Christopher P. Nestro

** ******* *****. ● East Rockaway, NY 11518 ● Phone: 516-***-**** ● E-Mail: adnvu2@r.postjobfree.com Objective

Seeking a full time position in the field of business where I can express my outgoing personality and bring my Multi Unit management skills to help achieve company goals.

Featured on Restaurant Hunters FIOS 1 and featured in NewsDay For the opening of Good Eats Cafe Education

Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Miami, Florida Graduated 2008 Associates In Advanced Baking and Pastry, and Culinary Arts GPA: 3.75 Certifications

• Serve safe certified

• Food managers certified (Nassau & Suffolk County) Experience

PF Chang’s China Bistro, Huntington Station, NY Present Culinary Partner/Market Chef

• Ensure culinary staff were keeping up PF Chang’s standards and following proper SOP’s

• Oversee proper schedule writing to ensure labor costs are met and sales goals are achieved

• Adhere to all budgets, providing action plans for the restaurant that needed assistance in areas of declining margins

• Oversee all culinary ordering

• Enforce recipe adherence

• Enforce food quality is at the highest standards

• Ensure compliance with all NY labor laws, Suffolk County regulations, and PFCB standards

• Hold quarterly meetings for team to reviews HR compliances

• Oversee 8 PF Chang’s in the North East region ensuring all budgets are being met and creating action plans to improve profitability

Bobby Vans Steakhouse, JFK Terminal 8 01/2014

Executive Catering Chef

• Ensure the highest quality of food service

• Communicate with clients throughout the terminal to make sure catering events exceed their expectations

• Responsible for purchasing, menu’s, food cost, inventory, hiring, firing and training my team to up hold the highest quality of food service

300 Long Island, Melville, NY 09/2012-12/2013

Executive Chef

• Responsible for purchasing, menu’s, food cost, inventory, organizing BEO’S hiring, firing and training my team to up hold the highest quality of food service.

Cheesecake Factory, Westbury NY 06/2010-12/2012

Level 2 Chef/Manager

• Experienced in dealing with several purveyors such as Sysco, Baldore, Jacobs Farms, and Two Cousins Fish.

• In charge of scheduling, managing labor reports, completing full inventories, and managing the line.

• Certified designated trainer on all kitchen stations. South Shore Fish Market, Island Park, NY 05/2009-05/2010 Head Chef

• Experienced in running the line, ordering, creating of menus, and filleting of all seafood products. Interests

• Volunteer Fire Fighter in East Rockaway Fire Department

• EMS chauffer

• Private Catering

References

• John Munson, General Manager at Cheesecake Factory, Huntington, Phone: 516-***-****

• Vanessa Depalo. Market Director/General manager at PF Chang’s : 732-***-**** Skills

I consider myself a people person and a team leader. I always like to take the lead whenever I am given a task or project such as inventing and creating new dishes for side catering events. I am a people pleaser and love showing my artistic and creative talents through culinary arts.

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