Experience

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  Los Angeles Unified School District

  • United States
  • Education Administration Programs
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Food Services Training Specialist/Food Safety and Sanitation Lead

    • Nov 1997 - Present

    Los Angeles Unified School District  Los Angeles, CAFOOD SERVICES TRAINING SPECIALIST 2000–Present  Structure comprehensive instructional materials and modules utilizing PowerPoint and facilitate intensive training on facility safety awareness, improving Food presentation, customer service, supervisory technique, and progressive discipline Conduct training for food service managers on food ordering, scaling recipes, forecasting, inventory control, meal components, and understanding the monthly financial statement Initiate training on breakfast in the classroom, lunch requirements, supper, and offsite programs Spearhead personnel in charge of planning various events, such as the superintendent's meetings and the menu development summer project Reduced annual training to the division $147,000 by developing in-house Servsafe Manager Certification ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE Los Angeles Unified School District-Venice High School  Los Angeles, CAFOOD SERVICES MANAGER 1997–2000  Leveraged industry expertise in overseeing menu planning, food and supplies procurement, utilization of commodities, and volume food preparation Spearheaded and assessed the performance of 22 cafeteria employees and 11 student workers Held full accountability in preparing and reporting daily financial records Provided keen management to the Lean Project and received $25K from Whole Foods for cafeteria improvement Maintained constant coordination with students, parents, and school staff  Designed, executed, and facilitated culinary training to kitchen staff

  • Food Services Training Specialist, Certified Food Safety Inspector

    • Nov 1997 - Jun 2015

    Food Safety Training Specialist• Travels throughout the districts’ schools to train Cafeteria Managers and Workers at elementary and secondary schools on all aspects of cafeteria operation.• Facilitates the creation of menus, cashiering, and recordkeeping, as well ensuring that financial accountability reports are produced according to Federal, State, and Food Services Division’s guidelines.• Trains managers on proper ordering, preparing, cooking, and serving food in accordance with District, State, and Federal standards.• Developed the HACCP Module, and trained managers in Microsoft PowerPoint and in Manager Certification. • Consults with community groups, parents, and students to assist in menu planning and evaluating the food program.

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  Bon Appetit

  • Valencia, CA

  • Retitred ,Operations Supervisor

    • Sep 2017 - Mar 2019
    • Valencia, CA

    Taking a time off to focus on writing my first book but not the last " Serving Safe Food".The book should be available at Amazon by December 2019. My target audience are Food Service workers and Managers in the hospitality industry

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  Subway Restaurant

  • Owner/Operator

    • Feb 1980 - Nov 1989

    Developing HACCP Module, Food Safety /Sanitation Inspection programs, and ServSafe Study Guide.Lead Food safety and ServSafe Instructor/Proctor