René Kristensen Email & Phone Number

Copenhagen, Dk

Food Organisation of Denmark (FOOD) is a non-profit organization. At FOOD, the focus is to develop Denmark as a food country, so that food becomes a path to growth, development and experiences. In FOOD, we are behind some of the country's major food festivals such as Copenhagen Cooking, Food Festival and Copenhagen Beer Week. We do this through food experiences, communication and development of projects for the benefit of the entire value chain in the food industry.Read more about the festivals here: 🍽️ Copenhagen Cooking - https://www.copenhagencooking.dk/ 🍺 Beer Week - https://www.cphbw.dk/ 🎪 Food Week - https://www.foodfestival.dk/Want to know more about FOOD - https://www.thefoodproject.dk/

Royal Unibrew is a leading regional multi-beverage company providing strong brands to our main markets Denmark, Finland, Italy, Germany, France and the Baltics, and to 65+ countries in the rest of the world.We serve our consumers by offering high quality beverages within beer, malt beverages, soft drinks as well as ciders, ready-to- drink, juice, energy and water products.In addition to our own brands, we offer license-based international brands from PepsiCo and Heineken in Northern Europe.Together with our 2,631 employees, we are facilitating great moments and enjoyment for our consumers and creating valuable partnerships with our customers – always in a responsible way.Our On-Trade Business is focused on creating memorable experiences, together with the wide range of partners in the hospitality and event industry.

Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

DRC is an industry association for the hospitality sector in Denmark, which includes restaurants, cafés, nightlife, etc. - regardless of thier size and turnover, and have approx. 1,500 members nationwide.The purpose of the association is to achieve the greatest possible influence on the conditions of the industry and to serve the common interests of the hospitality and accommodation industry, to promote cohesion in the industry and to create the acceptance of the outside world.Therefore, we carry out concentrated lobbying both locally and nationally to profile the industry and improve the conditions of it's members.The DRC's clear goal is to relieve its members from their daily challenges, to lower costs and to generally create better conditions for their members.

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

Tholstrup is a privately-owned company founded in 1972, on Gråbrødretorv in the heart of Copenhagen. Tholstrup owns and operates 9 restaurants and welcomes close to a million guests on both Gråbrødretorv and in Nyhavn. Common to Tholstrup's very different restaurants is a passion for quality, a love for seasonal products and a deep respect for the value of enjoying a meal in the company of good people.Bøf & Ost // Gråbrødretorv 13, 1154 København K Peder Oxe // Gråbrødretorv 11, 1154 København KHuks Fluks // Gråbrødretorv 8, 1154 København KsimpleRAW // Gråbrødretorv 9, 1154 København KPeder Oxes Kælder // Gråbrødretorv 11, 1154 København KZeleste // Store strandstræde 6, 1255 København K Nyhavns Færgekro // Nyhavn 5, 1051 København KCap Horn // Nyhavn 21, 1051 København KKompasset // Nyhavn 65, 1151 København K

Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

Verum's mission is to help our customers save money on their purchases, through our own developed software.We give our customers a more accurate picture of their purchases. We summarize the numbers without any human error factors. This collaboration enables us to provide a better insight into both purchasing and consumption patterns. Then we can provide our customers with a full insight, through our integratable dashboards.Verum's technology - AI helps procurementArtificial intelligence is the most transformative technology in our lifetime. Major changes are expected in the coming years.At Verum, we believe in challenging the status quo and focusing on the practical use of AI to solve real problems. We believe that all organizations, large and small, can and should benefit from artificial intelligence - the possibilities are endless.

