John Warr Email & Phone Number

Bloomington, Minnesota, United States

Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Huntsville, Utah, United States

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Ogden, Utah, United States

Salt Lake City, Utah

* Excelled as the Senior Sous Chef for the 4 Diamond property with 515 rooms and F&B valued at up to $8M.* Presided over multidisciplinary operations encompassing budget development, safety management, sales forecasting, food quantity planning/forecasting, and vendor relationships.* Directed daily kitchen operations and adeptly navigated concurrent responsibilities, while ensuring prime quality and timely implementation.* Leveraged people management expertise to recruit, develop, schedule, and supervise talented candidates.* Acted as an industry subject matter expert by developing menus for events and conducting cooking demonstrations, as well as site visits and menu tastings.* Established Standard Operating Procedures and supported Executive Team members with strategic planning.* Continuously enforced a positive image of the Marriott brand, while achieving optimal ESS, GSS, and AES scores.* Strategically slashed food cost from 24.5% to 20.8% and labor cost from 13.6% to 11.8%.* Propelled underwhelming guest and event satisfaction survey scores from the bottom three of the region to consistently remain at the top three.

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

* Served as the Sous Chef for the 4 Diamond property with 840 rooms and $20M in F&B.* Supervised 50+ kitchen members, which included delegating tasks and reviewing work performance.

Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States

* Acted as the Executive Chef for the 3 Diamond property with 140 rooms and $3M in F&B.* Maintained operational excellence by initiating production quality standards and optimizing food preparation techniques.* Evaluated/modified financial budgets and collaboratively distributed budgets.* Minimized food cost by enhancing accuracy in food consumption estimation.* Contributed to reduced staff turnover by boosting employee morale.

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

* Collaborated with cross-functional departments such as Sales, Events, and Operations to ensure success through internal harmonization.* Executed cost control strategies while maintaining food, labor, and controllable costs.