Mohammed Arif

Date of birth: **/**/**** Nationality: Indian Gender: Male

+973-******** ad2d7s@r.postjobfree.com Bahrain

About me:

Accomplished Chef with 08 years of comprehensive experience working in food service industry. Adept at strictly monitoring kitchen activities and meeting health code standards. Specialties in Indian and Arabic cuisine. Strong organizational, leadership and management skills. Ready for new challenge creating tasty meals for successful establishment. 06/2014 – CURRENT – Bahrain

CHEF – HOUSE OF BALALEET RESTAURANT

Ensuring that all food is of excellent quality and served in a timely manner. Planning the menu, keeping in mind budget, and availability of seasonal ingredients. Overseeing all kitchen operations.

Coordinating kitchen staff, and assisting them as required. Training staff to prepare and cook all the menu items. Taking stock of ingredients and equipment, and placing orders to replenish stock. Enforcing safety and sanitation standards in the kitchen. Creating new recipes to keep the menu fresh.

Keeping up to date with industry trends.

Receiving feedback and making improvements where necessary. Lead, mentor, and manage culinary team.

Create prep lists for kitchen crew.

Manage food costing and inventory.

Maintain standards for food storage, rotation, quality, and appearance. Ensure compliance with applicable health codes and regulations. Establish maintenance and cleaning schedules for equipment, storage, and work areas. Ensure all products are prepared in a consistent manner and meet departmental appearance/quality standards.

Ensure proper grooming and hygiene standards for all kitchen staffs. Ensures all kitchen employees maintain required food handling and sanitation certifications. Ensure proper purchasing, receiving and food storage standards in the kitchen Interacts with guests to obtain feedback on food quality, presentation and service levels. Actively responds to and handles guest problems and complaints. Maintain Quality levels of receiving, storage, production and presentation of food. Ensure sufficient staffing levels are scheduled to accommodate business demands. Follows and enforces all applicable safety procedures specified for kitchen and food servers. Discuss daily food cost reports with key kitchen and F&B team members. Review weekly and monthly schedules to meet forecast and budget. Attend the daily morning meetings and other administrative sessions. Identifies the developmental needs of kitchen staffs and provide coaching, mentoring, and also helping them to improve their knowledge or skills. Trains kitchen associates on the fundamentals of good cooking and excellent plate presentations. Also interview and hire new applicants for kitchen. Frequently review finished products for quality and presentation before the orders are send to guest.

WORK EXPERIENCE

India

SENIOR SECONDARY

Address India

Mother tongue(s): HINDI

Other language(s):

UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING

Listening Reading Spoken

production

Spoken

interaction

ENGLISH A2 A2 A2 A2 B1

Levels: A1 and A2: Basic user; B1 and B2: Independent user; C1 and C2: Proficient user My Digital Skills

Microsoft Office Microsoft Word Microsoft Powerpoint Microsoft Excel

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Planning

Delegation

Time Management

Attention to Detail

Problem Solving

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Passport No. : L5289508

RP No. : 3848946

RP Type : Work RP

RP Expiry : Apr 2023

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