Daniel Bodnar Email & Phone Number

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

As a Kitchen Manager at Brewdog, I make sure to provide excellent service to our customers. My duties include the following:• Management of kitchen performance ensuring all site Safety, Quality, Productivity, Cost objectives are attained.• Participate at daily handover meetings with upper management and ensure detailed communication across all local and cross-border corporate departments in the Brewdog franchise.• Lead and motivate a team of people to adhere and attain all daily and weekly goals and to ensure professionalism and performance orientation• Organise production workflow and ensure employees understand their duties / tasks.• Provide training to new employees and monitor / oversee continuous work performance while supporting new staff members• Liaise with planning to execute plan, manage overtime to ensure agreed schedules can be executed in full.• Initiate, coordinate and manage kitchen audits to ensure compliance with the highest food quality and kitchen excellence while also maintaining compliance with national regulatory food and health standards• Maintain timekeeping and records on TMS in a timely manner for payroll purposes. Proactively manage absenteeism and attendance and escalate if necessary.• Liaison with local suppliers and manage order flows, stock and maintain excellent relationships with suppliers• Preparation of staff work rotations to ensure appropriate work-life balance• Manage employee productivity and provide constructive feedback and coaching.• Ensure adherence to company policies and procedures.

Dublin City, County Dublin, Ireland

Dublin, Ireland

Led and inspired kitchen teams, ensuring adherence to health and hygiene regulations.Facilitated seamless coordination between the kitchen and front-of-house teams.Maintained pre-set profit margins and controlled kitchen budgets.Identified and nurtured talented kitchen staff.Managed recruitment, attended management meetings, and oversaw training and development initiatives.

Dublin, Ireland

Oversaw kitchen operations, implemented new systems, and provided staff training.Collaborated with management to address service-related complaints.Managed supplier orders and maintained relationships.Assisted duty and general managers during service.

County Dublin, Ireland

• Hiring and dismissing employees by being the deputy executive in the Parliament Street Fish Shack Cafe on behalf of the company.• Informing about and complying with the highest health and safety and food standards within the premises.• Managing staff and creating rosters for each weekly period.• Checking the quality of the dishes during the full period of preparation and serving.• Coordinating the work procedure of chefs and other participants (like kitchen porters) in the food preparation phase.• Calculating and creating stock lists, managing orders for the kitchen in its entirety, dealing and consulting with suppliers about the orders and existing special offers for the company.• Supervision of the stock, appliances and workplace in order to be complied with the standards of the premises.• Provision of training for new staff members during their trial periods.• Working together with the Executive Head Chef directly, implementing the wishes of the upper management.

County Dublin, Ireland

Monkstown, Dublin, Ireland

• Overall responsibility for the kitchen’s daily operations.• Liaising with the relevant companies for food orders.• Creating new dishes and menus.• Interviewing and hiring new staff.• Maintaining/raising the food’s profit margins for your employer.• Monitoring and controlling stock levels.• Ensuring correct stock rotation procedures are followed.• Implementation of health and safety procedures in the kitchen.• Estimating costs and ensuring all purchases come within budget.• Taking care of the kitchen’s accounts and creating a work roster.

Monkstown, Dublin, Ireland

Monkstown, Dublin, Ireland

Monkstown, Dublin, Ireland