Chris Mcgonigle Email & Phone Number

Talented Versatile Operations Leader, with a history of successively responsible leadership positions in Food and Beverage Services in multi-restaurant hospitality companies with revenues of $20M+, improving guest services, menu planning, and food preparation for high-volume service.✪ Food & Beverage Consultant to restaurant and food service operations, developing standardized policies, procedures, and systems for guest services, sanitation standards, and professional development of staff.✪ Performance Driven Food & Beverage Manager, analyzing pertinent metrics for F&B, building product ordering par sheets/guest count & customer trends, labor schedules, and tracking systems for perishable products.✪ Executive Chef, increasing profitability through competitive sourcing, food plating & presentation, and applying market demand and culinary trends to menu planning, wine pairing and signature dish creation✪ Hands-on Leader with a walk-around management style, guiding employees, training-on-the-job, optimizing workflow, keeping morale high and ensuring standards of excellence exceed guest expectations.✪ Savvy Business Manager, holding responsibility for multi-million revenue budgets and P&L, building financial reporting summaries, proposals, pre- and post-forma budgets, cost controls to ensure efficiency & profitability. ✪ Restaurant Spokesperson, promoted restaurants, and restaurant openings through guest appearances on local TV and radio shows and hosting food critics from local newspapers. ✪ SME Presenter on restaurant guest service, sales, HR policies, sanitation policies, cooking techniques, to groups of 50+.EXPERTISE: High level skill in grilling, braising, frying, broiling, Saucier, soups, commissary cooking, ethnic cuisine, fine dining cuisine and Garde Manger (food refrigeration).TECHNICAL: Microsoft Excel and Word, ADP, InfoGenesis, JD Edwards, CTUIT, Chatmeter, Medallia, Open Table, and Appraisal Smart

Listed skills include Leadership, Garde Manger, Restaurant Management, Sourcing, and 20 others.

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