Experience

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  Production Technologies Association of South Africa (PtSA)

  • KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

  • Industry Development Manager

    • Aug 2023 - Present
    • KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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  bidfood pietermaritzburg

  • Pietermaritzburg Area, South Africa

  • sales consultant for Private Label

    • Dec 2019 - Aug 2023
    • Pietermaritzburg Area, South Africa

    Sales consultant and private label and exclusive brands expert

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  Pay It Forward With God

  • Pietermaritzburg Area, South Africa

  • Director

    • Jun 2019 - Jul 2022
    • Pietermaritzburg Area, South Africa

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  Goldrush Viva Bingo

  • Ballito, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa

  • General Manager

    • Jan 2017 - Feb 2019
    • Ballito, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa

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  Tamba restaurant

  • Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  • Head Hostess

    • Oct 2016 - Jan 2017
    • Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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  Cafe Diego

  • United Arab Emirates

  • pre-opening manager

    • May 2016 - Oct 2016
    • United Arab Emirates

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  Fume Neighborhood Restaurant LLC

  • senior waitress

    • Jun 2015 - Feb 2016

    customer service, starts with greeting guests, explaining concept of the restaurant and the menu, upselling and suggestive selling on food and drinks namely- cocktails and wines, premium liquor brands aswell as coffees. opening and closing responsibilities of the restaurants aswell as completing checklists. recently started training new employees in front of house such as runners and waiters on menu, customer service and restaurant opening and closing procedures, observing trial shift applicants. Currently ranked 3rd highest in overall sales and 1st for highest ticket average for the last 6months of employment

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  Nandos

  • manageress

    • Sep 2013 - Jul 2015

    Opening and closing procedures. Customer relation is priority. Manage +/- 30 staff members back and front of house, do cash ups, control and enter admin. Train new staff on policies and procedures, do follow up training regularly to ensure all staff are at their best at all times as per standard operating procedures. do daily, weekly and monthly stock takes. Deal with customer complaints and customer care. basic human resources and liaise with head office on a regular basis. always be updated and knowledgeable on the constant improvements and changes to company SOP's and policies.

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  Asiphephe vehicle testing station

  • Pietermaritzburg Area, South Africa

  • Administrative Assistant (part time )

    • Mar 2015 - May 2015
    • Pietermaritzburg Area, South Africa

    Answering telephones, attending to walk in customers, liaising with car dealerships on a daily basis, capturing, processing and issuing of vehicle road worthiness certification.

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  john dory's suncoast casino and john dorys bluff

  • bluff,durban

  • restaurant manager

    • Sep 2011 - Dec 2012
    • bluff,durban

    To do opening and closing procedures. Customer relation is priority. Manager +/- 20 waitrons and 10 staff memebers, do cash ups, control and enter admin. Train new staff and new waiters.control inventory on a daily, weekly and monthly basis, stock takes, opening and closing checklists. ordering of stock. shift rosters. Work approx 12 hour min a day and 1 day of per week

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  casa marina resort waldorf astroria collection

  • key west, florida, usa

  • Chef de Partie

    • Apr 2010 - May 2011
    • key west, florida, usa

    worked in hot kitchen on a 3chef crew line, al a carte menu for casual/ semi fine dining, room service and bar menu. worked mostly dinner, aswell as breakfast buffet and al a carte and lunch menu, poolside and casual dining. did all prep and service, working broiler, grill, lead, fryers, plating and pass/co- ordinator. worked banquets from 50 to sometimes even 2000 pax on special events such as weddings, conferences and fourth of july parties. worked under the talented chef Richard Cavaco. dinner service ranged from 100 to sometimes 600pax per night. maintained food safety and hygience standards as per HACCP regulations. had the opportunity to use my own creativity when it came to specials for dinner service and plating for banquets.