Experience

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  Culinary Affair

  • Owner

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  Staff with Class: Hospitality Professionals for Hire - wait staff, bartenders, Chefs, BBQ Masters

  • Bergen County, NJ

  • Owner

    • May 2007 - Present
    • Bergen County, NJ

    We understand the hospitality business! Professional Hospitality staffing is one of the most crucial aspects of any successful entertaining, be it a corporate function or a special event in your residence.Our staff is experienced, mature, attentive, efficient and unobtrusive and is at your service with warmth, courtesy, pleasant attitude and panache. We have earned an outstanding reputation as reliable, honest, ethical and competent hospitality professionals. We are insured, uniformed and in the business since 2000.We make it enjoyable for you to entertain, as we take care of everything you need to get done, so you/the host(s) relax and enjoy the company of your clients, guests and family, while we attend to you all with grace, positive attitude and exhibit a proper conduct. Call 201-913-7419 or visit our web site to arrange for professional hospitality staff personnel.

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  TemporaryChef.com

  • Chef Blazena Federer

    • 2007 - Present

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  Culinary Affair, LLC

  • Chef-Owner

    • 2000 - Present

    off-site catering (corporate or private events); Private Chef services; cooking instructions; cooking with friends parties, bartenders and wait staff services.Consulting to the Food Industry: R&D-product development, specification development, kitchen standardization-SOP's; recipes design and validation.

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  Kraft Foods

  • Tarrytown, NY

  • Consultant R&D

    • Aug 2011 - May 2012
    • Tarrytown, NY

    Dessert Group

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  Bergen Community College

  • Adjunct Professor, Continuing Ed

    • 2003 - 2006

    Teaching Hands-on Culinary Classes in Hospitality- Culinary ARTS Program

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  Kings Supermarkets, Inc., Parsippany, NJ

  • Sr. Product Development Leader- Research Chef

    • 2000 - 2003

    Kings is an upscale gourmet grocery chain in NJ with an outstanding reputation for innovative quality products and legendary customer service.• Managed the King’s Brand New Product Development and Culinary Innovation Group. • Responsible for the design and timely delivery of culinary programs for the Bakery, Deli, Seafood, Meat and Produce areas. • Accountable for incorporating the newest culinary trends into new product development. • Provided technical culinary support and product quality evaluations to Kings suppliers.• Developed and documented product specifications.• hat joint responsibility with the Sales Managers for introducing products meeting margin goals and increasing sales and profits. • Provided culinary support (recipes and product descriptions) to Marketing and Advertising.• Developed and published recipes for Kings advertising and store flyers.• Taught Cooking Classes at the Kings Cooking Studios.

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  Dragoco

  • Director of New Technology and Ventures, North American Competence

    • 1998 - 2000

    Responsible for identifying emerging technologies and opportunities leading to strategic growth of the Fragrance Division. Identified new fragrance technologies and their applications for major household products and health-beauty care companies. Managed technical staff and developed technologies resulting in 8 new patent applications. Named inventor for one patent pending.

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  Kraft Foods

  • Sr. Research Scientist

    • 1996 - 1998

    1)Product Development in R&D, Maxwell House and Internationa G.F. Coffee, Instant Beverages - water based, Milk platform beverages, Speciality beverages, Cereals, Trail Mixes, Snacks, Desserts, 2) Technical application across divisions.Worked full time till 1998, and after that on and off as an R&D consultant, last assignment through June 2007

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  Kraft Foods, Inc.

  • Senior Food Scientist

    • 1996 - 1998

    Bench Product Development: Coffee, Technical Applications, Desserts, Beverages, Bakery

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  Lehn & Fink, Montvale, NJ

  • Manager of Quality Engineering/Consumer Satisfaction

    • 1987 - 1995

    Designed and implement Quality Engineering function.Responsible for Technical Resolutions of Consumer Complaints. Recruited, trained and managed technical staff for the department

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  Max Factor and Revlon

  • Manager of Process Development

    • 1985 - 1987

    Designed the plan and implemented the construction of Pilot Laboratory starting from zero base, after company relocation from Hollywood, CA to Paramus, NJManaged Technical Research support and Process Development. Managed R&D Product Development of Halston business. Recruited, managed and developed staff of 19.

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  Avon Products Inc.

  • Sr. Process Engineer

    • 1979 - 1985

    Managed pilot laboratory scale-up for multiple product categories and projects. Responsible for pilot scale-up and implementation of processing standard manuals and first manufacturing batches.

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  BEIERSDORF AG, Hamburg, Germany

  • Senior Research Chemist

    • 1971 - 1978

    Developed cosmetic and personal productsConducted analysis of competitive products. Innovated the concept and actual product - the first Shower Gel Product in Europe