Zoltan S. Email and Phone Number

Experienced executive chef with over 25 years in the industry. Multiple hotel pre-openings - rebranding’s - kitchen project and strategy management - sustainability initiatives. I am a hard working ambitious individual with strong leadership experience and great eye for attention to detail not just in the kitchen but in the office too.I’ve got a proven track record of Hotel and Resort openings - re-openings and re-branding, ranging from boutique five star hotels through to luxury five star resorts on the Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond, Scotland. Strong understanding of strategical kitchen opening project planning and management, operations and kitchen design, compliance both food safety (L4 CIEH and Allergen L3) and health and safety (Managing Safely IOSH). Successfully maintained and kept multiple rosettes within 5 star establishments and led a teams to won Best Afternoon Tea Awards, multiple chef awards and setting the stone for five red stars. I am a fast learner when it comes to new things; as well as I am a good trainer and I am always trying to provide the right place to flourish for my teams (explain, demonstrate, involve and test are the very basic’s of every training). By leading with example and straight discipline; carrying out the required training and spending time with the employee’s they can develop the same positive approach. I’m a Highfield registered trainer with HUB International for food safety. Coaching and mentoring pride is Jodie Cochrane - whom I mentored from the early age of 15 and was the Winner of the 2020 Springboard UK Future Chef Competition final.I am self-taught person in many ways and also completed catering college and further education for 6 years in Hungary.I won a number of awards based on my skills and achievements as working part of a driven and successful team:Executive Chef of the Year Glasgow and Clyde 2019I’ve been shortlisted for Hotel Catey’s Chef of the Year in 2018 and Scottish Executive Chef of the Year in 2019Numerous Gold / Silver and Bronze awards ranging from Scottish and European competitions, Scottish Bread Championships through to Scot Hot, Escoffier Challenge both in Scotland and National level.To find out more, please visit www.zoltanszabo.co.uk