club) and a 5★ Baltic resort.

At Gstaad Yacht Club I went beyond table service: I led front-of-house teams of 15+ waiters and
bartenders and organised private events and banquets for up to 150 guests end-to-end —
from the first order to the final payment, including private catering, cocktail receptions and conferences.

I have personally served and coordinated private events for royalty and heads of state, with the
discretion such an environment demands.

Native Italian and Russian, fluent English, professional French. Comfortable with restaurant POS,
hotel PMS and back-office systems (Micros, R-Keeper, Opera, 1C, Excel). Now relocating to Kyiv to lead
the floor and events of a premium restaurant.

C OR E C OMP E TE N C IE S

Floor & Service Management

Leading FOH teams of 15+ waiters and bartenders — station planning, shift briefings, service pace
and flow
Michelin-star and 5★ service standards: sequence of service, allergen handling, table storytelling
Guest recovery and complaint handling with discretion at HNW / VIP level

Events & Banquets

End-to-end organisation of private events for up to 150 guests
Private catering, cocktail receptions (aperitifs) and conferences — menu planning, mise en place,
setup and execution
Coordination with kitchen brigade, bar and sommellerie under tight event timing

Operations, Cash & Billing

Full order-to-payment cycle: order taking, POS entry, billing, split checks, end-of-night reconciliation
Stock, inventory and supplier coordination via back-office systems
Wine & beverage service, pairings and bar oversight

Guest Relations

International high-net-worth clientele across four languages
Building rapport with returning members and repeat guests

S OFTWAR E & R E S TAU R AN T S YS TE MS

POS / billing: Micros, R-Keeper — order entry, table & check management, split bills, end-of-day
reconciliation
Hotel PMS: Oracle Opera — reservations, guest folios, billing (concierge role)
Back-office / ERP: 1C — stock, inventory, supplier orders, accounting interface
MS Office: Excel (rotas, stock sheets, sales & cost reporting), Word, Outlook
Adapted to a different POS / management system at every venue — fast to learn new tools

LAN GU AGE S

Russian — Native (4 years lived and working in Latvia)
Italian — Native
English — Fluent (full working proficiency)
French — Professional (working language in Geneva hospitality)
Ukrainian — Basic, reading proficiency (actively improving)
Latvian — Conversational

P R OFE S S ION AL E X P E R IE N C E

Maître d' — L'Auberge d'Hermance · Geneva, Switzerland
November 2025 – Present
Romantik Hotel boutique gastronomique on the shores of Lake Geneva, refined cuisine by Chef Nicolas
Chidyvar.
Run the dining room as Maître d': guest welcome, seating and reservations across the fireplace
dining room, conservatory and lakeside terrace
Coordinate the front-of-house team and the service flow in liaison with the kitchen
Multilingual guest interaction (FR, EN, IT, RU) for an international clientele
Wine recommendations and food–wine pairing for the seasonal tasting menu

Chef de Rang / Events & Floor Lead — Gstaad Yacht Club · Gstaad, Switzerland
December 2023 – October 2025
Private members' club founded in 1998 — 400 members from 35+ countries, located at Le Grand
Bellevue Gstaad.

Led and coordinated a front-of-house team of 15+ waiters and bartenders across regular
service and events — station planning, briefings, service pace and flow
Organised private events end-to-end: banquets for up to 150 guests, private catering,
cocktail receptions (aperitifs) and conferences — from the initial order and menu planning through
setup, execution and final billing
Owned the full order-to-payment cycle: order taking, POS entry, billing and end-of-night
reconciliation
Service for an exclusive international membership during the alpine high season — themed dinners,
speaker events, member receptions
High discretion and consistency expected of a closed-membership environment; multilingual guest
relations (EN, FR, IT, RU)

Chef de Rang — Oro Restaurant, Belmond Hotel Cipriani · Venice, Italy
April 2023 – November 2023 (full season, 8 months)
One Michelin star restaurant inside the iconic Belmond Hotel Cipriani on Giudecca island, culinary
direction by Massimo Bottura with Head Chef Riccardo Cannella, a wine cellar of 1,000+ labels.
Service at Michelin-star standard for international fine-dining guests
Wine list and pairing recommendations across a deep cellar
Coordination with kitchen brigade and sommellerie under high-pressure service

Chef de Rang — Vincents Restaurant · Riga, Latvia
September 2021 – October 2022 (in parallel with Baltic Beach Hotel)
Riga's flagship fine-dining institution (1994–2023) — French-inspired Slow Food cuisine founded by
Mārtiņš Rītiņš, later run by Raimonds Tomsons (Best Sommelier in Europe & Africa, 2017). Past guests
included Prince Charles, Angela Merkel and Heston Blumenthal.
Service for international VIP and head-of-state-level clientele
Worked alongside one of Europe's most decorated sommelier teams
Built the fine-dining service standards I later brought to Belmond Cipriani and Gstaad Yacht Club

Concierge (started as Porter) — Baltic Beach Hotel & Spa · Jūrmala, Latvia
June 2019 – January 2023 (3 years 7 months)
5★ resort on the Baltic Sea — 165 rooms and suites, three restaurants, four bars, certified medical spa,
private beach club.
Joined as Porter, promoted to Concierge — daily concierge desk on Oracle Opera
Bookings, transfers, restaurant and spa reservations, ticketing, custom guest requests
Liaison between international guests (RU, EN, LV, IT) and hotel departments

E D U C ATION

Latreia Private School — Riga, Latvia (2018–2021)
Secondary education (Vidusskola) · Latvia's first licensed and accredited private school (est. 1991)

ALS O

Founder — The Garant (thegarant.com) · Dec 2025 – Present
In parallel, built and run a multilingual AI travel concierge as a solo side project — evidence of initiative,
digital fluency and self-management.

References from each of the venues listed above are available on request.