Thomas Fiumano
619-***-****) ~ (*********.***@***.***)
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Objective
A well-rounded multi-level Executive, Regional Site Manager, Controller n’ Chef where my professional experience would be of value.
Professional Profile
Possessing over 35 years of comprehensive experience in the hospitality industry
Professional career highlights
A highly self-motivated professional possessing excellent skills capable of establishing strong working relationships with individuals of any temperament and from all Walks of life, creative, detail oriented, well contained under pressure and adept at clarifying any situation with responsible and mature judgment.
Summary of Qualification
Food n’ Equipment Purchasing, invoicing, job costing, inventory control, menu design, labor control nutritional analysis, staff scheduling, employee wage evaluation, interview, hire and terminate. Computer skills: Microsoft word, spreadsheet, Languages: English, Italian n’ Spanish
Specific Food / Management Leadership
Supervise and train employees, maintain sanitation and health code, motivate n’ develop team player spirit, oversee food production, plate garnishing n’ food preparation of soups, stocks, sauces, meat, fish, poultry, wild game, fresh pasta, pastry n’ bread making
Education
Crawford high school / class of 83 diploma graduate
US small business management course / certificate of training award
International Correspondence School / accounting program first quarter completed 3.5 great average
personal development / self-continued education research and development of professional resource instructional material to create personal library
Experience
Gaetano's restaurant: 8/15/73 ~ 5/01/90 at the youthful age of nine I would take the bus from school on Fridays and head to the restaurant where I Grab a bite to eat while sitting at the counter to do my homework as I finished I would started washing dishes on through the weekend graduated to prep to making pizzas to cooking followed by running the complete restaurant cooking taking food orders n’ running the register eventually becoming the regional multi ~ unit Chef n’ manager
Villa D’esti: 5/05/90 ~ 3/27/91 it was time for me to move on and broaden my horizons I applied for a job interview with the owner and asked for a high paying salary Cook's position through our conversation he told me he would offer me less in pay but what I would gain in working under the tutelage of his chef Duilio Valente, I thought about it a minute and agreed to take the job, under chef Duilio Valente I was not allowed to use any machinery in the beginning that I would have to learn everything from scratch and by hand first I would learn to make soups stocks salads meat fish poultry and pastry making he was right the knowledge and experience I gained was indispensable in shaping me into who I am today.
Bice: 4/01/91 ~ 2/28/92 Senior Sous Chef: working with renown known chefs Duilio Valente and Patrick Clark, I was given free reign here to oversee kitchen preparation menu planning and expediting food orders coming off the line in conjunction to making pastries in house made breads Italian Gelato soup stocks meat fish poultry wild game and so on.
Il Fornaio: DelMar 3/15/92 ~ 5/28/92 Senior Sous Chef: Oversee Employee food prep, daily menu planning, service line expediting, food n’ equipment purchasing, account for product receiving invoicing coding.
Il Fornaio: Ir-vine 6/01/92 ~ 4/25/93 Same as Il Fornaio DelMar N’ Trane to Become Executive Chef.
Il Fornaio: Costa Mesa 5/01/93 ~ 7/28/94 Executive Chef assumes responsibilities for staff hiring food production scheduling budgeting monthly P&L.
Tommaso: 6/15/93 ~ 5/28/96 Chef Di Cucina Downtown San Diego Gaslamp restaurant chef Preparation N’ supervision menu planning, food purchases, supervision n’ execution of all food production.
Tommaso: 6/01/96 ~ 12/22/2023 Transfer to Encinitas location Resumes same responsibilities as above
Barona Casino: 01/05/2004 ~ 06/25/2004 Applied for a Chefs Possession / Non available at the time n’ accepted a cook's position till one opened as promised. None became available, becoming well known throughout the casino, the casino offered a part time - table games dealer to individuals that could pass a competency training course. I took the course n’ passed becoming a part time - table games dealer to generate extra income working on my days off, as time passed there Facilites supervisor caught wind of me rewiring my personal home and asked if I would like to try out for an electrical position opening, I told him sure why not, I then transferred n’ worked as an Electrician, 07/01/2004 ~ 11/27/2019 Brief Summary
Electrical Qualifications: offering over 14 + years of comprehensive knowledge maintaining safety code regulations, device system installations, testing circuits, maintaining, repairing upgrading equipment.
I tend to adapt well in all types of environments, demonstrating problem solving abilities, think things through, work well under pressure, quick to learn working independently and or collaborating well with other field workers, I consider myself Dependable, on time and ready to take on tasks in an ever- changing environment.
Skill’s
Schedule and coordinate projects, Purchase Materials, maintain budgets, Follow blueprints, System Diogenes,
Estimate Preparation, Repair Components, Trace fault’s, comply with coded, Install new equipment,
Setup events, Run Temp power, Layout wiring J-Box, run pipe replace ballast’s, Transformers’ breakers,
Install all types of lighting Incandescent Fluorescent Festoon Neon LED, use power tools, run heavy equipment, scissor lift, forklift, and knuckle boom.
What Happened and What I am Doing with Time Now
11/ 29/2019 ~ Present: Driving home from work I was involved in an auto accident, an individual in a SUV was not paying attention to the curve in the road losing control of her vehicle crossing the Dubble line hitting me head on leaving me bed ridden for more than two years, I have since recovered now back on my feet an went to work renovating a two on one investment property I purchased that sat empty through my recovery period, it has since been completed n’ rented, I am currently managing, an maintaining my 5 rental Properties as I have for the past 35 years.
References
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