Sol Orozco Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Va, Us

Falls Church, Virginia, United States

Food Service Coordinator / Dietitian for the City of Falls Church /community temporary care residential program for adolescents.

Arlington, Va

Bilingual Culinary Arts Instructor: La Cocina VA is a nonprofit organization that uses the power of foodas an agent for social and economic change generating workforce and economic development in theDC metro area.• CULINARY INSTRUCTOR: Teach culinary classes to Spanish and English-speaking students following the Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) curriculum. Responsible for teaching student's food preparation, food production, structure and work flow of a kitchen, life skills training, demonstrate principles, techniques, procedures, or methods of designated cooking subjects. • SERVSAFE INSTRUCTOR/PROCTOR: Responsible for the instruction of ServSafe, sanitation, nutritionand culinary skills. Evaluate the student's ability to comprehend, perform and retain information, through weekly tests.Integrate sanitation classroom learning into hands on culinary lessons. Administer official certification tests.• STUDENT MENTORING: Develop career opportunities for students wishing to pursue a career as aculinary professional. Promote positive communication, self-motivation, leadership, responsibility, self awareness, personal integrity, teamwork, problem-solving, time management, flexibility, and conflictresolution. Maintain relationships with existing chefs for volunteer cooking demonstration opportunities,internships, and jobs for students. • FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: Responsible for students and/or volunteers during the everydaypreparation and readiness of 250 weekly meals that are donated through our Food AssistanceProgram. In coordination with Program Coordinator, manage food inventory and coordinate food ordersfor each week, including disposable goods.• CATERING SERVICES: Created a Catering handbook that includes menu options with the pertinentrecipes with updated costs based on optimized recipe proportions, an optimized shopping list basedon menus ordered, and cost breakdown by food, labor, overhead and margin percentages.

Fresno, California Area

Owner/Partner of eCommerce/retail/wholesale wellness tea company. http://raizana.comMANAGER: Managing partner of a tea e-commerce retail/wholesale/manufacturing operation. Manage and lead up to 10 staff, overseeing production operations and purchasing. Oversee and approve employee schedules. SALES: Represented company at food industry trade shows engaging customers from Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Secured and managed accounts with wholesale and private label customers. Secured and managed wholesale accounts at five Northern California WHOLE FOODS MARKET locations and 15 independent regional cafes and restaurants.PURCHASING: Responsible for ingredient purchasing and inventory management. Prepare PURCHASE ORDERS. Solicit sales proposals and review requisitions for goods and services in a timely manner. Contact suppliers to obtain product or service information, acceptable quality level, lowest price and timely deliveries. Receive proper confirmation of purchase price and delivery date on all purchase orders sent to suppliers. PRODUCTION: Manage employees and monitor GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE (GMP) procedures in order to ensure to compliance with County, State, and Federal food health regulations and requirements. Created written PRODUCTION AND EMPLOYEE MANUALS, developed the HAZARD ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL CONTROL POINTS PLAN (HACCP) to ensure food safety and proper audit trail. Engaged with co-packer manufacturers to produce high-volume wholesale and/or private label retail food products for domestic and international markets (US, Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico).E-COMMERCE SHIPPING & FULFILMENT: Manage 30 products and variations through FULFILMENT BY AMAZON (AMAZON FBA) ONLINE INVENTORY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM and monitor on-time shipping to FBA warehouses around the country. Manage fulfilment through ecommerce /Inventory software including SHOPIFY, WOOCOMMERCE, and PAYPAL.

Mexicali Area, Mexico

Event coordination and food production for banquets, lunches, conferences and other events.Daily pastry production for two restaurants, managing staff of two

Cancun Area, Mexico

Marketed food-service products and trained resort staff on cost-efficient production processes.Represented company promoting Häagen-Dazs, Pillsbury, and Green Giant brand products in Mexico´s Southeastern Region - Merida, Playa del Carmen , Cozumel and CancúnDemonstrated usage, quality and features of brand products and trained hotel, restaurant and institutional chefs´ staffOrganized promotional events and represented company in expos, ie. Exphotel Cancun

Naucalpan De Juárez Area, Mexico

Created/ assisted in creation of menu and participated in varied events of up to 20,000 guests, form mise en place to final product presentationEvents included banquets, lunches, coffe breaks, and expos (Autoshow, Abastur, Expomujer), as well as support in the Banamex Center´s Horsetrack´s food area (Hipódromo de las Americas)Experience in High-Quality equipment and products, desserts, and Kosher cuisine

Bachelor'S Degree, Culinary Arts/Chef/ Restaurant Management

Restaurant Management, Food Chemistry, Culinary Arts

Culinary Arts In Service Skills, Rooms Services, Wine Pairing