Manager Chef
Resume:
Eric Cruz
*** ******* ******, ********, *.Y. ****1
********.**@*****.***
Chef Manager
Specializing in Italian, Asian and Continental Fine-Dining Cuisine Dynamic, Results-Oriented, and Team-Spirited
CORE
COMPETENCIE
S
Over 35 years of professional cooking and kitchen management experience. Exemplify leadership qualities and professionalism, backed by a consistent, verifiable record of achievement. Meal design and preparation. Special Event catering and planning. Forecasting. Kitchen management. Staff Management/Development Customer Service. Purchasing. Cost reduction. Cost containment. Inventory management. Sanitation/Safety protocols
● ServSafe Certified/NYS food handler certified
● Executive Chef designation
● Sous Chef/Chef experience with million-dollar volume, upscale establishments
● Unique blend of creative flair and passion for food and interpersonal skills
● Training and development specialist; teaching instructor
● Successful catering experience (600+ people)
● Maximizing kitchen productivity team and staff performance
● Personal taste for designing Asian, Italian and Continental cuisine PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
SODEXO,NYC
Chef manager for Standard/Edition/JFR HOTELS
● Menu development, quantifying, ordering, executing of daily menu, six week cycle
● 365 day operation including holidays. Two daily
deliveries, three locations
● Trained, scheduled, Managed 10 union employees
and one chef
● Maintained food costs & labor cost within budget
● Achieved & maintained HACCAP procedures
Naturally delicious 487 Court street
Sous chef
● Worked right hand to executive chef
● Catered for on and off premises events
● Coordinated/ quantified prep lists & recipes
● Executed specific recipes from scratch
● Expedited catering deliveries
SODEXO, NYC
Designated Chef for Standard Hotel
● Direct contact with client
● Design and manage budget menu for 500+ meals for Standard Hotels NYC
● Managed daily delivery of 5-course meals (365 days)
● Train and manage 10 person staff including servers and cooks
● Expedite and concluded catered Creative Gourmet
events
2012 – present
Inside Park Restaurant - Chef Manager
● Managed 12 employee staff
● Executed Safety, HACCAP and Sanitation procedures
● Recorded inventory as well as ordering and managing Food cost
● Expedited and executed Front Line
● Maintained kitchen repairs and standards
● Maintained house inventory database
Bank Of America - Chef Manager
● Managed a 12 union-related staff
● Executed Safety, HACCAP and Sanitation procedures
● Recorded inventory as well as ordering and managing Food cost
● Recorded keeping of registers and weekly sales/invoices
● Developed Menus, promotions and Special events for Catering
References and supporting documentation furnished upon request ARAMARK, NYC
NYU Higher Education-Kimmel Center - Sous Chef/
Supervisor
● Responsible for front line and back house staff
● Instructed and disciplined staff on sanitation
procedures
● Logged and maintained as well as instructed others for food production logs
● Designed Special Event menus and semester’s Halal menu
● Secured evening shut-down of entire unit
2006-2012
AIG - First Cook/Catering Chef
● Communicated directly to Executive Chef on daily issues and solutions regarding staff or menu
● Prepared and executed Executive Dining for 250 covers daily
● Created and garnished cost controlled dishes while maintaining quality and taste
● Logged and maintained as well as instructed others for food production logs
● Responsible for preparing and executing catering menu 2012-2010
Price Waterhouse and Coopers and Lybrand – Catering Chef
● Managed and supervised culinary team and servers of 50
● Prepared and expedited hot and cold Catering for 200+
● Coordinated and supervised special events/high end executive dining
● Took charge of training new cooks to catering team 2010-2006
SKILLS ● Have expertise in a variety of techniques in cooking to prepare healthy tasty dishes
● Have excellent managerial ability and have managed various teams with great efficiency
● Able to perform in high pressure environments
● Anti-harassment training
● Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, etc.)
Contact this candidate