Ashley Vincent King Email & Phone Number

Greater Jakarta Area, Indonesia

Lake Bennett, Batchelor Nt

Lake Bennett is a wonderful site that I was previously engaged at. I have since been asked to return and assist the owner Carolyn Reynolds to bring the property back up to standard following its closing in the last two years. I always enjoy a challenge, Kia Kaha !

Greater Jakarta Area, Indonesia

Cebu Philippines

Bohol, The Philippines

Nautilus Catering, was started in the latter stages of the America's Cup 2 in Auckland. I was given a short term contract at the Nautilus Apartments as their In house manager. During that time I started a catering service which extended from the Apartments, to on board catering of yachts and launches. I left New Zealand in 2005 and have been in Australia ever since. I have a fully equipped portable catering facility in Brisbane, and use much of the equipment to supply and cater for the various positions. If I am not employed by another company, I seek work for myself as a Casual / Relief Chef. Have recently completed some short term contracts in Central Queensland, in Mining Camps, Transport Company's, Cattle Stations, and the NT Outback In the last three years I have set up a Cafe and Bar in the Philippines, and also worked as a Project Manager / Chef and Trainer in Jakarta Indonesia. .

Christchurch

Studying level three computer studies, Including Access, Word, Excel, Publisher and Power point.

Invercargill, Nz

I have completed the final paper and now I just need to complete the dissertation of the Graduate Diploma of Business Enterprise. This is one of the qualifications that substantiate the level of practical experience that I have already gained in life, and soon will gain the certification ! I am also completing a Post Graduate Diploma of Project Management.

Invercargill New Zealand

Sales, Marketing in partnership with Riza Ambadar, and two other partners. The aim of our partner ship is to develop sales and marketing for products from the best of Indonesian products and the best of New Zealand products and bring these to the world market.

Kebayaron, Pik, And Kelapa Gading

I was engaged on a short term contract and employed as a chef and Staff trainer, however I soon found, that I was also being involved in a variety of other aspects of the business. These included Logistics, Warehousing, purchase planning, price negotiation, Kitchen designThe family run company consisted of three restaurants and a Central Kitchen, While I was engaged on the three contracts by the parent company. During the time I was there, I organised the warehousing and Logistics, Consulted with suppliers for specialise equipment, made recommendations about the new layout of the restaurants. Staff training, trained the staff in Health, Hygiene, and customer relations. I also taught English, Social Media co ordinator, Equipment Purchasing, negotiated terms. Customer Liason, Consultant,Project Manager, Developing business systems, , Teaching English, Overseer of Central Preperation Kitchen, Hygiene standards, Transport Systems, Customer liason

Borroloola

Sous chef, in support of the Head Chef Glen, Preparing food, cooking for Buffets, set menus and A La Carte Menu The Savannah Way Motel is in the remote town of Borroloola, and Caters for the local School, Lunches hot and cold. Monday to Friday we have an A la Carte Service, and Sunday's the Buffet. We catered to the FIFO Miners, Government officials including Health Officials, Education officals and Justice department. Its been an enjoyable experience, and we have developed into a great team. Sad to leave but Asia is calling again !

Murcia, Bacolod, Negros Oriental, Philippines

With my partner , we set up a successful cafe / Bar operation, in her home town. The cafe operated seven days a week, from 10.00 am to 10.00 p.m. selling local food, alcohol. The food, was basically a chicken based menu, with some Pork Dishes, and these were sold as an a la Carte, and also Takeaways. The business was sold to her new partner in January 2014.

Katherine Club

Working in the Katherine Club as part of a brigade of chefs, I was involved in preperation of the food, Cooking and preparing Breakfasts, Lunch and evening meals. 200 - 300 covers per day.

The Atrium

Worked as a Prep Chef and Support,

Kaikoura, Christchurch

ATA, was the Business vehicle for the Management of the Motels in Kaikoura and also the Block of flats. We took over the Marshall Flats in South Bay, cleaned the units up, maintained them and also collected the rents and returned this to the Owner. We took a percentage of the turn over as a Management fee. The Motels were co managed by the owner and myself. and we were able to increase the occupancy from 33% to 65% over the period, Again we took a percentage and also introduced a range of facilities and services which had not been there before. This included meals, bookings, and transport,ATA also became involved with a shuttle bus service that travelled between Christchurch and Picton. When the Backpackers was sold, we moved to Christchurch and ran a transport related business, which included Taxies, Limosines, and a tour company.

Hobson Street, Auckland.

I was employed by the Apartment owners to ensure the smooth transition from the developer to the Owners through a management company. I was involved in the day to day planning and promotion, welcomed the guests to their respective apartments and ensured that all their needs were met either introducing them to various services Charter yachts, Private flights, Restaurants etc,

Kaikoura

I started a backpackers and bed and breakfast operation on the foreshore of Kaikoura just prior to the whale watching boom period. I took a derelict building, converted it, brought it up to Building and health code standards and successfully operated this with a team of workers. As well as this, I also took over a block of flats and improved the occupancy and profitability for the owner. Following the success of this, I was asked to take over the management of the owner's block of motels 40 units in all and sleeping 120 pax. Together with my team, i raised the occupancy and the profitability of this operation.

Christchurch, Nz

I took time out from the world of Hospitality and started a bookshop and also a Publishing company. in the time that I had both businesses, I sold more Japanese books in Christchurch than any other Bookshop in New Zealand. The Publishing company represented a number of small New Zealand Publishing companies, as well as Publishing a number of Children's books, Poetry books, and New Zealand Histories. I also represented Prentice Hall, America's largest publishing company and when they closed their operation in New Zealand, I sold up and went back to Hospitality.

United Kingdom, Germany

Forward Radio operator with the Royal Sussex Yeomanry, attached to Royal Artillery. On Exercise in Germany , the low Countries. and the United Kingdom.

Chef'S Qualifications 706 / 1 & 706 / 2 London City And Guilds, Commercial Cookery, Passed 85%

Hotel Management, Restaurant service, Languages, Certificate of Adult teaching, H.A.C.C.P. 167, 168 169

C.A.T. Course, Certificate Of Adult Teaching, Adult Tutoring In English Conversation, Hospitality And Life Skills, Passed

Activities and Societies: Japan society of Nelson With this qualification, I have been able to add with confidence my ability as a Teacher.

Remedial Massage And Basic Aromatherapy, Massage

Activities and Societies: Natural healing group Massage course

Hotel Reception And First Aid, Hospitality Administration/Management

Hospitality, Languages, Business Management, Teaching

Gueridon And Table Cookery, Adult And Continuing Education And Teaching, Pass

Whilst this form of cookery is a dying art, I have appreciated the finer points of this, and applied it to my service. I especially.

Restaurant Wine And Table Service,, Hospitality And Recreation Marketing Operations, Pass

Activities and Societies: Food and Wine are two of life's great menu items and I am pleased to say that this has been a subject that I.

Basic Management, And Marketing For Small Companies, Basic Management And Marketing Sme Companies, Pass

Basic management for small and medium sized companies, various aspects of Management, and Marketing.

Telephone Selling, And Basic Sales And Marketing, Business Management And Basic Accounting

Management, Selling, Telephone selling,

Japanese Conversation, Intermediate

Japanese For Beginners, Asian Languages

Gce / Cse Standards, Standard School / College Curriculum

Activities and Societies: Swimming, Cricket, Football, Tennis Senior High school, studying English, Maths, French, History, Geography.

Post Graduate Diploma Of Business Studies

Gce / Cse

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