"LOOKING FOR NEW AVENUES TO PERSUE"PROFESSIONAL PROFILE_______________________________________________________________________Professional chef and manager Key skills:• Union experience• Supervised staff of 22 kitchen employees • Health care, Wall Street and catering experience• Above average results on customer surveys• Exceeded sales by 4 million dollars at Singer's Caterer's• Trained staff through meetings, demonstrations and good communication• Cooked over 1,408,000 meals a year at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Canter• Decreased food cost from 36% to 27% with low inventory and efficient usage of supplies• Low waste using "FIFO" (first in, first out) inventory program• Kosher catering and food service experience• Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points, (HACCP) always used • Excellent butcher, cook and garde manger• Able to adopt, change and learn new recipes and techniques• Certified Dietary ManagerAccomplishments:• Opened restaurants & other establishments in tri-state area- - includes Zoopsoups, Kiosk Foods and health care facilities• Created over 144 signature soups at Zoopsoups• Staff "buys into" management methods resulting in positive results• 98% to 100% on all health inspection surveys• Issued performance reviews resulting in greater goal settings• Established food costs and maintained budget• Forecasting in logging industry saved client 12% on paper costs • Won awards at New York foods shows• Took staff of 7 to participate in Jacob Javits culinary salon- - each won honorable mention; self esteem and performance sky rocketed; news went national• Represented The Food Bank For New York City on The History Channel's Mega Meals- - serviced 800 community people daily, including 5,000 family pantry program• Performed "Topping Off" party on 60 story building where only floors 6-8 were completed• • American Culinary Federation member for over 18 years• Rockland BOCES Culinary Advisory Board over 25 years