Shivendra K. Sewmungal
PERSONAL DETAILS
Name: Shivendra Kumar Sewmungal
ID No.: 961**********
Address: * ******** ****, *********, ****** 3630
Mobile: 072*******
Nationality: South African
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PERSONAL STATEMENT
As a hardworking, motivated and enthusiastic human who has a real passion for food, and who is sure to exceed your customer’s expectations. I have a unique method of cooking and I am well placed to maintain and improve the standards of cuisine in the kitchen. I have the experience on the Norwegian Cruise lines as a qualified chef. I have a good experience in dealing with customer issues since I am in the Food & Beverage management department. I am capable in handling a business on my own or taking things into my own hands. I have done a total of 20 weeks in total at Hilton hotel which is a worldwide company and one of the fastest growing hotel groups in the world. I was working at the first Hilton Garden Inn in South Africa, Now I have joined the Al Moajil team working for Hellenika which is an authentic Greek restaurant.
CAREER HISTORY
12 December 2013 – June 2016
Company: Splish Splash Car Wash and Nina’s Foods
Position held: chef/manager/bar tender/part owner Duties: - Hosting of functions
-Prepping of food
-Ordering/purchasing of stock
-Delegate tasks to workers
-Creating innovative cocktails
-Creating innovative dishes
-Following correct HACCP procedures
June 2016 – October 2016
Company: Sun Coast Hotel
Position held: Student chef
Duties:
-Pre preparing and preparing of meals
-Ordering of stock
-Baking of pastries for high teas
-Working in pastry kitchen/ baking of pastries
-Following of correct HACCP procedures
-Maintaining portion control
-Running of buffet stations
-Running of waffle station
-Running of station in absence of head chef
-Maintaining clean and hygienic working stations
-Assisting of chefs
-Plating of meals
October 2016
Company: Good Food and Wine Show
Position held: Student/Assistant chef to Kamini Pather
March 2018- June 2018
Company: Norwegian Cruise Lines
Position: Assistant Cook
Duties
-Plating food
-Temperature of food
-Maintaining portion control
-Running of buffet stations
-Grilling
-Training and safety procedures
-Working under pressure for 2000 people on embarkation day
-Food runner
-Assisting chefs
-Working in different departments
08 October 2018- 14 December 2018
04 March 2019 -27 April 2019
Company: Hilton Hotel Durban
Position: Trainee Food & Beverage management
Duties
-Table setting
-Managing the restaurant (supervision)
-Banqueting
-Clean as you go (buffet)
-Bar service
-Room service
-FIFO (first IN First OUT)
-Mise en Place (back up for restaurant)
-Assisting in other departments
-Barista duties
-Maintaining clean and hygienic working stations
-Ordering/purchasing of stock
-Working smart
-Fast and efficient
-Setting up for functions
-Restaurant host
-Cash ups/ Banking
December 2020 – October 2021
Company- Hilton Garden Inn Durban
Position- Food and Beverage Guest Service Agent
Duties
-Doing supervisors duty
-Training as supervisor
-Table setting, clearance . Sanitizing
-Maintaining hygienic work place/taking strict protocols
-Solving problems/issues with guest
-Bar services/room services
-Cross training 2.5 months in the kitchen
-FIFO (first in first out) / clean as you go
-Working smart, not hard
-Assistance in other departments
-Setting for Banqueting
-Coming up with ideas where we improve as a team
-Train New team members
February 2022- CURRENT
Company- Hellenika Al Khobar Saudi Arabia
Position- Head waiter/Supervisor
Training in Greek dishes
Table set up(fine dinning)
Solving the issues with guest
Maintaining health and hygiene with Covid Pandemic
FIRST IN FIRST OUT
Maintaining the highest service level
Clean as you go
Working smart and efficient
Replenishing of stations
Assistance in different departments
supervisor duties/checklist
Improving the team with new ideas
Working with groups
Doing closing/opening Duty checklist
Stock control and stock count
Satisfaction of guest needs and wants
Closing off bills with Micros/cashup
Great knowledge in fine dinning
Improving the service of operations with front of house.
KEY COMPETENCIES
•Knowledgeable in nutrition and healthy foods
•Possesses cleanliness and good personal hygiene
•Timeously able to prepare and serve food according to company standards
•Good leadership skills
•Able to work weekends, nights and holidays
•Flexible to cook dishes of multiple cuisines
•Experience in International waters
•Working with different nationalities
•Managing a Restaurant/ bar
•Experience at a fastest growing Hotel group
• Supervision in the hotel
•Dealing with different nationality of guests
•Trying to solve the different problems from guests
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
2015: National Senior Certificate, Diploma – Westville Boys High School
2016: City & Guilds Diploma in Food Preparation and cooking (Culinary Arts), National Certificate in Professional Cookery (NQF4) Ancillary courses: wine service, basic first aid and basic firefighting – International Hotel School
2018/2019: Higher Certification in Food and Beverage Management (SAQA ID 88063 NQF LEVEL 5)
REFERENCES
Name: Sanjay Sewmungal
Company: Splish Splash Car Wash and Nina’s Foods
Position: Owner/Manager
Contact: : 071-***-****/ 031*******
Name: Samantha Stone
Company: International Hotel School
Position: Chef Lecturer
Contact: 079-***-****
Name: Sandren Govender
Company: Sun Coast Hotel
Position: Head Chef (Jeera)
Contact: 083-***-****/ 031-***-****
Name: Rita Dorasamy
Company: Sun Coast Hotel
Position: Restaurant Assistant Manager
Contact: 031-*******
Name: Samantha
Company: Gourmet Recruitment agency
Name: Vanessa Maistry
Company: Hilton Hotel
Position: Assistant Food & Beverage Manager
Contact: 083-***-****
Name: Candice Meyer
Company: Hilton Hotel
Position: Human Resources Manager
Contact: 082-***-****
Name: Charl Kriek
Company: Hilton Garden Inn
Position: Food & Beverage manager
Contact: +27-63-502-****
Name: Tamas Nyemecz
Company: Hellenika Al khobar
Position: Restaurant manager
Contact:adws2w@r.postjobfree.com
Curriculum Vitae
Shivendra Sewmungal
30 October 1996