Kent Bearden, Css Email & Phone Number

Kent Bearden is a 20+ year hospitality veteran with experience managing day-to-day operations including analytics, construction design & development, corporate compliance, public relations, financial planning, and forecasting. Bearden has experience managing staffing, beverage procurement, supplier relationships, media, marketing and promotions, philanthropy, information technology, menu design and forecasting from operator to distributor to supplier. In 2018 Bearden was presented with the Award of Merit and finalist for the Grand Award in Architecture and Design for commercial real estate under 20,000 sq. ft. at the 55th Annual Gold Nugget Awards. An industry veteran with a wide breadth of experience as an operator, supplier and distributor within the food and beverage industry he has held numerous executive level positions in establishments such as Carmine’s of New York City, MGM Grand Las Vegas, Wirtz Beverage, Saint Marc USA, and Pasea Hotel & Spa. In 2012 Bearden joined Wirtz Beverage of Nevada (now Breakthru Beverage) as craft brand specialist, developing the craft beer distribution business for 6th largest distributor in the country and earning the “Beer Game Changer” Award for the company in 2013. Bearden earned a master’s degree from the University of Tennessee, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and holds numerous beverage industry certifications including Certified Specialist of Spirits, Certified Beer Server, Introductory Court of Master Sommeliers, Level 1 Sake Professional, among others. Bearden is an esteemed judge of the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, judged the 2010 WSWA Spirits and Mixology Competition, and was a featured mixologist at the 2009 Toronto Fashion Week and the 2009 Food Network Wine and Food Festival in New York City. His cocktail, spirits, and beverage industry insights and journalism have been featured in publications including Beer Business Daily, Craft Business Daily, The Robb Report, Nightclub & Bar Magazine, Wine & Spirits Daily, VEGAS, M Magazine, Vegas Seven, Luxury Las Vegas, Las Vegas Weekly, UP! Magazine for WestJet, Atlantic Monthly, and Tasting Panel Magazine. In 2017 Bearden was named Wine Ambassador of the Year by FreeFlow Wines of Napa Valley. Bearden serves on both the board of directors for the Charley Hoffman Foundation and Cystic Fibrosis in Las Vegas, Nevada where he received the inaugural Nevada Champion of Children award. Additionally, Bearden is an advisory board member for the predictive analytic software company Aurora Predictions based in Irvine, CA.

Listed skills include Wine, Cocktails, Beer, Beverage Industry, and 46 others.