specials, inventory, menu development, management.

Responsible for kitchen design, equipping space, all aspects of menu development. Staffing, scheduling and managing back as well as front of the house in a family owned restaurant and bar.

Duties are maintaining quality control in an operation that has been open for three years.

Responsible for opening a specialty, fine/upscale casual restaurant in a Marriott hotel. Assist Executive Chef and Banquet Sous Chef in banquets, daily operations, menu development, food quality, ordering, food and labor costs as well as duties to the restaurant, including room service, maintaining a high quality of the freshest food available cooking Texas Regional Cuisine. As with all previous work experiences, ensure all meat, fish and other proteins are brought in fresh and prepared on property as well as all sauces, stocks, breads and desserts.

Played an imperative role in primarily opening a Texas themed restaurant, setting up systems of control, overseeing food quality, ordering, hiring, menu development and food and labor cost.

Played a vital role in opening and maintaining food quality, ordering, hiring, menu development and food and labor cost.

Responsibilities included opening duties for Dish, ordering, inventory, direction of staff of 12 for lunch and dinner. Assisted Executive Chef and owners with menu planning, food and labor cost control, training, safety and sanitation. Prepared food from scratch and helped oversee line.

Played an important role in the opening of this upscale restaurant in the River Oaks district. Responsibilities as Sous Chef were to oversee daily preparation of only the freshest ingredients, menu planning, cost control, line execution, plate presentation and safety and sanitation procedures. Continued all duties as Executive Chef for the remaining 8 months of restaurant’s existence.

Responsibilities included preparation of daily specials, controlling food and labor cost, inventory, ordering supplies and assisting Executive Chef with daily paperwork. High volume 450 seats