John Reen Email & Phone Number

Brickwalk Cafe

Seasonal Position, Executive Chef Brickwalk Cafe- Lead team of 25 employees in production of over 500 meals a day.Coordinated scheduling, staffing and daily menu development, including increasing special selections to be more upscale offerings ie: Grilled Lamb Chops with grape tomato feta compote, roasted summer vegetable tian and wilted greens; Chilled Poached Salmon with pickled julienned vegetable slaw, charred yelllow tomatoes and basit aioli. Training and motivating staff during peak seasonal attendance weeks...continued success during season long engagement.. Revenue up 8% over last year due to increased sales and lowered food cost.

Buffalo Ny

Worked as production Chef for both the Buffalo Bills and in Jan to April the Buffalo Sabres..cooked and produced meals for Bills players, staff and the front office staff serving 200 ppl for lunch; worked in Grand Buffet for the Sabres Gold patrons. serving 300-500 ppl a game. Fast paced and frenetic atmosphere.

Chautauqua,Ny

Seasonal Position, Chef/Manager, Brickwalk Cafe. Lead team of 25 employees in production of over 500 meals a day. Coordinated scheduling,staffing and daily menuu development.Training and motivating staff during peak seasonal attendance weeks.Continued success throughout season long engagement.

Buffalo Ny

Built new territory, surpassing sales goals, consultant sales approach.Innovative solutions and current best practices utilized.

Bufflao Ny

Coordinated educational objectives for Culinary Arts. Taught different level experience students.Taught American Regional Cuisine, International Cuisine,Retail Bakeshop and Advanced Baking.Set Learner Objectives and mentored and supervised students.

Chautauqau,Ny

I worked at the Institute for the summer season for four years, creating menus, coordinating production, meeting deadlines and creating daily menus. Supervising 15-25 employees daily.

Buffalo Ny

Managed 25 employees, created seasonal and daily menus. Met hourly deadlines and supervised all food producion and presentation. Responsible for ordering and food costing.

Buffalo Ny

Managed accounts in all aspects. Created significant new territory,surpassing sales goals each quarter.Offered creative, profit generating solutions to customer base.