Executive Chef Beverage Manager

Monday E. Thomas

*** ******* *****, ********, ** 71037 918-***-**** ************@*****.***

SKILL SET:

• 38 years of culinary experience

• 20 years as an Executive Chef

and 9 years as a Senior Sous

Chef

• 4 years as a restaurant owner,

and 5 years as a Food and

Beverage Manager including

hotels and lodging

• Leadership and management

• Excellent communication and

interpersonal skills

• Time management and

organization

CERTIFICATIONS:

• Safe Serve, National Restaurant

Association, Certified

• Executive Chef, American

Culinary Federation, Certified

• Food and Beverage

Management, American Hotel

and Motel Association, Expired

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Won the 2018 Dinner Choice

Award (Fine Dinning) for

managing Oklahoma’s largest

Casino Buffet with 30 BOH

employees

EDUCATION:

• Associate Degree in Food

Service Management and

Culinary Arts, Oklahoma State

University, Okmulgee, OK

• Bachelor of Science Degree in

Hotel and Restaurant

Management, Oklahoma State

University, Stillwater, OK

HIGHLIGHTS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Executive Chef/Sous Chef/Chef Tournant – Creating different themes for dinner and lunch menus with presentation and service; scheduling staff and shifts; directing and leading the front and kitchen personnel in daily activities; food quality standard enforcement; food safety compliance and

monitoring; kitchen productivity management; collaborating with Restaurant Manager; staying current on developing trends; monitoring inventory; purchasing supplies; develop and implement budget; managing cost and quality controls; managing crisis situations; managing high-volume food production operations; cleaning logs; expedited food purchases and food production; problem solving.

Executive Chef, Atria Senior Living, Shreveport, LA

(12/2021 to 03/2023)

Executive Chef, Grambling State University/Sodexo Inc, Grambling, LA (09/2021 to 12/2021)

Executive Chef, CenturyLink Center/ASM Global, Shreveport, LA

(08/2019 to 09/2021)

Executive Sous Chef, Boomtown Casino and Hotel and Food and Beverage Manager, Cattleman Buffet Steakhouse, Bossier City, LA (04/2014 to 08/2019)

Lead Chef, Crowne Plaza Hotel and Resort, Oklahoma City, OK

(11/2013 to 01/2014)

Executive Chef, Brookdale Senior Living, Edmond, OK

(09/2012 to 10/2013)

Food and Beverage Manager, Casino of Oklahoma, Hinton, OK 06/2012 to 08/2012)

Executive Sou Chef, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Tulsa, OK

(10/2011 to 06/2012)

Chef Tournant, River Spirit Casino, Tulsa, OK

(04/2008 to 09/2011)

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