Russell Campise Jr.
Restaurant Manager
Russell started his career in the food and beverage industry when he enlisted in the United States Navy as a Culinary Specialist right out of high school. He was stationed in San Diego, California onboard the USS Antietam (CG-54) where he cooked for 350+ sailors daily. Russell was deployed in 2009 on a western pacific deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom during the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). Russell was able to travel overseas to numerous countries including China, Japan, South Korea, Guam, Thailand, Singapore, and Mexico. During his deployment, he was awarded the Navy and Marine Corp Achievement medal and earned his Enlisted Surface Warfare pin.
After finishing his time in the Navy, Russell was recruited to work at Wynn Las Vegas and opened the Tower Suite Bar in 2011 as a Barista. A year and a half later, he was promoted to restaurant manager and earned the food and beverage star of the quarter award, in which he was personally recognized by Mr. Steve Wynn, CEO of Wynn Resorts during that time. During his time at Wynn, he managed numerous restaurants including Sugar and Ice, Zoozacrackers, The Buffet, The Café, and the showroom concessions for Wynn Las Vegas’ signature show “Le Reve”. After his extensive time at Wynn Las Vegas, Russell was recruited by Aria Resort and Casino to be a restaurant manager at Aria Café’. At the time, Aria Café was Las Vegas’ largest, full-service, Forbes rated restaurant doing 500-1500 covers daily.
After his time at Aria Resort and Casino, Russell received an offer to work at the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas as a food and beverage manager. In this position, Russell oversaw the restaurant “DJT”, In-suite dining operations, and pool food and beverage operations.
During his time as a restaurant manager, Russell was able to attend college and earned two Associate of Applied Science degrees from the College of Southern Nevada. One degree is in Food and Beverage Management, and the other is in Hotel Management. Russell truly enjoys leading and motivating his team and is always striving to provide the best, detailed, and genuine service Barry’s is known for.