Daniel Sanders
Ambridge Pa ****3
Objective : I am seeking employment with a restaurant company that has significant growth potential. I am also looking for a company that will stand behind it’s core values and believe in it’s people.
October 2009- Present Holiday Retirement Executive Chef
Responsibilities include: Schedule writing, Inventory, maintaining food cost, and ordering. As a working chef I am required to create a weekly menu of three meals a day and prepare the majority of the food served each day.
April 2008- October 2009 Houlihans Executive Chef
Responsibilities include: Schedule writing, employee interviewing, setting and maintaining par levels for perishable and non perishable goods, controlling food inventory, training and developing employees in food safety and policies and procedures and heavily involved in P&L.
August 2006- April 2008 Champps Americana Executive Kitchen Manager
Responsibilities include: Schedule writing, employee interviewing, setting and maintaining par levels for perishable and non perishable goods, controlling food inventory, training and developing employees in food safety and policies and procedures and heavily involved in P&L.
*Currently responsible for managing two assistant managers as well as a staff of 25 back of house team members.
May 2005- July 2006 Winking Lizard Tavern Assistant Kitchen Manager
Responsibilities included : Schedule writing, employee interviewing, employee termination, setting and maintaining of par levels for perishable and non perishable goods, and controlling of food inventory, training employees in proper food safety and sanitation practices .
• Responsible for maintaining lowest year to date labor in company
• Responsible for maintaining profitable food cost every period of employment
October 2003 – Oct 2005 Thomas & King Applebees Kitchen Manager
Responsibilities included : Schedule writing, employee interviewing, employee termination, setting and maintaining of par levels for perishable and non perishable goods, direct liaison with all food vendors, and controlling of food inventory.
• Ran Columbus area training kitchen. Responsible for direct hands on training of all newly hired managers. Also responsible for the training of all shift leaders in Columbus market.
• Responsible for the roll out and training of all Thomas & King kitchen managers with the Menu Link program.
• Ran test kitchen with experimental computer program for one quarter.
February 1999- October 2003 Ruby Tuesday Inc. General Manager
Responsibilities included : Profit and loss reconciliation, employee interviewing, employee hiring and termination, setting staffing levels, schedule writing and reviewing, putting together weekly profitability statement.
• Staffed restaurant from 70% to 120% during tenure as General Manager
• Ran training unit for Columbus market. Directly responsible for training of all new managers.
• Reduced turnover by 150% during tenure as General Manager
• Involved in opening new restaurants as an assistant manager. Responsible for hiring and training of staff from ground up
June 1994- December 1999 Climo’s Family Restaurant
Responsibilities included : schedule writing, handling of money, placing and receiving orders.
Education
Pekin Community High School 1992
Servesafe certified 2004
References
Susan Kovachic- Resident Manager Holiday Retirement
Cory Fox- Service Manager Houlihans
Mike Tyo- Resident Manager Holiday Retirement