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As a well-travelled, people-loving and dedicated chef with a great sense of humour, pride and passion, I enjoy every opportunity to hone my current skills, talents, and learn more. I am always looking for a challenge, and thrive when expanding my knowledge and experiencing new things. I enjoy working in multi-cultural and vibrant environments and love being part of a team.+CAREERI started my first after school job in a local suburban restaurant washing dishes.After three weeks I was allowed to plate the cold entrees.Some months later I was responsible for all the cold entrees.Then all the entrees.And a year or so after that, on the nights when the head chef was off, I found myself running the kitchen.I loved it!Over the past 13 years I have worked in several kitchens. From multi award winning restaurant Depot (Al Brown) to preparing on-location meals for cast and crew on film shoots in London and all over England – catering for over 150 covers from the back of a truck, often in the middle of nowhere.I have been head chef at two suburban Auckland gastro-bars – real gastro-bars where we ran dégustation menus with wine and craft beer matches.It’s been fantastic!+WHO IS SAMI’m a team playerI’m a people person.I am honest.Practical.Pragmatic.Calm.Organised.Positive.+WHAT DO I BRINGI understand flavoursI understand how to write a menu – that is profitable for the restaurant, manageable for the kitchen, and sublime for the dinersI love meeting peopleI love making people happy though foodI am a contributor

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