Head Cook North Slope

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

SKILLS

WORK HISTORY

Jeff ONeill

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907-***-**** **********@*****.***

Experienced food service and hospitality professional with strong leadership and relationship- building skills.

Excellent at juggling multiple tasks and working under pressure. Broad industry experience in food sanitation, menu preparation and execution in remote camp settings Create and prepare cycle menus to meet

Federal guidelines for Older Americans

Nutrition act

Create and prepare 5 week cycle menus for

remote oilfield camps to meet both client

needs and company budgetary goals.

Create and prepare cycle menus to meet

state guidelines for child nutrition act.

Operation of all equipment associated with

food preparation

CHEF/OWNER 11/2015 to 08/2017

Carpe Diem Catering And Consulting - Kenai, AK

● Created recipes and prepared advanced dishes.

● Verified compliance in preparation of menu items and customer special requests.

● Monitored line work processes to ensure consistency in quality, quantity, and presentation.

● Inventoried food, ingredient, and supply stock to prepare and plan vendor orders.

● Forecasted supply needs and estimated costs.

Oversaw and directed kitchen staff of up to 12 employees and individual position assignments.

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Generated employee schedules, work assignments and determined appropriate compensation rates.

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● Planned promotional menu additions based on seasonal pricing and product availability.

● Hired, managed and trained kitchen staff.

Hired, trained and managed all kitchen staff, including employee development, issuing disciplinary action and conducting performance reviews.

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● Worked with other cooks to create creative and diverse menu options.

● Ensured personnel safety, kitchen sanitation and proper food handling or storage.

● Upheld standards of cleanliness, food handling and safety. Performed initial client assessment and analysis to begin formulating plan to reduce cost and improve profitability of both for profit restaurants and non profit organizations such as Senior centers, Boys and Girls clubs and local Assisted living homes.

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worked with licensed dietitian to establish 5 week cycle menus to comply with all State and federal guidelines such as Older Americans nutritional act and young American's nutritional acts.

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Conducted Serv Safe classes and administered exams to ensure management certification requirements in food safety as required by DEC statutes for all personnel.

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HEAD COOK/PROJECT SUPERVISOR 05/2015 to 09/2015

Flymann Catering - Nikiski, AK

● Planned and prepared meals for up to 30 crew members on offshore seismic vessels. Followed the "first in, first out" rule with all food, ensuring that outdated items were properly disposed of.

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Ordered food and supplies used to prepare meals for 30 crew members as well as approved all orders and menus of 6 others vessels involved in project

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Kept all vessels compliant with health codes, sanitation requirements and license regulations.

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● Collaborated on hiring and termination decisions with management.

● Conducted performance reviews.

● Prepared and maintained inventory records.

reviewed and approved payroll for all catering staff as well as scheduled rotating shifts and arranged travel for all incoming and outgoing staff.

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HEAD COOK/CAMP MGR 01/2014 to 04/2015

Arctic Catering - Anchorage, AK

● Planned and prepared meals for 30-450 person remote oilfield camps. ordered food and supplies as need to prepare menu, while maintaining budgetary and contract requirements.

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oversaw all camp staff as pertained to daily camp operations, to include housekeeping staff, bull cooks and all other personnel to ensure guest comfort and safety.

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prepared and updated all billeting information for all camp residents to ensure both resident safety and accurate information for client billing.

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monitored all food safety logs to ensure all food handling, storage and preparation safety guidelines were being followed and all safety goals were met.

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HEAD COOK/ NIGHT COOK BAKER 01/2012 to 01/2014

Doyon Universal Services LLC - Anchorage, AK

● Planned and prepared meals for 70 remote oilfield camp residents prepared 5 week cycle menus to ensure client needs and budgetary requirements were met, while providing a balanced and varied selection of meals.

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prepared all camp baked goods to include breads, pastries,desserts,cookies and all other goods as required by camp residents and other camp cooks

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● maintained all food safety and sanitation logs to ensure maximum camp resident safety.

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GENERAL MANAGER 06/2006 to 11/2011

J&D Restaurants - Kenai, AK

Oversaw daily operations of QSR restaurant, to include all hiring, training and termination of all employees.

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developed staff scheduling to ensure customer satisfaction while maintaining budgetary goals as set forth by corporate office.

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In charge of maintaining food quality and preparation standards as set forth by company standards.

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Networked with local community groups and agencies to provide job opportunities for local teenagers and individuals with disabilities.

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● responsible for all local advertising to promote business. responsible for all daily monetary deposits and reconciliation of daily sales reports and yearly budget and sales reports, to achieve meeting all sales and profit goals.

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EDUCATION

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATION

GENERAL MANAGER 03/2001 to 06/2006

Luxury Hotels and Restaurants LLC - London, England Developed new process for employee evaluation which resulted in marked performance improvements.

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Worked directly with departments, clients and staff ] to achieve maximum guest satisfaction and financial goals

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Obtained documents, clearances, certificates and approvals from local, state and federal agencies.

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Achieved [revenue objectives ] by proper training and implementation of new policy and procedure manual.

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Bartlett High school - Anchorage, Ak High School Diploma 1982

Penn St - Altoona, Pennsylvania N/a

Hospitality Management, 1983

London School Culinary Arts - London, England Certified Culinary Arts, 1993

Thai cooking Academy - Bangkok, Thailand Certification Thai Cuisine, 2017

Serv Safe instructor/ proctor

Serv safe manager certification

Safe at the plate food manager certification

North Slope Training cooperative

Certification in Thai cuisine

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