Championship Catering offers a premier catering experience for private and corporate events, including business meetings, training seminars, conferences, office parties, weddings, wedding showers, baby showers, rehearsal dinners, private dinners, charity events, and other group events. I work with clients to customize a menu that best suits their event, guests, theme, and budget - and I can customize many of our menus to accommodate special diets or dietary restrictions. Although we have… Show more Championship Catering offers a premier catering experience for private and corporate events, including business meetings, training seminars, conferences, office parties, weddings, wedding showers, baby showers, rehearsal dinners, private dinners, charity events, and other group events. I work with clients to customize a menu that best suits their event, guests, theme, and budget - and I can customize many of our menus to accommodate special diets or dietary restrictions. Although we have catered events at a number of locations and top-rated venues around St. Louis, we do have our own facility at the Casa Loma ballroom, which seats over 850 people.Our premier clients include the St. Louis Cardinals, Hollywood Casino Amphitheater and other businesses around the St. Louis Metro area, in both Missouri and Illinois. Show less

• Increased Sales • Designed and Implemented new menu • Reorganized accounting system • Implemented Training Manual and trained new staff • Introduced advertising agenda and new promotions

• Responsible for all aspects of training all front of house staff • Responsible for all closing paperwork, server checkout and deposits • In charge of out side sales and private party bookings • Active in Manager in Training program

• Ranked as one of St. Louis’s top ten caterers by the St. Louis Business Journal, $1.7 million in sales.• Acquired corporate accounts with: Edward Jones, Funny Bone Comedy Club, Anheuser Busch, Monsanto, A.G. Edwards, Comfort Inn, serviced all major Builders in St. Louis, as well as Riverport Amphitheater.• Provided complete school food service programs fulfilling all requirements for Chesterfield Day, Forsyth, City Academy, Mathew Dickey and Harris Stowe.• Acquired full service… Show more • Ranked as one of St. Louis’s top ten caterers by the St. Louis Business Journal, $1.7 million in sales.• Acquired corporate accounts with: Edward Jones, Funny Bone Comedy Club, Anheuser Busch, Monsanto, A.G. Edwards, Comfort Inn, serviced all major Builders in St. Louis, as well as Riverport Amphitheater.• Provided complete school food service programs fulfilling all requirements for Chesterfield Day, Forsyth, City Academy, Mathew Dickey and Harris Stowe.• Acquired full service accounts including cafeteria, catering vending and coffee service for the following: Cass Bank, Bio Merieux Vitek, Mosby Medical Publishing Co. (two locations) as well as Sverdrup Corp.• Held monthly profit / loss meetings with each account with a staff of 45 • Caterer for the St. Louis Rams, St. Louis Cardinals and the St. Charles Empress, a 150 passenger charter yacht. Show less

• Secured location through studying demographics, performing a feasibility study which proved to be a good location generating yearly sales of over $800,000.Responsibilities included menu development, inventory and cost controls, and quality insurance programs. • Developed employee manuals, hired and trained staff, created promotions and advertising campaigns. Designed all forms and crosschecks to obtain accurate daily sales including daily food, liquor, and labor cost. This information was… Show more • Secured location through studying demographics, performing a feasibility study which proved to be a good location generating yearly sales of over $800,000.Responsibilities included menu development, inventory and cost controls, and quality insurance programs. • Developed employee manuals, hired and trained staff, created promotions and advertising campaigns. Designed all forms and crosschecks to obtain accurate daily sales including daily food, liquor, and labor cost. This information was also compared to projected forecast and adjusted in order to meet all cost objectives, including payroll, food, liquor, and operating expenses while maintaining inventory cost controls. Show less

• Managed full service restaurant seating 300 people with sales of over $4,000,000. • Responsible for food and liquor ordering, scheduling, developing and implementing staffs opening and closing duties. • Developed and started a happy hour program which eventually was ranked as St. Louis’s #1 happy hour spot by the Riverfront Times.

• Regional manager overseeing four restaurants in three states as well as an opening team and special event manager. Opened several theme restaurants, developed grand openings for new locations within shopping malls, corporate headquarters, and sporting venues. • Responsibilities included: monthly profit loss statements, defining problems and solutions, and developing new seasonal menu concepts. • Worked directly with vice president of operations corporate level and assisted general… Show more • Regional manager overseeing four restaurants in three states as well as an opening team and special event manager. Opened several theme restaurants, developed grand openings for new locations within shopping malls, corporate headquarters, and sporting venues. • Responsibilities included: monthly profit loss statements, defining problems and solutions, and developing new seasonal menu concepts. • Worked directly with vice president of operations corporate level and assisted general managers in developing new menu items and hiring key personnel employees. Was a team player, working with each kitchen manager individually • Conducted several food service studies resulting in cutting food cost in each location as well as making each operation run more efficiently while never sacrificing quality. Show less