Experience

City Tech, CUNY

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Lecturer

  • Sep 1998 - Present

  Full time faculty at New York City College of Technology in the Hospitality Management Department. Teach beginning and intermediate baking and pastry arts classes, advise students, serve and chair various committees, liaison for volunteer events, and serve as a faculty advisor for a student club. Full time faculty at New York City College of Technology in the Hospitality Management Department. Teach beginning and intermediate baking and pastry arts classes, advise students, serve and chair various committees, liaison for volunteer events, and serve as a faculty advisor for a student club.



Pidy

• Belgium
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Corporate Pastry Chef, Research and Development, and Human Resources

  • Jan 1996 - Sep 2006

  Managed various departments within a wholesale production bakery including production, recipe testing and development, sales, purchasing, HAACP compliance, employee hiring and training, and multiple administrative tasks such as payroll and scheduling. Managed various departments within a wholesale production bakery including production, recipe testing and development, sales, purchasing, HAACP compliance, employee hiring and training, and multiple administrative tasks such as payroll and scheduling.



Gourmet Pastry

• Inwood, NY

• Gourmet Pastry Co-Owner

  • May 1987 - Dec 1995

  Co-owner of a retail and wholesale scratch bakery. Responsibilities included but not limited to human resources, employee training, scheduling, purchasing, product development, cake decorating, baking, and sales. Co-owner of a retail and wholesale scratch bakery. Responsibilities included but not limited to human resources, employee training, scheduling, purchasing, product development, cake decorating, baking, and sales.



Park Hyatt Chicago

• United States
• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Pastry Chef

  • Feb 1990 - Aug 1995

  Pastry chef for upscale hotel dining La Tour Restaurant within the Park Hyatt Hotel developing dessert menu, buffet and banquet preparations and plating. Pastry chef for upscale hotel dining La Tour Restaurant within the Park Hyatt Hotel developing dessert menu, buffet and banquet preparations and plating.