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Skills

  • Employee mentoring
  • Flexible schedule
  • Service-oriented
  • Able to lift 4 pounds
  • Portioning understanding
  • Purchasing stock
  • Territory Sales Experience
  • Menu knowledge
  • Inventory control
  • Organizational skills

Work Experiences

  • I've worked in retail for 14 years.
  • Was in charge of overseeing food preparation and ensuring that safety protocols were followed.
  • Rewarded and reprimanded coworkers.
  • Kept track of everything.
  • Solved
  • Prepared and maintained the buffet and salad bar by checking temperatures, restocking food, removing dirty containers, and monitoring potential sources of contamination.
  • Prepared specialty meats, salads, and cheeses by slicing, serving, and packaging them.
  • Got better.
  • Was in charge of balancing tills, handling cash, processing credit card payment batches, and making bank deposits.
  • Salads, appetizers, and cold dishes, as well as portioned desserts and brewed coffee, were all prepared by me.

Summaries

  • Kitchen Manager is capable of efficiently and accurately processing customer transactions and bag items.
  • Motivated Kitchen Manager with a background in retail, fashion merchandising and customer service support.
  • Articulate
  • Talented chef with 7 years of experience preparing and serving a wide range of foods.
  • In FOH and BOH operations, a competent and capable team member.
  • Pragmatic
  • Service-driven
  • An aspiring food service professional and culinary arts student looking for work in a posh fine-dining establishment.
  • Innovative
  • Excellent customer service and leadership skills are required to improve team performance and increase bar sales.

Accomplishments

  • Consistently held the position of best performing store in the region.
  • Earned a 10% bonus for successfully up-selling the most items from the restaurant's new summer menu.
  • Secured a partnership with a local farmer’s market, staggering deliveries and ensuring fresh ingredients, while reducing ingredient expenses by 64%.
  • Increased kitchen efficiency by optimizing workstation layouts, improving productivity in peak service hours by 30%.
  • Spearheaded a kitchen equipment maintenance program resulting in fewer breakdowns and a 62% reduction in repair costs.
  • Updated food preparation guidelines resulting in consistently high customer satisfaction ratings and contributing to category being rated Excellence Award.
  • Developed a rotating menu of specials incorporating seasonal ingredients, leading to a 43% increase in customer repeat business.
  • Streamlined strategic planning, resulting in procedure.
  • Led hiring and onboarding processes for kitchen personnel, reducing time-to-hire by 5 days and securing top culinary talent.
  • Restructured work division within the kitchen to improve coordination and communication between prep and line cooks, reducing prep time by 14%.

Affiliations

  • American Marketing Association
  • Association for Supply Chain Management (APICS)
  • Green Restaurant Association
  • United States Personal Chef Association (USPCA)
  • National Restaurant Association
  • Lions Club
  • The Culinary Institute of America Alumni Association
  • The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH)
  • Association of Information Technology Professionals
  • Certified Restaurant Facility Professional (CRFP)

Certifications

  • Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect
  • Apple Certified Associate (ACA)
  • HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points) Certification
  • Leadership Essentials for Hospitality Managers
  • Food Allergy Awareness Training Certificate
  • Certified Kitchen Manager (CKM)
  • SafeServ certification: Food Handling
  • Certified Food Safety Manager (CFSM)
  • SafeServ Certified: OSHA
  • SafeServ Certified: Food Handler

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