Kusha Mathur Email & Phone Number

PROFILE: Executive Sous Chef with more than 11 plus years of professional cooking and kitchen management experience. Exemplary leadership qualities and professionalism, backed by a consistent, verifiable record of achievement. Proven ability to work effectively with people of various ages, cultural backgrounds, and experience levels. Currently working as a acting Executive Chef at Sheraton New Delhi reporting to Area Chef North.SENIOR SOUS CHEF, SHERATON NEW DELHI, NEW DELHIJULY 2020 to PresentSupervising Sous chefs, Master chefs, Pastry chef, Butcher, and forty-five additional staff of the hotel. Scheduling and coordinating the work of chefs, cooks, and other kitchen employees to assure that food preparation is economical and technically correct and within budgeted labor cost goals.Responsible for all food production including that of restaurants, banquet and other outlets of the hotel.Responsible for planning the epicurean calendar of the hotel along with all the food promotions of various outlets.Ensured smooth kitchen operation by overseeing daily product inventory, purchasing and receiving.In charge of overseeing inventory and managing daily, weekly and monthly cost control.Enforcing food safety compliance procedures, issuing disciplinary actions as needed.Training and hiring of all new staff and determining position as well as salaryPreparing necessary data for applicable parts of the budget, projecting annual food, labor, and other costs.Monitoring actual financial results, taking corrective action as necessary to help assure that financial goals are met.Assisting the Area Chef north in opening of various properties in terms of menu designing , recipes, costing and logistics.Developing policies and procedures to enhance and measure quality, continually updating written policies and providing training and professional development opportunities for all kitchen staff.Actively involved in the recruitment of management trainees for ITC hotels in the northern region by being a member of the forum.

Listed skills include Hotels, Hospitality, Green Belt, Food, and 14 others.