Food Service Catering Director

Catering Director

Amanda LaVia

Profile

Over ** years of proven success in providing professional planning assistance and management for both corporate and private catering demands.

Experience

Owner, Affairs Attended to

Saddle Brook, NJ - January 2008 to Present

Create customized menus based on client dietary restrictions and preferences. Manage all budgeting, shopping and orders. Developed Menus, controlled food costs, followed and oversaw quality. Maintain high food quality standards by checking delivery contents to verify product quality and quantity. Customized and Verified compliance in preparation of menu items and customers special requests. Assisted customers in planning corporate, social and gourmet dinners.

SunRise Catering

ShopRite of Parsippany - November 2024 to September 2025

Catering coordinator and manager responsibilities included managing and organizing events, managing staff, coordinating with clients, and overseeing food and beverage service. Also responsible for budgeting, marketing, and vendor relationships.

Catering director, Chartwells Higher Education at Iona University

New Rochelle, NY – June 2022 to February 2023

Catering team’s leader. Worked with chefs to prepare daily menus for both the café and the clients catering needs on large and small scales. Managed bank deposits and monthly budgets. Ensured kitchen safety by having a team in compliance with all state and federal policies. Controlled food cost and oversaw quality, sanitation and safety.

Classic Café Management

Executive chef and food service director

Paramus, NJ January 2018 to August 2022

Culinary management of the assigned unit combining food expertise and business tactics for the establishment to meet client and customer needs and demos. Responsible for staffing, cross training and educating food service staff. Set and monitored food cost goals while maintaining a 42% food cost, to maintain client budget. Banking and payroll duties.

Compass USA Flik International

Florham Park, NJ November 2013 to January 2018

Director of several FLIK and Compass Unit catering teams. Worked with Chefs to create unique daily café and catering menus on a small and large scale. Distribute monthly marketing packets to include global foods of the month, by having live celebrity chef demos monthly. Insured and enforced safety training and procedures.

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