Thomas Harpster

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Hypoluxo, Florida

33462

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sage Dining Services. Palm Beach Day Academy.

March 2023 to present

Exclusive private school with one campus in West Palm Beach and another on Palm Beach Island, serving grades 1 through 8. Food was prepared in one facility and then taken to the other campus. Being a supervisor, I was in charge of seeing that all foods were safely transported to the West Palm campus and then feeding the 350 students. Once competed then everything had to transported back to the Palm Beach campus cleaned and stored properly.

Air Culinaire Worldwide

December 2021

January 2023

Inflight catering for private commuter jets flying out of West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale

International airports. Responsible for all hot catering, special diets, and HACCP guidelines

Vi @ Lakeside. Assisted Living Community, subsidized by Hyatt Corporation.

October, 2012 Line Supervisor, Hypoluxo, Florida

April, 2015

Line supervisor. Responsibilities, include dietary needs, sanitation, and health

guidelines. Ordering product according to nutritional and budget specification.

Marriott Corporation

May, 2010 AM Sous Chef, Marriott of Delray Beach, Delray Beach, Florida

September, 2012

Set up and prepare all breakfast items for breakfast buffet, a la carte dining and room service.

Overseeing stations for large banquets and also serving lunch and dinner s

Compass Group- NAD -- Eurest Dining Services.

Feb, 2005 General Manager, State Farm Insurance, Northeast Headquarters, Parsippany, NJ

June, 2009

Responsible for all financial aspects of the daily operation with a 1.75 million

dollar budget. Servicing an upscale corporate setting of 1200 clients. Working with

committees in accomplishing special catering needs up to 1000 employees. Supervising 20 full time employees ensuring that all health, safety, and corporate guidelines are accomplished.

Sodexo Foodservice.

June, 2003 Relief Manager for Sodexho Food Services, servicing at risk client accounts.

Feb, 2005

Responsible for trouble-shooting financial, personnel and overall site concerns of

the client and Sodexho Services. Serving Northern and Central New Jersey,

including Eastern Pennsylvania with accounts ranging in size from 500-1500.

July, 1997 Sodexo Foodservice- Chef Manager Met Life, Morristown, NJ

June, 2003

Supervise total food service operations at employee cafeteria. Operations include

breakfast, lunch, catering, and retail sales. Responsible for supervision of food

production to include purchasing, forecasting, inventory, sanitation and training of

staff. Responsible for all cafeteria and retail operations including marketing and

merchandising of branded concepts, menu development, and catered events.

Summary of key accomplishments

§Lowered subsidy by 30%

§Increased sales by 38% in first year of employment

§Surpassed unit financial objectives

ARAMARK Food Services

Nov, 1995 Food Production Manager, Chef, Foster Wheeler

July, 1997 World Headquarters, Clinton, N.J.

Accountable for executive dining and full-service cafeteria servicing 1500.

Supervise daily kitchen activities, kitchen personnel, and executive dining

staff. Execute buying, cost and inventory control. Create menus. Coordinate

special functions.

Summary of key accomplishments

Lowered food cost by controlling ordering and inventory through the utilization of food production sheets. This achieved less waste and reduced pilferage.

EDUCATION

A.O.S. Culinary Institute of America. Hyde Park, NY

CERTIFICATIONS

Serv -Safe -- 2009

NJ Dietetic Assistant/Food Service Supervisor -- 1995

Food Service Sanitation Manager -- 1994

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

Harassment in the Workplace -- 2009

Serve Safe HACCP Training -- 2009

Affirmative Action Training--2009

EEO Training--2003

USF Training -- 2002

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