James Watt

A hard working chef looking to expand my career

Manchester, CT 06040

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+1-860-***-****

I am an accomplished dedicated chef with over 20 years expirence. I am a punctual clean and efficient chef who will always try to perform to the best of my ability. I have won first or second place in several competitions at work over the years in my career at Dining Services. I love writing recipes and trying new things.

I am a motivated leader in my management skills. I lead by example. Willing to relocate: Anywhere

Authorized to work in the US for any employer

Work Experience

Dining Room Manager

McLean Affiliates - Simsbury, CT

August 2023 to Present

Culinary Manager

SEABURY - Bloomfield, CT

September 2022 to August 2023

Manage staff, ordering running both a dining room and bistro. Interviewing. Hiring. Disciplining/ Coaching. Training.

Chef

Residence at Brookside - Avon, CT

February 2022 to August 2023

Cook for residents of an assisted living facility. Provide fast delicious foods for residents. Work with memory care patients

Chef

University of Connecticut - Storrs, CT

September 2004 to February 2022

I currently work at the largest dining facility on campus who feeds roughly 1500 students per meal. Some of my responsibilities include prepping all food items for stations for the following day, batch cooking to maintain quality and freshness for the first and last students to eat. I am responsible for each station i am working at for that day from a wok station where I do many different kinds of stir fry, to a comfort line where I do homestyle cooking, to a grill station where I do omelets to order for our students and have your standard grill food from burgers hotdogs etc. I also train our student helpers on how to maintain and refill the station. I also give basic culinary training to some of our kitchen assistants. Every year Dining Services has a culinary competition with a recipe contest and chopped style competition. I have won several recipe contests and won a chopped style competition. The chopped style competition is where we are a team of three individuals to create 3 tapas out of a mystery basket of 5 obscure food items. Every recipe I have won and have competed with has been original recipes, which gives me the chance to be creative and really showcase my love of food. I am also a union steward at conn. I have a great relationship between my management team and my peers. As a steward I have built trust and strong relationships with my coworkers. Department Manager

Kmart - Vernon, CT

August 2001 to September 2004

I was the department manager of the cafe in Kmart. My duties included inventory, food purchasing and ordering, designing daily specials for all 3 meals each day as well as training my team and delegating tasks. I was responsible for interviewing potential new hires, providing recommendations to upper management,as well as submitting evaluations.

Staff size: 6

Education

Some college in Culinary

Manchester community college - Manchester, CT

August 2001 to August 2003

High school diploma in General Studies

Rockville High School - Vernon, CT

August 1997 to June 2001

Skills

• Line cook (10+ years)

• kitchen (10+ years)

• Cooking (10+ years)

• Inventory (3 years)

• Purchasing (3 years)

• Training (10+ years)

• Sanitation (10+ years)

• Culinary Experience (10+ years)

• Customer Service (10+ years)

• Food Preparation (10+ years)

• Catering (1 year)

• Food safety (10+ years)

• Profit & Loss (3 years)

• Kitchen Management Experience (3 years)

• Meat Cutting (10+ years)

• Management (3 years)

• Supervising Experience (10+ years)

• Food Production (10+ years)

• POS (3 years)

• Forecasting (3 years)

• Meal Preparation

• Merchandising (3 years)

• Budgeting (3 years)

• Leadership (10+ years)

• Strategic Planning (3 years)

• Restaurant Management (3 years)

• Cleaning Experience (10+ years)

• Retail Sales (5 years)

• Restaurant experience (10+ years)

• Recipe creation (10+ years)

• Following and reading recipes (10+ years)

• Memory Care

Certifications and Licenses

ServSafe

March 2017 to March 2022

Safe food handler

Certified Dementia Practitioner

February 2022 to February 2024

National Institute for dementia education certificate.

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