Brian Weselby Email & Phone Number

Los Gatos, Ca

Emeryville, Ca

Concepts: California Cafe, Napa Valley Grille, Alcatraz Brewing Company, Blackhawk Grille, Cafe del Rey, Horizons and Ondine.Overall responsibility for corporate food cost, kitchen labor, food quality and presentation, seasonal menus, and setting company specifications for seven different restaurant concepts..• Opened 26 restaurants around the country.• Established national distribution agreements with SYSCO and US Food.• Achieved the company’s consolidated P&L food cost and kitchen labor YTD.• Reviewed the P&L monthly and developed action plans.• Determined theoretical food cost to maximize profitability.• Analyzed descending dollar reports from our main vendor.• Taught classes on menu engineering.• Reviewed menus and monitored for consistency with each concept’s branding strategy.• Evaluated menus for applicability to seasons.• Hired all executive chefs and sous chefs.• Conducted annual performance evaluation reviews on executive chefs and general managers.

Emeryville, Ca

Formerly California Cafe Restaurant Corporation.Overall responsibility for kitchen labor, food quality and presentation, menus, and opening restaurants.Responsibilities for opening restaurants included: • Designed the kitchen layout.• Researched and developed the food and planned the menu.• Hired the executive chef and sous chef.• Created spec sheets for the cooks and servers.• Developed training manuals, including food glossaries and menu descriptions.• Taught classes for new hire servers and cooks.• Reviewed menu synopsis and adjusted with menu engineering.• Evaluated menus for applicability to seasons.

Saratoga, Ca

Planned menus, hired staff, ran the kitchen daily. Successfully reduced costs, which resulted in significant savings while still maintaining high standards of quality.