London, United Kingdom

Gabriel Tomas Figueroa Curto

I'm thrilled to greet you and to be applying for this job offer in your
reputable company, known by its excellent coffee standards and customer service, I
will like to be part of it contributing with my knowledge, experience, and passion
for this industry.
I started my career in my hometown in a small coffee shop, and now, years
later, I'm in this city of opportunities as the Head Barista/Assistant Manager in
one of the fast-growing specialty coffee companies at the moment. In Blacksheep, I
started as a Barista, and thanks to the hard job, the good feedbacks from the
customers, and my liability for taking responsibilities I started to progress
relatively fast. I took the position of Head Barista, which discovered to me a new
passion: training people. In the last months I trained the team from my store,
sharping them skills making of them one of the strongest teams in the company -I
based this affirmation on our customer reviews, and the fact that we obtained the
highest scores in the company for the Compliance, OPS, and Coffee audits in the
last period-, I've also trained new starters for other stores, including an advance
training for new Assistant Managers and General Managers, and I took care of the
training of Head Barista candidates. Some of my responsibilities as a trainer are:
show them Leadershing skills, How to train skills, Brewing theory and methods (V60,
Chemex and Aeropress), Espresso and filter recipes, Latte art skills, Grinders,
between others.
I also did an Assistant Manager training, which gave me the opportunity of
being the second hand of my GM, assisting him running the store, driving the sales
- beating every week the targets, managing the stock and orders, designing rotas,
approving holidays for the team, and paid them.
This is only a brief resume of what I can do, in addition to that I would like
to attend and interview to speak about the job and also demonstrate my skills
behind the bar.
Many thanks for your attention.
Best regards,
Gabriel.