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Holmdel, New Jersey, United States

• Identifying and developing corporate relationships within Bell Works and throughout New Jersey.• Initiating new business that focuses on special events, catering in-house and offsite, and strategic corporate partnerships.• Assisting in event planning, food and beverage strategy, and promoting booked events through social media.• Managing, budgeting, and overseeing catering staff, both internally and with professionally hired staffing services for high volume events.• Utilizing catering software to track monthly sales and self-implement future revenue goals.• Handling daily managerial tasks from opening/closing, guest inquiries, cash reports, and more.

New Jersey, United States

www.recipesbyjill.comBased out of Boston, MA for 5 years (2011-2016), and now residing in Monmouth County, New Jersey.

Tested and reviewed a wide array of kitchen related products including small appliances, cookware, and other culinary related gadgets. Took photographs and wrote extensive reviews of each kitchen product after thorough recipe testing and cooking.Wrote educational and informative articles with themes based around cookware products and their methodology.Researched various kitchen gadget and cookware brands to write summaries about their history and scope.Submitted written article reviews, photography, and videos within necessary deadlines provided by the editor.

Asbury Park, Nj

• Networking and developing connections with relative organizations, institutions, and other seafood industry professionals.• Connecting with restaurants and chefs to promote traceable, sustainable fish and shellfish from domestic fishermen.• Writing and testing seasonal seafood recipes for CSF, retail store, and selling at farmers' markets.• Training and managing staff, overseeing all retail store operations.

Greater Boston Area

• Develop seasonal recipe ideas inspired by the regional cuisine of New England for Craving Boston.• Submit ideas to the managing editor for approval.• Write, test, and photograph recipes to be published on the Craving Boston website.

Boston

• Organize and plan large group dining events for the restaurant.• Coordinate and manage all private events, such as wine tastings, restaurant buyouts, rehearsal dinners, luncheons, offsites, and executing details day-of event.• Greet, serve, and advise guests on a daily-changing menu of fresh, local seafood and produce with a focus of bringing artisanal, sustainably produced food and wine to the table.• Train and test new FOH staff on restaurant and menu knowledge. Partnering with managers to develop thorough and extensive training manuals and procedures for future servers.• Responsible for posting current food articles from national newspapers and other veritable sources on a weekly changing bulletin, while presenting relevant topics to fellow FOH staff members.

• Guide tour guests through tastings and samples at Best of Boston restaurants and food shops.• Provide detailed historical information and culinary guidance on local and artisanal food products.

Boston

• Create savory and sweet recipes under The Boston Globe recipe guidelines with advisement from Sheryl Julian.• Style and photograph personally developed recipes for publishing in the Wednesday food lifestyle section.

Greater Boston Area

• Advise and respond to product inquiries and retail questions from customers in an efficient, personable manner via direct telephone and email correspondence.• Provide top quality service for a members-only private flash sale site, Joss and Main, and acquire new knowledge of exclusive, high-end branded goods for the home.

Greater New York City Area

• Procure ingredients at the farmers' markets and perform on-site cooking demonstrations with fresh produce.• Organize and develop GrowNYC recipe database.• Compile data for Senior Thesis Project on healthy food access in NYC and the role of farmers' markets and other alternative food networks.

Greater New York City Area

• Prepped and plated desserts, including soufflés. Decorated cakes and pastries, while maintaining the dessert display case visible to guests in the dining room.• Completed a six-week culinary course on the basics and fundamentals of cooking.

Master Of Liberal Arts In Gastronomy

Activities and Societies: Certificate in Culinary Arts from BUStudies focused on Food Writing, Food Tourism, and Culinary Arts

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Cultural Anthropology, Italian Minor, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Italian Club, Anthropology Tutor, Intramural SoccerRecipient of the Anita Volland Anthropology Award.

Rome Campus, Study Abroad, Italian Studies, Italian Language

Education record

Introduction to Cheesemaking - The Gourmandise School, Santa Monica, CA