William V Springfield Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas Area

Professionally trained Chef who has attended schools in the U.S. and Europe including The Culinary Institute of America. Attended schools in England, Scotland, Italy, France and Switzerland. Over 37 years in the culinary industry in hotels, restaurants, resorts, hospitals, specialty markets and country clubs.We offer culinary services for private events and in home cooking/wine classes to the public. Party sizes - 2 - 500Available for corporate contract work and culinary product representation.

Texas/Louisiana

Houston Product Demonstration ServicesHow can you increase your product's sales? What are your products doing for you just sitting on a shelf? Is your distributor/broker monitoring your investment properly and giving it the personal attention it deserves? Need a special gift for your clients? Unique corp team building idea?We know the market and your success is our success story also.Proven, experienced, sales/promotional professionals ready to help you increase your footprint in the Houston and Texas markets.Selling events, in store demonstrations, product monitoring, regional representation, trade shows, and sales calls. We also offer offer corporate Chefs for hire on a contractual/as needed basis.Give Your Product a Voice !

Texas/Us

Regional ASM for current retail chain accounts in Texas region. Developed sales plans for each account and consistently increased sales. Develop one on one relationships w regional division heads & store level mgt teams. Ensured proper product placement and seek out opportunities for additional displays. Sought out new clients/acquired several new accounts both nationally and locally. Hired and trained sales team for each city in region and was responsible for training new employees national wide. Oversaw planning of public & industry events and executed (national level).• Recipient of first annual Founders Award for outstanding work above and beyond call of duty• Key player in landing Costco account• Developed relationships with Krogers S/W opening doors to national distribution• Developed relationships with Randalls/Albertsons regionally opening doors to national distribution in Safeways• Built HEB account to most profitable in company• Aquired new retail accounts = 150+ stores

Houston, Texas Area

Texas Regional Trainer for multi million dollar specialty foods & wine selling program.Responsible for training leaders on: ordering supplies/product, sales of products, menu planning, sales forecasting, implementation and maintenance of products, corporate reports, training of their hourly staff.Appointed to manage new wine selling program development and responsible for implimentation and training of company dept leaders. Successfully grew program to eight figures annually. Company media representative responsible for all company culinary media events and all TV appearances for Houston region for 4 1/2 years. Also did training videos used throughout state.Ranked number one in total sales and highest profit margin for company at several locations through-out Houston during ten year period with company.Held record for recruitment, hiring, and training of highest percentage of successful company program leaders.

Director of largest kitchen in region for corporate catering company. Supervision of staff in daily food preparation, service. Responsible for menu planning and all inventories. Placed all orders for food and paper products making selections among four vendors with emphasis on quality and price. Responsible for maintaining low food and labor costs insuring profitability.Appointed Regional Trainer for Houston area managers/chefs and hourly employees. Ensured that company standards were met through on site audits emphasizing quality of product and service. Monitored and conducted weekly inventories of all food products. Appointed to committee established to develop new standard catering menu.Member of safety committee in charge of monthly managers meeting presentations.Personally developed all menus in use and considered most upscale throughout company.Chosen to write company-training manual for all new chefs.Chosen as primary account and regional showcase.

Supervised all aspects of bakery operations including hiring, training and supervision of staff. Worked with staff on preparing, baking, and finishing of all baked goods. Responsible for profitability through monitoring of sales vs shrink and monthly inventories. Ensured adherence to all safety and sanitation compliance measures.Designed, organized and implemented new wedding cake program.Planning and production of catering events.

Evening Sous chef for fine dining service at largest country club in C.C.A. Chain. Managed staff of 13 in all daily operations including ala Carte service, on/off site catering and in*house banquets. Planned, developed and implemented new fine dining menu.Monitored, ordered and tracked costs for food supply.Conducted monthly inventory of all food and supplies.

Managed all functions necessary for daily food preparation for this privately owned health care facility for patients, public cafeteria, physician lounges and in*house catering.Developed menus and monitored preparation of food for special needs diets ex diabetics, renal, sodium free and cholesterol diets.In charge of daily and specialty catered events for physicians dining using ethnically themed and classical fine dining menus.In charge of food preparation for private candlelit dinner service for parents of newborn babies.In charge of menu planning, food preparation, and service of annual holiday gala for physicians, their families and guests.

Learned all stations of fine dining kitchen. Maintained inventories through biweekly counts and purchase orders. Monitored employee time cards. Compiled labor cost sheets and weekly cost reports. Performed nightly closings and morning openings.CERTIFICATIONS: Food Service Manager, Feb 2009 HACCP * Regulations and Documentation Process CPR TABC Certification - 2011Page 2 of 3 - 1 -Page 1 of 2

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), Culinary

Baking and Pastry Arts Program/Graduate Additional Courses: Ice Carving Charcuterie Seafood Cookery Contemporary French Cuisine Smoke.

Foreign Cuisine Studies, Culinary

Tante Maries/San Francisco CIA/Hyde Park New York Houston Com Col/Mgt Assoc & Culinary Wilton School of Confectionery Arts/Chicago Ecole.

Certificate, Chocolate Artistry

Certificate, Italian Cuisine

Italian Cuisine

Certificate, Italian Cuisine

Certificate, English Cake Decorating Technics

Degree, Pastry

Degree, Confectionary/Cake Decorating

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