Patrick Joseph Knight
415-***-**** – **********@*********.***
Experience
November 2010 - John Muir Health Concord, CA
Present Nutrition Services, PM Supervisor
Create and maintain schedule for over 50 employees, at two separate locations
Supervise both a café, open to the public, and patient tray line, to ensure that all meals are of a high quality, nutritious, and fit within patient/diet parameters
Co-ordinate with manager on all catering events
Reconcile cash register at the end of the evening
December 1998 – Citi [Formerly Citigroup, Inc.] San Francisco, CA
December 2009 Food Services Manager/Dining Coordinator
Scheduled the use of dining facilities and catering services for onsite meetings and events, while negotiating all arrangement details.
Supervise multiple conference room use, including: room configuration, AV equipment set up (LCD projector, laptops, conference phones and video conferencing equipment.
Responsible for hiring wait-staff and assisting with plating and food service as needed.
Provided daily breakfast service for stock traders (beverages, hot and cold items)
Guckenheimer Enterprises Redwood Shores
Prep cook to Unit Manager in 3 + years
Contracted out to work at Sun Microsystems, Menlo Park campus
Prep cook (3 months)
Prepared vegetables/meats, made large volumes of soups and sauces (20 gallons a piece)
Sous Chef (6 months)
Assistant to the chef, helped to cook all the food for the cafeteria and catering. Ordered produce
Executive Chef (2 years) Transferred to Sun Microsystems HQ in Palo Alto
Assisted manager in writing menus
Oversee kitchen staff
Schedule and receive food and beverage deliveries and verify product quality and quantities
Investigate and resolve complaints regarding food quality and service
Unit Manager (2 months)
Supervise unit staff (schedules and stations)
Monitor budget and review financial transactions to ensure authorized expenditures on budget
Assist chef with reviewing menus and analyzing recipes to determine overhead costs and to assign menu prices
Plan menus and food utilization based on number of portions, popularity and profitability
Education
California Culinary Academy SF, CA
Associate Degree in Food Arts
Internship – Aquerello, SF
Chef/Owner Suzette Gresham-Tognetti
San Francisco State University, SF CA
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Developmental Psychology