Cassandra Walker Email & Phone Number

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Beaverton, Oregon, United States

Restaurant General Manager in charge of all restaurant operations.Responsible for profit and loss, labor variance reporting and control of expenditures.Collaborated with vendors and created an inviting atmosphere for guests.

Hillsboro, Oregon, United States

• Responsible for training and managing kitchen personnel and supervised and coordinated all related culinary activities.• Estimated food consumption, requisitioned and purchases food products and supplies.• Selected and developed recipes and standardized production recipes to ensure consistent quality.• Established presentation technique and quality standards.• Ensured proper equipment operation and maintenance mand ensured proper safety and sanitation in the kitchen.• Cooked selected items for selected occasions.• Oversaw special catering events, offered culinary instruction, and demonstrated culinary techniques.• Supervised kitchen personnel with responsibilities for hiring, discipline, performance reviews and initiating pay increases. • Managed in a diverse environment with focus on client and customer services within a diversified community environment.

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Worked with leadership team in planning, implementing, and supporting new food concepts or programs for Holiday communities.• Responsible for research, testing, development, documenting, training, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, and making necessary adjustments to innovative new dishes, concepts, and food programs.• Played a key role in new facility design and roll out, menu creation, cost reduction, establishing and maintaining culinary standards and more.• Orientated new Chefs within their respective core Culinary Standards, and established food programs.• Maintained all Culinary Programs and Standards in communities.• Provided support for new communities or Culinary Program/kitchen renovations.• Provided Culinary leadership to community Chefs.• Responsible for training, coaching, and development of all Culinary Personnel.• Completed reports, logs, and Core Culinary reviews in a timely manner.• Communicated effectively with Regional Directors of Operations, and community Chefs.• Projected and practiced consistent ownership attributes, which provided an elevated level of quality and service at all points of contact.