Chef / Manager

Jeremy M. Wenger

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Catering By Michael’s Companies Morton Grove, IL

General Manager 1992 to 2009

- Managed Three of Chicago’s Largest and Awarded Off-Premise Catering companies, two Banquet Facilities, and a restaurant within a premier Chicago entertainment venue. Annual sales of $20 million.

- Managed all Day to Day operations as well as future growth needs.

- Accountable for food and beverage budgets and profit and loss.

- Purchased supplies and provisions from smallwares to food and beverages.

- Management of daily production and maintenance of day to day operations.

- Implemented policies, procedures, concepts, methods of organization, and quality control.

- Worked with staff on continual improvement on service levels, problems, and solutions to drive sales.

- Provided support for sales group as well had an open door to all employees.

- Worked closely with venders to assure quality and cost of purchases up to standards.

- Ability to fill in at all positions from kitchen prep to upper management.

- Controlled labor costs of all departments.

- Employee hiring, training, motivating; creating a strong team environment through training and delegation.

- Menu development for all divisions, with costing and portioning.

- Provided all levels of event planning including: invitations, floral arrangement selection, music, menu planning and catering, providing servers and bartenders. Organized, set-up and arranged food and beverage catering for banquets, special events, meetings and/or parties from 35 to 10,000 guests.

University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center Chicago, IL

Research Assistant October 1998 to December 1998

- Assisted in the gathering and entering of research data on Liver disease patients, to compile a database that would enable the team to publish and present medical papers at major international conferences.

EDUCATION

DePaul University-Chicago, IL

- Bachelor of Arts June 1998, Psychology- Childhood Development.

PUBLICATIONS

1998- Recidivism in Liver Disease Patients and Transplant Candidates.

Journal of the American Association of Liver Diseases.

-Presented- 1999 American Association of Liver Diseases Conference

June- Amsterdam, The Netherlands / October- Miami, Florida

1998- Alcohol Rehabilitation in liver transplant candidate: A Retrospective Study.

American Association of Transplant Physicians Journal.

-Presented- 1999 American Society of Transplant Physicians Conference

August- New York City / December- Chicago, Illinois

1997- Volunteerism and Values,

Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community.

Community Volunteerism Among College Students and Professional Psychologists: Does Taking Them to the Streets Make a Difference?

-Presented- Midwest Psychology Conference &Tri-State Psychology Conference

1996- Temporal Preferences by Procrastinators,

European Journal of Personality.

Exploring the Time Preferences by Procrastinators: Night or Day Persons, Which is the One?

-Presented- 1997 Midwestern Psychological Conference

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