Updated CV highlighting work experience and degrees.

1. Giuseppe
De
Cesare
Address:
63
Avenue
Jean
Jaurès.
Apt.
328.
33150
Cenon.
France.
Nationality:
Italian
E-­‐mail:
giuseppedecesare90@gmail.com
Phone
number:
(+33)
0783625572
Work
Experience
February
2015-­‐August
2016
Wine
Specialist
Junior
Bedales
Wine
Merchant.
London
(UK)
• Organized
wine
tastings
and
participated
as
sommelier
at
various
events.
• Created
a
list
of
wines
for
the
month
according
to
different
themes
and
wine
regions.
• Placed
orders
and
restocked
the
wine
cellar
on
a
daily
basis.
January
2015-­‐September
2016
Wine
Sales
Manager
(Part-­‐time)
Dolce
Vita
Wines.
London
(UK).
• Sold
wines
made
by
small
Italian
producers
to
restaurants
in
London
and
participated
in
promotional
events.
July
2014-­‐January
2015
Product
Developer
and
Sales
Assistant
Borough
Market.
London
(UK)
• Sold
high-­‐quality
Italian
foods
and
introduced
new
products,
including
Slow
Food
presidia.
January-­‐February
2014
Internship
Tourist
Board
Alba
Bra
Langhe
Roero.
Alba
(CN),
Italy
• Organized
and
filmed
video
interviews
with
food
producers
and
chefs
for
a
storytelling
project.
Education
and
Training
October
2016-­‐
October
2017
(expected)
MBA
Wine
Marketing
and
Management.
INSEEC
Business
School.
Bordeaux,
France.
October
2014-­‐
March
2015
Professional
Sommelier
Diploma
AIS.
UK
Sommelier
Association.
London
(UK).
March
2013-­‐March
2014
Master
Degree
Cum
Laude
Food
Culture
and
Communications:
Food,
Place
and
Identity.
University
of
Gastronomic
Sciences.
Pollenzo
(CN),
Italy.
September
2009-­‐December
2012
Bachelor
of
Arts
Major
Anthropology,
Minor
History.
Concordia
University.
Montreal
(QC),
Canada
September
2007-­‐May
2009
Diploma
of
Collegial
Studies
(DEC)
Social
Sciences:
World
Studies.
Champlain
College.
Saint-­‐Lambert
(QC),
Canada
Certifications
• WSET
Level
III
Award
in
Wines
with
Merit;
Level
II
Award
in
Spirits,
with
Merit.
• Olive
Oil
Specialist
(UK
Sommelier
Association).
• Consumer
Behaviour:
Behavioural
Fundamentals
for
Marketing
and
Management
(London
School
of
Economics.
LSE
Summer
School.
London,
UK).
Conferences
• Presented
MA
thesis
at
the
international
conference
“Food
Heritage
and
Culinary
Practices”
at
Sorbonne
University.
Paris,
France.
October
2015.
Publications
• The
Origins
of
Pizza.
Panoram
Italia.
June
2013.
• Cultural
Ambassadors
Wave
Their
Flag
in
Montreal.
Anthropology
News.
February
2012.
Personal
Skills
Languages:
• Italian
(mother
tongue)
• English
(advanced)
• French
(advanced)
• Spanish
(intermediate)
Computer
skills
• Excellent
command
of
Microsoft
Office
tools
Interests
• Blogging
(own
website:
http://www.foodtravelculture.com,
finalist
of
the
Millesima
Wine
Blog
Awards
2017),
music,
sports
(running,
tennis,
basketball
and
soccer),
cooking,
oenology.
References
available
upon
request