HISHAM DESOUKY

CAIRO, EGYPT

MOBILE : +201*********

EMAIL ADDRESS: adg42l@r.postjobfree.com

Personal Background Objectives

Date of Birth

Place of Birth

Status

Citizenship

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:Cairo, Egypt

:Married

:Egyptian

Responsible for a variety of duties and

responsibilities including overseeing the entire

operations of the kitchen.

To make sure all of the food is properly prepared

and to the standards set by the restaurant.

To be a good leader which plan, organize, direct,

coordinate, and delegate responsibility to the

staff and ensures the goals and objectives, of the kitchen, are met on a daily basis by the staff.

Summary

I had many influences in culinary life. Acquired my passion for cooking as a young boy in the family kitchen, and this passion grew during travel,working in Five Stars hotels & resorts such as " Four Seasons, Hayatt Regency, Movinpick hotels .

Teaching experience at the Darden Food Co USA Florida & Manager in Training in Orlando –Florida

( MIT ) My personal style is always back to the basics and the simplicity of good wholesome food with fresh ingredients, Uncomplicated, draws out the best and defining qualities of my ingredients, I loves teaching and encourages others to experiment and create their own recipes and cooking style

Responsibilities

■Manage all activities within the kitchen

■Direct activities and performance of associates on a shift by shift basis

■Manage the restaurant’s sanitation and cleanliness following FOH and BOH charts

■Maintain the highest level of food safety and quality

■Inspect food and product for quality and freshness before receiving

■Analyze systems and procedures for continuous improvement

■Evaluate and maintain kitchen equipment

■Manage standardized recipes, specifications, preparation policies, and portion size

■Identify and correct all unsafe practices throughout the restaurant

■Manages all functions of the Food Production and Stewarding operations to achieve the optimum department

■ Makes recipes and maintains up-dated and accurate costing of all dishes prepared and sold in the Food and Beverage operation

■Develops and writes standard recipes

■Develops new dishes and products

■Takes steps to ensure that outstanding culinary technical skills are maintained

■Controls and analyzes, on an on-going basis, the level of the following: o Costs

o Issuing of food

o Quality and presentation of food products

o Condition and cleanliness of facilities and equipment o Guest satisfaction

o Inventory

■Keeps an up-dated Hotel Policies and Procedures file and up-dated files on the following Food Production matters:

o Recipes

o Finance

o Standards

o Personnel and Training

o Outlets

o Promotions

o Meetings

o Projects

Career Highlights

Haccap Certification of Completion for Management in Training Program Olive Garden, Darden Restaurant Inc., Orlando Florida. USA SERV SAFE CERTIFICATION Food Protection Manager Certification Examination American National Standard Institute (ANSI)- Conference for Food Protection o Material and Equipment

o Miscellaneous

Experiences

ORA Tapas Japanese Restaurant, Arbela Mall, Kuwait Executive Sous Chef NOV 2014- PRESENT

Olive Garden Italian Restaurant, Avenues Mall, Kuwait JAN 2012- sep2014 Kitchen Manager

First Olive Garden Restaurant in the Middle East

Signor Sassi Restaurant, Kuwait City, KUWAIT JUL 2009 - 2012 Head Chef

First Signor Sassi Restaurant in the Middle East

http://www.americana.net

Four Season Hotel, Alexandria, EGYPT JAN 2008 - APR 2009 Chef de Parties

http://www.fourseason.com L

Grand Hyatt hotel, Sharm el Sheik EGYPT JUN 2005 - DEC 2007 First Commis

http://www.hyatt.com L

Movenpick Hotel, Cairo Media city, EGYPT NOV 2003 - MAY 2005 Second Cook

http://www.movenpick.com

Sonesta Hotel, Cairo, EGYPT SEP 2001 - OCT 2003

Second Cook

http://www.sonestahotel.com

Ibrohotel, Ghurgada Cairo EGYPT MAR 2000 - AUG 2001 Second Cook

http://www.ibrohotel.com

OTHER SKILL

MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and MC system

EDUCATION

1997 - 2000 Professional high School AL GHIZA

Culinary Diploma

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