Chef

ALI AROGO S. EDWARD

CHEF

+254********* ********@*****.*** Thika, Kenya

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

I am a highly enthusiastic Chef with 12+ years of experience in ensuring excellent quality of food preparation in the kitchen, food presentations, outstanding service to guests, adhering to the highest standard of cleanliness and hygiene within the kitchen operation per the HACCP. An open-minded, result-oriented, ready to learn and adapt to new challenges, good leadership, teamwork abilities, and organizational skills can work well with people of different personalities and professionally serve them.

CAREER GOALS

I am looking for a challenging new opportunity to further develop my skills in the field of Chef & Kitchen management

KEY SKILLS

Quality Assurance and improvement

Problem Solving & Troubleshooting

Customer Service, and Satisfaction

Food costing and budgeting

Food preparation and presentation

Creative with good communication skills

Team management, Hands-On Leadership

Adherence to the standard of cleanliness & hygiene

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Chef; proactively instilled a creative and proactive culture together with my colleagues to obtain quality and professional satisfaction, and ensure the highest standard of cleanliness and hygiene within the kitchen operation per the HACCP

Career Progression; a history of longevity in roles – have consistently progressed to roles with increased accountability and responsibility.

Awards; Certificate of participation, International Youth Fellowship World Camp, Kenya (Aug 2008), The Amboseli Food Fair (May 2008) Elected Chairman, Stone City Youth Development Group (Government registered/recognized youth Group), Kenya

CAREER SNAPSHOT

Chef – Almarai Company Ltd, Saudi Arabia, 2014 – 2021

Chef – Air Kitchen – NAS Sarvair Airport Services, Kenya, 2009 – 2014

Internship Chef – Sarova lion Hill Game Lodge (5-Star), Kenya, 2009 – 2009

Chef – Travellers Beach Hotel, Kenya, 2006 – 2007

QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING

Diploma in Food Production, 2008-2009

City and Guild, United Kingdom

Certificate in Food Production (AIHT), 2008-2009

Amboseli Institute of Hospitality and Technology, Kenya

Certificate in Community Based First Aid

Kenya Red Cross Society, Kenya

CORE COMPETENCIES

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

WORK EXPERIENCE

AL MARAI COMPANY LIMITED (AL RABIAH DAIRY FARM) (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

CHEF

2014 - PRESENT

Takes care of daily food preparation and duties assigned by the superiors to meet the standard and the quality.

Follow the instructions from the superiors to complete the daily tasks

The coordinate daily task with the kitchen team

Estimate the daily production needs and checking the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that the standards are met

Ensure that the production, preparation, and presentation of food are of the highest quality at all times

Carries out any other duties assigned by the management

Achievements:

-Achieving daily food production targets

-Adhering to the highest standards of hygiene and cleanliness in the kitchen and presentation

NAS SARVAIR AIRPORT SERVICES (BEST AIRLINE CATERERS) (Kenya)

CHEF – AIR KITCHEN

2009 - 2014

I was responsible for menu planning, ordering of raw materials, food production & kitchen administration

Achievements:

Effectively and efficiently managed food production and kitchen, with the highest quality standards

Adhering to hygiene and cleanliness standards of HACCP

SAROVALION HILL GAME LODGE (5-STAR) (Kenya)

INTERNSHIP CHEF

2009 - 2009

Awarded Certificate of successful completion of Sarova Internship trainee program

Travelers BEACH HOTEL (Kenya)

CHEF

2006 - 2007

Ensured excellent qualify of food preparation in the Kitchen and pleasing methods of food presentations

Adhered to the highest standard of cleanliness and hygiene within the kitchen operations as per HACCP

Instilled a creative & proactive culture together with my colleagues to obtain quality & professional satisfaction

Achievements:

Provided outstanding service to the guests

Carried an excellent quality of food production with a pleasant presentation

REFERENCES

Nicholas Kioko, SAROVA Lion Hill Game Lodge +254-**-***-****

Beatrice Geshore, Amboseli Institute of Hospitality & Technology +254-**-***-****

Colonel Dr Opiyo Ododa, PHD, African Union +254*********

Major J. Ojwang, Kenya Airforce, +254*********

PERSONAL

Languages - English

Language - Swahili.

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