Experience

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  Neat Burger | Neat Food Co

  • General Manager

    • Dec 2021 - Present

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  Bleecker

  • Assistant Manager

    • Oct 2020 - Nov 2021

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  Pod Food

  • Holborn, London, England, United Kingdom

  • Kitchen Manager

    • Jan 2019 - Jul 2020
    • Holborn, London, England, United Kingdom

    (Acting Assistant Manager)Making sure the shop runs smoothly, especially during the rush hours; dealing with customers complains, checking emails and keeping my team informed about any updates; making orders; dealing with any delivery issues that need to be fixed; organizing weekly meetings with the team leaders to discuss the previous week;delegating SMART targets to the leaders and the rest of the team; filling in the GP cracker and making rotas; doing all the weekly and monthly checks and filling in the Due Diligence book; running risk assessments and cosh assessments with the team; and foreign body procedures in the compliance centre; controlling, counting the stock and taking action plans when needed.

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  La Cantina

  • Belgium

  • Head Chef

    • Sep 2017 - Jul 2019
    • Belgium

    Being fully in charge of the kitchen on a rota system with the manager; maintaining company standards; making sure staff follow risk assessments; providing all training for Team Members and Team Leaders; setting SMART targets for the team; following health and safety rules in the restaurant; training the new chefs on our menu, checking and updating HR documents; running EHO check with a 5* report; counting and analyzing the stock; daily and weekly sales forecasting; making rotas; doing all orders; reporting maintenance issues; completing the Due Diligence book; ensuring standards are being followed in the shop from KP to Sous-chef together with the hall team to get customer satisfaction at all times, leading the team to go the extra mile by motivating them; meetings with the floor manager & ops manager to discuss restaurant improvements; dealing with customer feedback and delivery issues.

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  Wok dei sapori

  • Agrigento, Sicily, Italy

  • Head Chef

    • Oct 2015 - Jan 2017
    • Agrigento, Sicily, Italy

    Running the kitchen and checking all the sections and machines before and after the rush time every day; doing orders for the kitchen on a daily basis; checking the quality when orders arrive, and reporting issues with delivery; running all the daily checks to make sure that the food is safe to eat; delegating jobs to the team for prep before the rush time, making sure that every single dish leaves the kitchen is a spot on; supporting the team to run the day smoothly; teaching the chefs new skills and training them on how to use machines and knifes to clean Veg, fish, birds and make different cuts of meat and keeping them motivated by making it a fun place to work and make them feel like one big family.

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  Royal

  • Gurdini naxos

  • Sous Chef

    • Aug 2012 - Sep 2015
    • Gurdini naxos

    In charge of the kitchen when the head chef is away, training the team on different sections using SMART targets; being in charge of new chefs and training them on how to use machines and knifs to clean Veg, fish, birds and make different cuts of meat; helping them build their confidence in the team; motivating them, making them feel part of the team and helping them to get the best out of themselves every day so they feel proud by training them according to the company rules.

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  Anna Restaurant

  • Letojanni, Sicily, Italy

  • Chef De Partie

    • Jul 2010 - Jul 2012
    • Letojanni, Sicily, Italy

    starting as Kitchen porter learning the basics of the kitchen and the using of the knifes, cleaning veg , birds and fish, and step by step started to get a chance to cook and understand how balance the spices, learning how to stay calm under pressure, been on time with the food so the service stays balanced to making salads , antipasti’s, and cold food.