James "Shamus" Hill Email & Phone Number

“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.”Winston ChurchillI'm a chef looking to utilize my extensive experience, classic culinary training, and strong leadership skills to create an extraordinary experience for my guests. I test as a High D and flat line for ICS on the DICS Profile (Developing and Pushing Forward)Excellent leadership managing staffs of over thirty employees.Strong ability to effectively manage inventory maintaining optimal food cost.Proactive self-starter striving for performance optimization across all areas.Committed to excellence, quality, budget goals and organization mission statement.Ability to effectively manage high volume production with no sacrifice to quality.Specialties: Versatile in different Cuisines, Gluten Free, Pastry in gluten free, Farm to Table ordering and Dinners, Organic cooking, Cooking Classes, Wine Dinners, Financial Planning, Restaurant and Wine Bar Development, Hospitality Social Media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Youtube), Recipe & Youtube Video ProductionFood & Beverage planning and developing menus for Restaurant, Catering Banquets Marketing Dinners & Coffee House
Purchasing of all food products, inventory control, food cost and labor cost, budgeting.
Osha and Serve Safe Standard.
Dedicated to the delivering the best dining experiences, while striving to exceed expectations.
I am a confident and decisive leader with the ability to manage, motivate and train a culinary team.
I am fiscally savvy manager accustomed to the achievement of financial goals resulting in a profit driven organization.To continually work on being a strong leader in establishing a role at the divisional and corporate levels. Consistently look at ways to self evaluate and continually learn to better myself and developing a clear leadership style with a open rapport between peers and subordinates.

Listed skills include Social Media Marketing, Menu Development, Social Media, Culinary Skills, and 46 others.