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Foodservice Management Candidate
OBJECTIVE Seeking a management or assistant management position in a foodservice company. I have one year management experience, as well as teaching experience. I am extremely creative with food. I have an excellent handle on spices, flavor profiles and presentation. I am at my best when given free range and am encouraged to experiment. I am certified in Servesafe, Serving Alcohol Responsibly, Hospitality Law, and Hospitality Management. by the National Resaturant Assoc. I am working towards a Bachelor's Degree in Hotel/Restaurant Management.
TARGET JOB Desired Job Type: Employee
  Desired Status: Full-Time, Part-Time
  Desired Salary: $30,000 Per Year
  Site Location: On-Site
  Description of my perfect job:
I would like to manage, or to assist a manager, on a property with closeness between employees, and a diverse range of employees. Preferably the location would be small with under 30 employees. I would like to manage as well as have some say in menu development and the like.

 

  Career Level: Entry Level
  Date of Availability: Flexible
TARGET Company Size Small (1 - 99)
  Category: Restaurant and Food Service
EXPERIENCE 3/2001 - 9/2001 Mercer County Community College Trenton, NJ
  Education Specialist
  Opened and operated a small cafe (The Center City Cafe) on campus, used for training of students. Coordinated a Career Training Program for the Culinary Arts Field. Taught classes on Food Preparation, Food Safety, Customer Service, Business Math, and Baking.
The Center City Cafe was open two days a week and served a small breakfast and lunch menu. I purchased equipment to start up the cafe, and did the purchasing to keep the cafe stocked. I trained and supervised the five students who at any time would be working in the cafe. Controlled cash flow and bills. Designed and priced the menu.
Classes were taught on a 15 week basis, basic food preparation techniques and business skills were taught.
Leaving because I was paid through a grant the college recieved, and the grant money was exhausted.


  9/2000 - 3/2001 Princeton University Dining Services Princeton, NJ
  Apprentice Catering Chef
  Basically line cook work for catering functions from as few as 20 people to as many as 2100 people. Limited tallow carving experience, sometimes worked side by side with executive Chef.


  5/2000 - 9/2001 Wegmans Food Markets Rochester, NY
  Management Intern
  Managed packaged bakery section. Duties included, purchasing, marketing, controlling lost product, stocking department, purchasing bread for company sponsored events, and training the current department manager.
Attended various manager training seminars through Wegmans. Topics included "Managing by the Numbers", "Interpersonal Skills", "The Right Way to Manage", etc.


  8/1999 - 5/2000 Wegmans Food Markets Rochester, NY/ Princeton, NJ
  Bakery Clerk
  Baking and Preparing Artisan breads. Decorating pastries, selling pastries, decorating cakes, baking pies, filling eclairs, stocking shelves.


EDUCATION 6/2000 Mercer County Community College  
  Certification
  Professional Cooking Ceritficate, included management training, food safety training, dietary training, food prep and volume food prep, baking.
4.0 GPA
  6/2000 McCorristin Catholic High School High
  High School or equivalent
  High School Diploma
Honors / AP student.
3.25 GPA
AFFILIATIONS 9/2000 - Present American Culinary Federation / PCGCNJ Junior Vice President
SKILLS Skill Name Skill Level Last Used Experience
  Bilingual- Spanish Intermediate Currently used 3 years
  HTML Website Design Intermediate Currently used 2 years
  Servesafe Certification Expert Currently used 2 years
  Serving Alcohol Responsibly Beginner Currently used 1 years
  Hospitality Law Certifcation Beginner Currently used 1 years
  Pastry Intermediate Currently used 2 years
  Healthy Cooking Intermediate Currently used 2 years
  Managing By The Numbers Intermediate Currently used 1 years
  Interpersonal Skills Training Expert Currently used 2 years
  Right Way To Manage Training Intermediate Currently used 1 years
  Intro to Hospitality Management Certification Intermediate Currently used 2 years
REFERENCES Furnished upon request.

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Excellent personal skills, good instincts. Excellent with food. Great with computers. Excellent at customer service.

Made the President's List Four semesters out of Five.