Danial R. Turner

**** ********** ******, ****** ****, KS 66102

kn4qua@r.postjobfree.com 913-***-**** cellular

Professional Experience

Executive Chef and Professor of Culinary Arts with 35 years experience. I possess efficient management skills to keep work organized through good communication and proper training. My cross-functional talents transcend boundaries between interactive teaching and operations in the kitchen.

Qualifications Summary

Expertise preparing succulent dishes for dignitaries, star hotels and restaurants within stipulated time frames

Proficiency using cost effective food control methods through proper planning

Ability to realize profit

Talent using a variety of techniques to prepare flavorsome healthy meals with menu chart variance

Effective managerial oversight of kitchen staff

Efficient management of all operations related to the back of the house

Aptitude for training and teaching by conducting interactive and practical cooking classes

Skilled problem solver using ingenuity/creativity and common sense, prepared with solutions for sudden surprises

Gifted Culinary Stylist designing complex ice, tallow and vegetable sculptures for any event

Professor of Culinary Arts 1989 – Retired 2010

Johnson County Community College

Overland Park, KS

Tenured Professor: Interactive teaching in variety of hands on Culinary and Management classes, including:

• Kitchen Design and layout

• Food Purchasing

• Basic/advanced food production

• Regional American Cooking Course

• Faculty advisor for culinary team who won several gold and silver medals in international competition

• Consistent ratings higher than the program as a whole by student surveys

• Responsible for general organization, and sanitation of lab kitchen to meet industry standards

• Set up basic food classes in a diversified team environment to help students function in this type of atmosphere that exists in the majority of kitchens

Extensive training experience, development of new curriculum, evaluating student progress

Food Research Consultant – 1985– Present

Old World Spices Overland Park, KS (Headquarters)

• Develop recipes for Laurie’s Kitchen Line of pre-packaged products

• Research, prepare serve, test and evaluate various products

• Formulate enhancements

• Solve problems in recipe development based on results of finished product to make market ready

Danisco - world leader in food ingredients, enzymes and bio-based solutions.

New Century, KS

• Team Member for Protein Sauce Department.

• Developed wide variety of food products for Kraft Foods and Campbell’s Soup:

o Developed cream soup line with 3-month of refrigerated shelf life

o Formulated improvements to Hamburger Helper Sauce

o Solved evaporation problems for Stove Top Dinners sauces

o Improved viscosity of Campbell’s Soup at Hand

• Sales Team Trainer: Highlighted value and functionality of the various products offered toward increased sales knowledge.

Brinker Foods and Bittersweet Herb Farms Kansas City, KS

• Developed recipes and a line of dehydrated soups

• Solved recipe development problems through research and experimentation

Balls Food Stores Kansas City Kansas

• Implemented a broad food program in the company’s 38 stores deli department

Executive Chef Positions: 1978-1989

• Executive Sous Chef. Indian Harbor Yacht Club, Greenwich, CT

o Supervised a staff of 12 annual F&B sales of 2.2 M.

• Executive Chef. Wolferman’s, “Good Things To Eat”, Fairway, KS

o Cutting edge gourmet grocery supervised a staff of 18 1.2M in annual food sales

• Executive Sous Chef. Carriage Club, Kansas City, MO

o Supervised a staff of 15, 2.4M in annual F&B sales

• Executive Chef. Hilton Plaza Inn, Kansas City, MO

o 350 room property. Banquets for 800 people and 2.1M in F&B sales

• Executive Chef. Double Tree Hotel Overland Park Kansas

o Opened a 270 room property with F&B sales of 1.8 M. Supervised a staff of 21

• Chef’s Apprentice. The Alameda Plaza Hotel, Kansas City, MO

Business Owner:

• Owner. “The Iceman Cutteth” - Ice Sculpture Company, Kansas City, KS

• Owner. The Crusader Café, Buhler, KS

Education and Military Service:

• Associates of Science degree, Johnson County Community College

• Fulbright-Hayes Scholarship to Eastern Europe

• Mess Specialist, U.S. Navy - Honorable discharge

Professional Association Memberships and Achievements:

• American Culinary Federation (ACF)

• Research Chef’s Association (RCA)

• 1995 - ACF Chef of the Year, Greater Kansas City Chef’s Association

• 1994 - 1996: President, Greater Kansas City Chef‘s Association

Volunteer:

• May 2009 – Chef, USNS Comfort - Floating medical treatment facility, providing humanitarian aid to various countries in the Caribbean area. My duties included the preparation of meals for military and volunteer personnel including a stellar reception for the President of Panama.

References and Publications Available Upon Request

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