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

Tivoli gardens is a beautiful amusement park, based in the center of Copenhagen, that dates back to 1843, when it opened it's gates for the first time. The Food & Beverage department, which includes 30 of the on site outlets and restaurants, in the garden, operate a range of concept restaurants (wagamama & Mazzoli's), family restaurants, easyfood outlets, cafés, convenience shops and the bars in relations to the concerts. Annually the F&B department are servicing around 2 million meals, and employ more than 500 employees, across the 30 sites.In this position I have:• 9 direct reports, 6 F&B managers and a dedicated support team of three employees consisting of an exclutive headchef, a project coordinator, and an administrative coordinator.• Responsibility for the gastronomic offering and service setup• Management of investment and maintenance projects and budgeting• Responsible for operational budgeting and strategy• Member of the Tivoli commercial management team

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

The wagamama franchise is in Denmark owned and operated by the amusement park Tivoli A/S, whom I, in the summer of 2014, joined in the position of general manager for the wagamama restaurants i Denmark. The purpose of the position was to start the roll out of the brand in Denmark, which occurred with the opening of the second wagamama, at the end of August 2014, on Frederiksberg. In the role I had over overall responsibility for operations of the restaurants, as well as strategy for wagamama Denmark.Results achieved:The opening of wagamama frederiksberg, with the construction of the restaurant, recruitment and training of a new restaurant team.- in the fall of 2014 I took on the position as, head of F&B, for the Tivoli gardens themepark, as an intrum until 31st December 2014, while still operating the wagamama restaurants.

Winkfield Road Windsor Berkshire

This new 150 bedroom LEGO themed leisure hotel opened in the spring of 2012, and I joint the hotel in September 2012 as head of food & beverage. The hotel is build as part of the LEGOLAND Windsor Resort, with private entrance to the theme park for the hotels residents. The F&B department within the hotel operates a 320 seats buffet restaurant, a 120 seats a la carte restaurant and a corporate & banqueting area with 6 conference rooms and a 80 seats lounge bar. Yearly the hotel served over 200,000 meals in the 3 areas, together with a brigade of 17 chefs, 32 waiters and 50 seasonal staff members.• 5 direct reporting managers and 1 administrator• Responsible for Food & Beverage budgeting and delivery• Managing CAPEX and general maintenance investments• Driving the highest standards for food safety Biggest achievements: Increasing the average spend per guest by 20% within one year, by utilizing the restaurants capacity more efficiently and improving sales techniques and awareness amongst the employees. Improved both food & beverage cost of sales, through stronger control on purchasing and wastage Raised the food quality and service scores with more than 5% within year one.Increasing profit per guest by more than 40% within year one.

Billund, Denmark

In LEGOLAND Billund the F&B department consisted of 38 outlets spread throughout the park. Available are la carte restaurants, buffet restaurants and quick food in the form of burgers, sandwiches, fish and chips and ice cream bars, coffee shops, cotton candy etc. Here are great meals and fantastic service delivered together with 600 employees.• Manager for 13 outlets including 2 large restaurant• Responsible for recruitment and training• Development of a project model• Responsible for sales and execution of group eventsBiggest achievement: Changing a café restaurant to an Italian Pizza & Pasta restaurant, which resulted in a large revenue increase.

Yellow hotel was a small spa & wellness hotel with 26 rooms, with Danish quality gourmet food. • Management responsibility for 10 permanent employees and 12 call in employees• Composition of menus, wines and cocktails according to the seasons• Budget responsibility• Staff planning• Responsible for hiring and layoffs • Planning of weddings, birthdays ect.Biggest achievement: Branding the hotel restaurant as an independent restaurant, increasing revenue significantly.

Vejle Area, Denmark

Restaurant Baroli was a newly constituted restaurant, in the centre of Vejle. I was part of the start-up of this new fusion cuisine concept kitchen and cocktail lounge bar.• Management responsibility for 12 permanent employees and 22 call in employees• Composition of menus, wines and cocktails according to the seasons• Ordering and budget responsibility• Staff planning, training & salary management • Responsible for hiring and layoffs Biggest achievement: started as bar manager and moved up to restaurant manager within 3 months.

Merlin Management Programe, Business Administration And Management, General

Project Management, Project Management