Manager Sales

Mario C. Girard

828-***-**** ******@*****.***

Career Experience: I have 30+ years experience in the food service industry. This involvement reflects catering, starred restaurants, hotels and fast food. Am highly experienced in all areas of operations,

Including menu development, labor,employee training,supervision, maintenance, budgeting

Food and product quality, consistency, and unit controllable costs.

Have worked as General Manager,Executive Chef and Restaurant Consultant.

Computer skills with most Pos systems, Microsoft Excel and Office.

Olive Garden Restaurants - Darden Foods - Arden NC /FWB Fl.

Assisted in opening of Arden Location

High volume cooking duties, training,preparation, inventory control

In a high volume casual Italian dining environment

Broiler

Ruth Chris Steak House- Biltmore, N.C.

Assisted with opening in December 2011

High volume cooking duties include cooking of all steaks and entrees, butchery, inventory control

Equipment maintenance in a high volume upscale environment.

Executive Working Chef

Girardini Trattoria & Catering-Mill Spring, NC

Developed fine dining Italian Dinner and Lunch Menu for new restaurant. Have reduced costs from 46% to 28% in a 90 day period. Business is currently exceeding sales expectations by 200%.

Sous Chef

Commanders Palace - New Orleans, LA/Destin. FL

Worked in New Orleans location. Moved to Destin, Florida for opening of

Commanders Destin in July 08. Duties include monthly inventory, scheduling,

ordering purchasing, saucier production, butchery and menu development.

General Manger/Unit Coach

Arby’s - Winning Team Franchise, Hendersonville, NC

Worked in Hendersonville location as General Manager. In three month period turned store to

positive sales trend, improved sanitation scores, food cost and met labor targets for first time

in two years of store history. .Turned sales tend to 15%

General Manager

Golden Corral Franchise - Jax L.L.C. Hendersonville, N.C.

Worked in G.C. Spartanburg as Associate promoted to & opened Hendersonville

Location in August 2004. Duties include pre-opening, hiring .training,scheduling staff of 80 +.

Maintained above average Shop Scores& Customer Satisfaction ratings

Received Circle of Excellence and Notch in Gun Awards

Assistant Manger

Ryan’s Family Steakhouse - Sylva and Asheville, N.C.

Duties involved most aspects of restaurant management, including supervisor

and training of a staff of 75-80 people.

Executive Chef

Holiday Inn Sunspree, Great Smokies Golf and Tennis Resort

Organized purchasing procedures developed menus, hired and trained

employees, resulting in an increase in food quality, sanitation

scores and significant reduction in food cost.

Sous Chef

Flamingo Café- Destin Fla,

Worked closely with Executive Chef Jim Richard (former Sous Chef Commanders Palace)

And Tory McPhail (Current Executive Chef Commanders Palace) in kitchen operations.

Flamingo Café is a Wine Spectator Award Winner & Highly Recognized Restaurant

Assistant Kitchen Manager

Beach House Restaurants Cardiff & Laguna Bch. Cal.

Active participation in all kitchen positions .Menu development, Supervising & purchasing.

Opened Cardiff Beach House. Beach House is a high volume semi casual seafood operation

Serving up to 1200 covers daily.

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