Experience

Montperi Catering & Events

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Owner; Executive Chef

  • Dec 2006 - Present

  Provides catering services at dinner parties, special functions, and private events. Facilitates kitchen operations, staff management, food preparation, kitchen standards, and special event catering/planning. Performs catering services for parties of 10 – 500+ people. Operated sauté, grill, pantry, salad, dessert, and various stations based on business and client needs.Teaches private cooking lessons/classes designed to suit client needs. Event/menu planning and consulting. Facilitates Teambuilding cooking events, and Wine country dinners. Develops menus in accordance with client’s dietary needs. Plans and executes daily/weekly meal prep for clients including home delivery. Provides daily meal service for local corporations, as well as special inter-company catering needs.



Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Culinary Director, Instructor, Manager

  • Sep 2012 - Oct 2015

  Facilitates various culinary events as part of Williams-Sonoma’s Culinary Program. Builds sales and establishes customer relationships via instructing hands on cooking/technique classes, live demonstrations, and in-store culinary events. Coaches and advises stores on how to deliver programs and activities that achieve sales and profitability goals. Staff supervision and training on new products and demonstrations. Teaches adult, teen, and children’s cooking classes. Supports store team with promotion of culinary programs, and direct sales.



Devoted Catering

• South Africa

• LEAD CHEF, ONSITE CHEF, PREP COOK

  • Oct 2009 - Oct 2012

  Assisted Executive Chef with kitchen operations, staff management, food preparation, kitchen standards, and special event catering/planning. Performs catering services for parties of 10 – 500+ people. Operated sauté, grill, pantry, salad, dessert, and various stations based on business and client needs. Assisted with inventory control, purchasing, and recipe testing and development. Assisted Executive Chef with kitchen operations, staff management, food preparation, kitchen standards, and special event catering/planning. Performs catering services for parties of 10 – 500+ people. Operated sauté, grill, pantry, salad, dessert, and various stations based on business and client needs. Assisted with inventory control, purchasing, and recipe testing and development.



Star Meats

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Butcher Assistant

  • May 2010 - May 2011

  Assisted with cutting, trimming, and preparing meat for retail sale and customer needs. Received, inspected, and managed stock/storage of the butcher shop. Worked with primal cuts of meat, including beef, pork, and wild game, as well as seafood and poultry. Used various hardware, including slicers, grinders, and buzz saws. Prepared deli sandwiches, as well as specialty hot food items. Trained under head butcher to increase my skill set. Provided customer service and cooking instruction, as well as staff supervision and training.