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Headed up all in-house catering, from fine dining lunches & dinners through to Summer & Christmas BallWe had 15 private dining rooms, and 2 large gathering spaces for 6/700 persons,

To provide a hospitality service and a fine dining operation for the hospitality suite consisting of 15 rooms of varying size from 4 to 40cvtsProviding catering for business breakfasts, formal lunches, champagne & canapés & formal dinners.Organise and produce a daily briefing for a team of 1xChef and 3 Butlers depending on numbers I would organise a team of agency staffSource all the food, dry goods and wines and negotiating the best prices from quality suppliers and making sure that budgets are adhered toPrepare and deliver company events such as the Summer Ball, Christmas Party & Annual Board Meetings, all of these events were for 700 attendees or more.Making sure that any Health & Safety issues are dealt with, such as staff training, due diligence & data entry i.e. food temperature & quality control.Providing a cost effective service, which is within stated company budget allowances; using portion control to enable us to prevent waste and preparing monthly forecast sheets based on expected business levels

Providing a fine dining service to the senior partners and their guests, offering anything from a continental breakfast to a 7 course sit down dinner.Providing a hospitality service for all senior managers & partners, teas & coffee`s, working lunches and hot or cold buffetsInvolved with both front and back of house operations, administering stocktaking, budget analysis, payroll, menu selectionI was responsible for all staff training, from silver service to basic health & hygiene

One of four butlers promoted to Head Waiter at Kleinwort Benson in A La Carte restaurant. Promoted again to manager of the Private Dining Rooms at Tower 42Trained to be a butlerServed meals and refreshments to senior internal members of staffManaged the private dining roomsTrained staffBasic profit and loss

a world renowned venue frequented by A listCelebrities Looked after a station of between 45-65 covertsStaff training

Careers Recruitment Interviewing and booking casual staff Client liaisonsStaff trainingFunctions manager for select clients, such as Crown Catering and NLCLooking after high profile events such as Brit Awards, F.A Cup and large scale livery functions

Trained in all aspects of front and back of house service, stock company roll, organising staff rotasDuty manager 3 nights a week

serving ex and current military personnelResponsible for the smooth running of the 70 covert A La Carte Restaurant Involved with the menu selection and wine list StocktakingManaged the Members Bar

Home Economics, Geography, Science, English & Maths

Education record

History; Home Economics, Geography, Science, Mathematics, English

Guilds 706/1 and 706/2 6 O-Levels