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United States

Rosemont, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Providing support in all avenues of the hospitality industry.

Chicago, Illinois

Dallas, Tx

• Menu development for numerous local and national accounts• Recipe creation for multi-unit client locations to privately owned establishments• Conduct monthly business analysis of food and labor costs• Product review and costing with assigned clientele• Provide internal staff training on new menu concepts• Culinary demonstrations on various media applications• Culinary participation in quarterly food shows including creation of food items and providing demonstrations• Participate in culinary think tanks for release of new products

Rosemont, Illinois

• Coordinate with product development teams during ideation sessions• Develop concepts with product development team from inception to release• Test new products and confirm appropriate cooking instructions• Provide and document various new product applications• Provide kitchen support to kitchens outside of Illinois during product launches• Manage daily kitchen operations • Quality assurance • Inventory management and product purchasing

Naperville, Illinois

• Overall kitchen administration and management • Assurance of quality with all facets of the kitchen• Train and supervise line cooks• Employee scheduling• Conduct weekly staff meetings to discuss issues, promote communication , disseminate information• Determine production schedules• Perform food and labor cost analysis to maintain budget costs• Management of multiple food and supply vendors• Inventory management and product purchasing• Ensure adherence to proper sanitation protocol and procedures• Menu management • Ensure proper daily preparation for kitchen service including line production

Chicago, Illinois

• Overall kitchen administration and management • Assurance of quality with all facets of the kitchen• Train and supervise line cooks• Employee scheduling• Conduct weekly staff meetings to discuss issues, promote communication , disseminate information• Determine production schedules• Perform food and labor cost analysis to maintain budget costs• Management of multiple food and supply vendors• Inventory management and product purchasing• Ensure adherence to proper sanitation protocol and procedures• Menu management including development of new items and seasonal rotation of ingredients• Ensure proper daily preparation for kitchen service including line production

Chicago, Il

• Overall kitchen administration and management • Assurance of quality with all facets of the kitchen• Train and supervise line cooks• Employee scheduling• Conduct weekly staff meetings to discuss issues, promote communication , disseminate information• Determine production schedules• Perform food and labor cost analysis to maintain budget costs• Management of multiple food and supply vendors• Inventory management and product purchasing• Ensure adherence to proper sanitation protocol and procedures• Menu management including development of new items and seasonal rotation of ingredients• Ensure proper daily preparation for kitchen service including line production

Chicago Il

• Kitchen management• Train line cooks on proper techniques• Determine production schedules• Inventory management and product purchasing• Ensure adherence to proper sanitation protocol and procedures• Ensure proper daily preparation for kitchen service including line production

Naperville, Il

• Kitchen management• Train line cooks on proper techniques• Employee scheduling• Determine production schedules• Perform food and labor cost analysis• Vendor management• Inventory management and product purchasing• Menu management including development of new items• Ensure proper daily preparation for kitchen service including line production

Naperville, Il

• Train line cooks on proper techniques• Employee scheduling• Determine production schedules• Perform food cost analysis• Inventory management and purchasing• Menu management• Ensure adherence to proper sanitation protocol and procedures• Ensure proper daily preparation for kitchen service including line production

Plainfield, Il

• Oversee administration and execution of catering events• New business development including sales and marketing• Training of line cooks on proper techniques• Inventory and menu management• Production schedules• Sanitation awareness• Line production

Naperville, Il

• Design project schedules that support external and internal stakeholder requirements• Negotiate contract pricing with multiple vendors to ensure profitability and quality • Orchestrate multi level resources maintaining optimum performance from job inception to job close• Command of multiple projects and multiple customers simultaneously in progress • Provide ongoing operational analysis to key team members and members of management hierarchy• Maintain all project documentation required internally and for external customers• Ensure profitable margins throughout projects life span• Successful completion of complex projects on time and within budget• Generated an average of 500k of revenue per quarter• Creation and Management of Project Management Pricing tool

• Assist with line team for service preparation and production• Sanitation awareness• Line production• Assurance of quality with all facets of the kitchen• Menu management

• Menu preparation• Product fabrication• Portion management• Sanitation awareness• Identification of Target Markets that would be benefit from portion/caloric controlled menu• Assisted in the fabrication of various media for advertisement• Coordinated meet and greet events

Associate Of Applied Science Degree, Culinary Arts; Culinary Arts

B.S., Kinesiology