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Oceanside, Ca 92054 **********@*****.***
Kathleen A. Glaser
Objective Continue utilizing management/culinary skills in corporate
environment.
Summary of Highly motivated culinary professional with 15 years of meeting
planning/food-
management/restaurant experience
Qualifications
Areas of strength include:
-sales & marketing
-meeting planning & staging
-scheduling/payroll data-
entry -hiring/training restaurant staff
-government contracts
-union labor laws & procedures
Education California School of Culinary Arts, Los Angeles, CA December
2008
Diploma/Le Cordon Bleu Program
Professional
Experience October 2014-present Which Which
Restaurants Carlsbad, CA
Catering Manager
Responsible for building
corporate catering for 3 cafes with 1.5 million
catering volume. Hire and
train catering staff, supervise corporate
accounts, track inventory
and produce catering budgets. In two months
have increased house
accounts for major corporations by 75 per cent.
August 2010-October 2014 Panera
Bakery Cafe Carlsbad, CA
Senior Catering Coordinator
Develop and service national
business accounts with their catering needs for
one of the fastest growing
fast/casual chains. Implement all food standards
as needed on daily basis,
food/client forecast on weekly basis and work with
General manager on
marketing focus. Also work in-house assisting in food
sanitation inspections and
staffing requirements. Do spreadsheets for corporate
office. Knowledge of
labor codes, company discipline procedures, computer
programs including Excel
essential. For the past four years catering sales have
increased consistently to
be in the top three for catering sales in their 61 caf
chain.
June 2009-August 2010 The Avery
Group Oceanside, CA
Dining Facilities
Manager/Camp Pendleton
As manager responsible for
operations for dining facility serving 1,000
to 2,000 Marines daily.
Manage staff of 35 employees including hiring, training
and scheduling. Also input
data on a weekly basis into three spreadsheets for
payroll. Responsible for
opening and closing facility, cashing out registers 9
times a day, and working
with general manager on food service for the facility.
Monthly government
inspections including HACCP and MSDS data. Work in
union environment.
May 2008-May 2009 Culinary
Staffing Events Pasadena, CA
Event Staff
The VMA Awards/MTV-Paramount Studios
One day events working with managers
and chefs at Paramount Studios.
Assisted sous chef with salads,
desserts & plating for 400-500 guests.
June 2005-May 2006 The
Heritage Agency Carlsbad, CA
Professional Assistant/Caregiver
Responsible for daily planning
including meals, special nutritional needs
for individuals. This involved time-
management, culinary skills, heavy-
lifting and twelve hour shifts.
September 2004-June2005 Carlsbad
School Dist. Carlsbad, CA
Special Education/Paraprofessional
Work in special education with SED teens at
Valley Middle School. Train
students on computer programs
including Microsoft Word,Power Point,
Excel & Adobe Photoshop. Work with
teacher on writing, implementing
behavior plans and generate reports
to required staff.
September 2002-June 2004 San Dieguito
Schools Encinitas, CA
Special Education/Paraprofessional
Responsible for working one-on-one with
students at Torrey Pines High
School and assisting teacher in group
settings. Job skills required writing
reports, training students on computer
programs and attending meetings.
August 1998-June 2001 St. James
Academy Solana Beach, CA
Program Director/Hospitality
Served for three years as Program
Director/Hospitality.Supervised
Committee of twelve to produce events
including open house, dinner galas
and back-to-school breakfasts. Worked with
caterers, staging companies to
produce cultural programs for the
community,
June 1996-August 1998 B&B
Communications,Inc. Encinitas,CA
Sr. Video Producer
As senior producer for award winning video
company skills included creating
& staging corporate videos and conventions
throughout US. Wrote detailed
proposals and budgets for government
contracts.
August 1989-June 1995 Multi Image
Productions, Inc. San Diego,CA
Executive Producer
Hired by one of the top production companies
in the country to produce award
Winning videos and supervise major
conventions for Fortune 500 companies
Such as Armor All Products,Taylor Made Golf
Corp.&Trusthouse Forte Hotels
(TraveLodge). Produced shows for up to 3,000
guests with top-name
Entertainment & corporate choreography. As
Executive Producer supervised
on site production staff, presented detailed
budgets to clients.
Prior Education: University of San Diego San Diego, CA
Major: Fine Art
Fashion Institute of Design and
Merchandising Los Angeles, CA Major: Fashion
Los Angeles Trade-Technical College
A.A. Degree/Commercial Art
Awards: Questar Award: Taylor Made Golf Corporation
Questar Award-Best Training: Trusthouse
Forte Hotels
Sodexo High Five Award: Camp
Pendleton Mess Hall 43
Panera Top Volume Catering Caf :
Third quarter 2012, 2013
Certificates: ServSafe Certificate/November 2008