Catering & Hospitality professional with expertise as a Pastry Chef, as well as Kitchen Manager. I am a food enthusiast looking for a management role within the food business, as well as food developer and food consultancy, to give thriving continuity within this career path. Experience encompasses a range of different types of work, all with high-profile standards, focusing on guest experience. Also, producing food related content in creative media.What attracted me the most about working with food, as a Pastry Chef, is the fact that is international and timeless. It has enabled my initial aim of working in different countries. A deep understanding on how to manage a kitchen, and how a food business works, has been gained throughout the years.I started cooking professionally in 2003, when I graduated in Gastronomy. I have had the chance to work with some renowned professionals – such as François Payard, in São Paulo and New York City (2002-2004), and Paola Carosella, in her former restaurant Julia Cocina, in São Paulo (2004-2005).In 2006 I moved to Ireland, to volunteer at Camphill Community Duffcarrig, where I was living and working with people with special needs – including cooking with them. In 2008, I moved to the UK, and started working in the Pastry section at the Grosvenor House JW Marriott Hotel, in Mayfair, London. Along the years I worked in some high profile and large-scale venues, having had the chance to be part of the kitchen brigade at the Royal Windsor Horse Show & The Queen’s 90th Birthday. In 2010-2011, I started producing some online cooking videos, by the name Renatices, along with working as a Chef. I also had the chance to take on some audio-visual experience, as a freelance production runner. Moreover, I grew up following the work of my mother as a theatre Executive Producer, feeling very inspired by this creative environment.I qualified in HND Creative Media Production in 2015, in London, with the aim of combining the two passions: media and food. I occasionally produce food related media content, such as commissioned projects and my own online cooking show. My aim is to make food last more than a few minutes on a plate, lingering on either on photography or moving image. Now I have been widening and improving my skillset, working as an administrator, enriching my transferable skills, which along with my experience and passion for catering, will hopefully result in working as the roles mentioned. rhmaiss29@gmail.com(+44) 07733 101910https://renaticesrh.wixsite.com/mysite