Daniel Mwangi Email & Phone Number

Nairobi County, Kenya

Nairobi County, Kenya

Pre opening Head Chef

Nairobi County, Kenya

Data analyzation from F & B sales to identify trends in customer preferencesKitchen layouts design & to optimize output.Menu Engineering & DevelopmentFSMS guidance & training Equipment sourcing based on standard industry specsRecipe development & standardization.Budgeting Food & beverage operations management

Nairobi County, Kenya

Developed F&B concept for the outletsCompliled FFE list for importationFinalized F & B Pre opening budget Established vendor management & onboardingDeveloped recipes & tested for efficiencyAssembled ADD & room service menus

Nairobi, Kenya

Spearheaded the main kitchen refurbishment to current standardsOfficial caterer for the Kenya Open Golf championships in the 2018 & 2022 Lowered the food cost by 10% in the first yearIncreased a la carte sales by 10% in 3 yearsDeveloped training manuals for the kitchen staff

Uganda

Established local ingredients farmers to feature in the menuRevamped kitchen operations & increased efficiencyDevised food portion control measures to maintain consistency & lowered costDrafted a new menu change every yearCrafted weekly special menus & grew sales by 5%Initiated a kitchen weekly cleaning scheduleEstablished an equipment maintenance program

Nairobi

• Was promoted from the position of an Assistant Branch Chef to a Sous Chef in the Pioneer Branch of 360 Degrees Pizza
• Overseeing the training of all the 17 new staff members in SOP’s & recipe guidelines for all menu items.
• Training & mentoring 2 stewards to become cooks within an year.
• Planning, Executing & Implementing 3 consecutive menu changes in 2 years.
• Supervising a daily production of more than 400 Neapolitan pizzas per day.
• Developing a daily basis ordering sheet based on par order levels & business needs.

Karen Nairobi

• Butchering of whole aged steers for our steaks and meat dishes on a weekly basis.
• In charge of daily specials depending on the par levels of butchery.
• Enforcing clean and safe environments in the kitchen as required by set standards.
• In charge of the meat section responsible for stock rotation, meat marination & daily specials.
• Ensuring HACCP was followed & needed documentation was filled through.
• Maintaining the JOSPER oven by routinely cleaning it & following manufacturer's manual.

Naivasha Kenya

• Effectively managing and assisting kitchen staff in producing food for banquets of up to 1000 people.
• Training & mentoring junior staff as most had not undergone formal training.
• Training stewards into basic kitchen rules & techniques as part of talent search.
• Maintaining par levels of stocks in the kitchen to facilitate production.
• Was a team member involved in the opening of the coffee shop at the resort.
• Revamping the daily buffet menu offering from breakfast to lunch buffets.

Upper Hill, Nairobi

• Oversaw the grill and salad section in the award-winning Sikia fine dining restaurant.
• Attending HACCP trainings organized by the organization.
• Working in all sections of the hotel namely fine dining, a la carte kitchen, butchery, salad section, banqueting section,
• breakfast night shift.
• Training new recruits and trainees assigned under the position.
• Acting as a chef de Parte in A la carte kitchen for three months.

• Rotational cook in the Italian, Continental, Nyama choma ranch & banqueting kitchen.
• Assisting the chef de parte in running the station allocated.
• Awarded 1st & 2nd runners up in the inter departmental competitions on two different categories.
• Ensuring all kitchen equipment are in good working order & reported any breakage.
• Overseeing butchery prep for the barbeque i.e. meat marination, skewering & roasting.
• Training kitchen trainees on industrial attachment.

Nairobi Kenya

• Training on Food Microbiology, Work & General hygiene, pest control.
• Attending weekly trainings & refresher on HACCP.
• Undertaking on job training in the kitchen and learning how to operate various kitchen equipment.
• Setting up and performing prep work for food items.
• Following the FIFO while storing & usage of products.

Food Production, Food Preparation/Professional Cooking., Credit

Certificate In Food Production, Food Production, Pass

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