Experience

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  Self-employed

  • Union, NJ

  • Chef@yourhouse

    • Mar 2007 - Present
    • Union, NJ

    Top notch provider of personal chef and small catering services. Weekly meal plans, healthy eating diet plans, entertaining, formal dinners, house parties, backyard barbecues. Experience working for government officials, celebrities, and a very demanding high end clientele. Formal or casual affairs, all are executed with quality, passion, and attention to detail

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  Acosta

  • Greater New York City Airea

  • Market Training Lead - Fresh Operations

    • Feb 2017 - Nov 2019
    • Greater New York City Airea

    Execution of training initiatives/programs for Sam’s Club Fresh Operations. Coordinate training workshops and seminars for Fresh Operations and General Managers. Develop and curate training class material on Financials/P&L Analysis, Merchandising, Safety/Sanitation, Production Planning, Retail Execution. Lead rollout training for new programs and initiatives. Conduct performance evaluations and ensure compliance of food safety certification requirements for 22 locations in NYC and Philadelphia markets.

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  Classic Cafe Management

  • Roseland, NJ

  • Chef Manager

    • Jan 2015 - Jul 2016
    • Roseland, NJ

    Directly managing a team of 5-7 kitchen and front of house employees in a corporate dining location. Responsibilities include execution of corporate programs, enforcement of company policy, menu creation, food cost and inventory management, purchasing, merchandising, catering sales, mentoring and training team members, interaction with building management, and upholding the highest safety and sanitation standards.

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  Dean's Natural Food Market

  • Ocean Twp., NJ

  • Food Service Director

    • Feb 2013 - Feb 2014
    • Ocean Twp., NJ

    Supervisor of Food Service program for New Jersey's top independent natural and organic grocery chain. Develop culinary and retail merchandising programs, Recipe R&D, Costing Analysis, P&L accountability, Systems development and implementation (food safety, production, labor tracking,shrink tracking and prevention, inventory), Training of store-level managers, Organize and lead all Food Service Category Meetings.

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  Whole Foods Market

  • Ridgewood, NJ

  • Prepared Foods Team Leader

    • Apr 2008 - Feb 2013
    • Ridgewood, NJ

    Day to day operations of a Prepared Foods Department averaging over $3 million annual sales. Direct report for an average team size of 22 culinary and customer service team members. Retail merchandising, execution of regional programs, mentoring and training team member base, P&L accountability, food costing, recipe R&D, Menu creation, meet or exceed standards for productivity, sales, margin, and sanitation.

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  Califon Fine Foods

  • Chef

    • 2006 - 2007