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Phoenix, Arizona, Us

Sourcing & Placing Top Talent at the Unit & Executive Level expertly in the hospitality industry

Columbus, Oh, Us

Cleveland, Ohio, Us

Fair Oaks, California, Us

Acting Executive Chef for Meristem; created and executed complete menu for teachers participating in Waldorf teaching method, utilized young adults 18-28 on Autism spectrum by helping develop culinary skills and executing menu items.

Los Angeles, Us

Enhance menu-offerings and kitchen operations to best align with changing customer expectations in order to elevate the sophistication of the Bandera dining experience. Through quality execution, delivered record revenue growth ($120k over highest net sales, 23% growth over previous record). Developed an enhanced culture at Bandera Sacramento through effectively reorganizing staff, responsibilities, schedule times, and standards - resulting in increased kitchen outputs, increased product quality & lowered food costs by 1.2%.

Los Angeles, Us

Manage menu execution from sourcing appropriate suppliers all the way through delivering the final product to Houston’s customers. Source and manage supplier relationships, food cost, restaurant inventory, complete back-of-house operations, and responsible for entire kitchen staff of 20+ direct reports. Introduced new menu items for Atlanta market Hillstone properties. Responsible for identifying new vendors, sourcing, and negotiating price point based on volume, across Atlanta marketplace.

Los Angeles, Us

Redeveloped Gulfstream’s menu by integrating new recipes that better aligned with growing consumer preferences while falling within Gulfstream’s Seafood forward menu offerings and kitchen capabilities. Introduced several new permanent concepts that included house favorites: BBQ shrimp, and Zydeco Snapper. Collaborated with front-of-house service manager throughout two-month GM vacancy to manage Gulfstream’s P&L, controllable income and net sales. Successfully outpaced the established year-over-year net income targets throughout this period, by continuing to reduce all operating expenses.

Los Angeles, Us

Collaborated with VP of Food and Regional Director to restructure kitchen operations, menu offerings, and new product features in order to best compete with upscale competition. Successfully grew net income, which led to a promotion to manage the more refined Gulfstream Newport ($10MN annual revenue).

Los Angeles, Us

Completed an extensive 4-month culinary training program that includes developing all of the dining aspects of the Hillstone brand of Restaurants, preparing all menu items from scratch.Managed all aspects of an upscale restaurant business ranging from the technical proficiencies of the front-of house serving to relationship management with product suppliers. Capable of running and scaling a sophisticated dining experience across multiple geographies throughout the US.

Northstar Cafe - Short North & Easton locations-Provide leadership for new hourly team members in day-to-day responsibilities-Extensive knowledge of all menu items and recipes offered for sales-Experience training and working on the line, prep kitchen, inventory management and baking -Skilled and trusted restaurant opener and closer

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), English Language And Literature, General

English Literature (British And Commonwealth)