Jeffrey Alan Burke
**** ***** **. ** *******, WA 98020 425-***-****
abmkt3@r.postjobfree.com
Graduate, Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, N.Y.
Inventive, trend-savvy, multi-cultural culinary executive employing
profitable and pragmatic, manufacturing, Q/A, marketing, nutrition, food
science technologies, business strategies and methodologies. New/existing
business growth and transition expert with extensive startup and physical
relocation experience.
Technical food product research and formulations (proteins, organic,
nutritional formats) and process flow/commercialization for manufacturers,
retail grocery, chain restaurants. National internet grocery concept
development and rollout. Ideations, sensory evaluations, focus group
coordination.
Sensory Foods, LLC - Edmonds, WA
2007-Present
Principal
Private contractor and consultant for manufacturing and foodservice
industries providing comprehensive food product commercialization and
project management:
. Organic/retail protein ideations/development/line extensions for
manufacturing (sausage/whole muscle poultry)
. New franchise operations and menu startup; health and diabetic food
product development
. Wet and dry deli salad optimization, development/shelf-life/packaging
(grocery/retail)
. Low-fat/carb/functional ingredient bakery product
formulations/development, nutrition-specific labeling and claims
StockPot, Inc. / Campbell Corp. (USDA) - Everett, WA
2004-2007
Manager of Research and Development/Research Chef
Upgraded and refined business operating methods and managed Stockpots'
campus relocation through an unprecedented growth transition, with a 43%
volume gain over prior fiscal year:
. Initial staff of nine direct reports including regulatory/labeling,
culinary, technical product development
. Key project manager/liaison for Safeway Corporation, Stockpots' primary
volume customer
. Directed culinary concepts formulation for Signature Caf and Eating
Right chilled programs; ingredients, costs, labeling, claims and
nutritional optimizations; process flow, manufacturing and post-
commercialization maintenance resulting in extraordinary fiscal
contributions
Heller Seasonings, Inc. - Chicago, Illinois
2002-2003
Director of Culinary Development /Corporate Chef
Initiated the technical culinary department for this 110-year-old protein,
snack/sauce dry seasoning company. Initiatives included culinary
center/pilot plant design, installation, staffing and departmental
structure:
. Strategic alignment with Heller Corporate, technologists and sales force,
the department focus developed multi-lateral relationships with
industrial manufacturers for fast casual and QSR national chain
restaurants, targeting Applebee's, Ruby Tuesday's, TGI Friday's, Burger
King, Ground Round, California Pizza Kitchen, others
. Department functioned as bridge between business-relevant gold standard
food products and functional formulations, manufacturing and packaging
technologies, micro/shelf life and targeted price-points
. Concept ideation, presentations and sales to Heinz, Emmpak Foods, Cargill
Foods, Paramount, Quantum Foods, Stampede Meats, Ruiz Foods, others
Specialty Meat Group, Inc. (USDA) - Bloomfield, Connecticut
2001-2002
Director of Culinary Development
Parent company to Nathan's Famous, Mickelberry's, Fischer, Field, Scott
Petersen, Mosey's whole-muscle and restructured/cured meat products:
. Designed a technical culinary development and test kitchen/pilot plant
facility at the manufacturing facility
. Project management for "Dinner's Ready", varied protein, value-added
retail entree products utilizing functional ingredients for thru-put,
flavors, yield optimization, brine/vacuum tumbles/injection systems
Webvan Group, Inc. - Foster City, California
1999-2001
Corporate Chef for Research and Development
Technical culinary leader and commercializer for the prepared foods
division of this San Francisco-based national internet grocery and B-to-B
company:
. Concept-through-production conversion manager for HMR, including; sensory
advisor, ingredient specification and raw-cooked chemical
interaction/functionality, production/handling, training and operations
documentation, digital imaging, text content style guide and menu-
management software implementation (Cbord)
. GMPs, HACCP standards, shelf-life and micro-testing coordinator and
trainer
. Packaging /systems development. Labeling content and heating instructions
. National retail sushi program installation and management
. National vendor programs and accreditation for outsourced SKUs. San
Francisco/Chicago/Atlanta locations opened, each over 350,000 square feet
Townsend Culinary, Inc. (USDA) - Laurel, MD
1996-1999
Research and Development Manager
Creative force for profitable retail and foodservice food items, including
kettle-based (soups, sauces, sides), further-processed protein (vacuum-
tumbled, sous-vide, impingement), fresh and frozen home meal replacements
and baked goods.
. Management of ingredient and nutritional declarations, USDA guidelines,
QA/QC issues. Competitor product duplications
. Freeze/thaw stability, microbial and shelf life concerns. Packaging,
costing and pricing
. Product merchandising, technical presentations and client instruction
. Customers included: Au Bon Pain, St. Louis Bread Co., Applebee's,
Honeybaked Ham Co., Marriott Corp., A&W Corp., Steak and Shake, Italian
Oven, Delta Airlines, Buffalo Cafes, Ryan's Steakhouses, Tanner's
Restaurants, Church's, King's Markets
Prior to 1996
Executive/Corporate Chef positions for fine-dining hotel and private clubs
start-up (The Elkridge Club-MD, The Rocky Mountain Club-CO), multi-unit
restaurant chain development, test kitchen and start-up (Schwan Food
Company, Marshall, Minn.) and multiple sophisticated restaurant start-ups.
Marketing Associate, Sysco, Corp., Denver, Colorado. Owner, Drive-Thru
Donut, Inc., Littleton, CO
Education
The Culinary Institute of America Hyde Park, NY AOS
St. Mary's College of Maryland St. Mary's City, MD
Psychology/Sociology
-Developmental Dimensions International Program, Intensive Management,
Washington, DC
-Meat Science 301-University of Kentucky
-Nutrition-Consumer Arts and Sciences-College of San Mateo
-American Association of Cereal Chemists- Low Calorie Food Product
Development-Orlando, Florida
Professional Addendum
. CSPI sponsored television special, 'Food Fun for Kids'-technical food
consultant
. Instructor for Montgomery County public school children's cooking
classes
. Member-Organic Consumers Association, Research Chefs Association,
Institute of Food Technologists
. Multiple NRA, Pike's Peak Chef Association food competition awards
. Management by Agreement-3 day seminar by noted financier, Marshall
Thurber, Vail, Colorado