Michael Cook Email & Phone Number

Energetic, proactive and creative Professional Chef with more than 15 years' broad and deep experience of food preparation, kitchen management and menu creation in a wide variety of business and catering environments, from small à la carte fine dining to producing a full range of meals under canvas in a remote field kitchen for up to 1500 hungry soldiers on exercise. Expertise in liaising with contract caterers, running buffets and coordinating catering for large civic events.KEY ATTRIBUTES• Outstanding manager, who always gets the best from team members, and is adept at deploying both individuals and specific skill sets to tasks and events as appropriate.• Excellent communicator, with the ability to explain complex or technical information to non-technical people, and having both the credibility and interpersonal skills to deal with customers, colleagues, members of the public, or senior management with equal facility.• Creative and pragmatic problem-solver, regarded by peers, colleagues and senior management as a "safe pair of hands" in a crisis, and a reputation for getting things done on time, to budget and within specification.• Versatile, flexible and adaptable, with a positive "can-do" attitude, and an absolute determination to both succeed and fully-contribute to any future employer's business, committed to add value at every opportunityEducation and Professional Qualifications• NVQ Level 3 in Catering Hospitality and Management• NVQ Level 2 in Catering and Hospitality• Basic and Intermediate Food Hygiene Certificates• CLAIT Plus - IT literate, conversant with the Microsoft Office suite of productivity tools, and experienced in the use of computerised ordering systems within large organisations such as NAAFI and SODEXO• Good Standard of General Education, Numerate and Literate

Listed skills include Catering, Logistics, Hospitality, Team Building, and 11 others.

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