Kristin Castillo Email & Phone Number

Huntersville, Nc, Us

Mooresville, North Carolina, United States

Haslet, Tx

Write, edit, post, and promote the content for my blog Lemonlimeco.com. Create recipes and procedures, photography, food styling, compose and edit posts, market posts to readers, and conduct research for future topics.

Huntersville, North Carolina, United States

Mooresville, North Carolina, United States

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

-Managed staff of 13 for a corporate cafeteria dining and catering account-Planned daily menu offerings to include international cuisine and eat well options for 1,800 guests per day -Increased daily sales by 30% by offering trendy from scratch meal options using fresh and local ingredients -Repositioned kitchen staff and organized daily food prep for maximum efficiency

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

- Insure highest quality and presentation on buffet for exclusive airport lounge serving 800 to 1000 guests daily.- Manage daily kitchen operations; identify and provide solutions for any problem areas.- Assist in organizing a successful monthly menu rotation by training and converting recipes to necessary yields.- Provide only the freshest product by creating daily production lists and PAR levels based on business volume.- Maintain an A rating with Department of Health by standardizing cleaning procedures and following strict HACCAP guidelines.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

・Increased sales by contributing two core menu items to market and an additional four items company wide. ・Responsible for daily inventory and par adjustments as needed based on current sales trends.・Maintain high food quality standards and strict recipe adherence with constant inspection and proper employee training.・Developed daily, weekly and monthly cleaning lists per station throughout kitchen in order to organize and add more structure to closing procedures.・Enforced strict recipe adherence per company standards in a unique dining establishment that offers house made chef crafted meals.

Greater San Diego Area

・Responsible for the supervision of over 70 employees in various culinary outlets working closely with HR by maintaining and updating employee files, screening applicants, performing interviews and training.・Analyzed merchandise performance within Main Kitchen and Employee Dining Room, adapted inventory as needed to increase sales volume while maintaining a low cost of goods.・Finished $34,000 under budget in purchases for Main Kitchen and Garde Manger.・Developed and implemented new departmental performance standards in customer service, merchandising and culinary procedures.・Increased customer satisfaction by revamping the Buffet Salad Bar and enhancing visual merchandising in Employee Dining Room.・Managed and performed all outlet administrative duties such as scheduling, ordering and time record tracking as well as coaching and conducting employee annual and bi-annual reviews.・AAA Four Diamond Resort since 2010.

Greater Los Angeles Area

・Planned and executed many events to include, weddings, various holiday banquets, service groups and member oriented banquets.・Maintained and remained under company budget.・Development of recipes, techniques, portion control and pricing for food preparation to help ensure consistent high food quality and minimize product cost・Instrumental in achieving $100,000 swing in positive F&B net from year prior.・Consistently maintained monthly cost of goods under 31%.・Awarded the ClubCorp 2009 Rising Star Award and the 2010 Food and Beverage Team of Excellence.