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Alejandro Torres

Miami

Summary

Professional culinary expert with strong focus on team collaboration and delivering exceptional results. Demonstrates expertise in menu development, kitchen management, and high-quality food preparation. Reliable and adaptable, ensuring consistent excellence in fast-paced, changing environments. Known for leadership, creativity, and maintaining high standards in all culinary operations.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Executive Chef

Highgate
03.2022 - Current

With over 500+ hotel around the world.

The Goodtime Hotel - South Beach

  • 266 Rooms Hotel.

Marriot Conyard - Curacao

  • Opened Hotel
  • Support BQT opetation.

Hotel Effie - San Destin, Florida

  • Supporting the team on Marriot transition.

Hotel Bardos - Savannah, Georgia

  • Opening Taskforce

The Elser Hotel & Recidence - Downtown, Miami

  • Opening hotel taskforce

Sous Chef

Sexy Fish
12.2021 - 03.2023

Japanese Cuisine concept, located in Downtown Miami.

  • with over 600 cover per night.
  • $150K to $200 on revenue per nights.


Sous Chef

Wave Beach Club
11.2019 - 09.2021

Opened an outdoor venue with an estimated 300 seats, located inside the 1 Hotel South Beach. The sustainable hotel has over 400 rooms with also over 500 residences.

  • Keep food cost under 23% with 600+ covers daily
  • Submit weekly food orders based on an active forecast
  • Control labor by preparing spread sheets for production of food
  • Oversee and support 8 other food and beverage outlets in the hotel when needed
  • Opened an outdoor venue with an estimated 300 seats, located inside the 1 Hotel South Beach
  • The sustainable hotel has over 400 rooms with also over 500 residences

Chef (Chef Team Relieve)

World Central Kitchen
01.2017 - 01.2020

World Central Kitchen is a non-profit organization that delivers hot meals in natural disasters and different situations.

Miami, Fl 04/2020

  • Planning menus & cooking hot meals for hospitals affected by COVID-19.
  • Preparing more than 4K individual meals per day.
  • Handle logistic for the delivery of meals.

New Orleans, Luisianan 09/2020

  • Planning menus & cooking hot meals for the people affected by hurricane.
  • Over a 10K meal per day

Abaco and Freeport, Bahamas 09/2019

  • Creating a cooking system and coordinating with over 20 local volunteers; production for over 40k hot meals per day
  • Seek out small communities to feed.

San Juan, Puerto Rico 09/2017

  • Planning menus & cooking hot meals for the people affected by hurricane MARIA
  • Create a cooking system to generate 130K hot meals per day with 27 satellite kitchen
  • Guide and direct 60 volunteers
  • World Central Kitchen is a non-profit organization that delivers hot meals in natural disasters and different situations

Sous Chef

Jaleo by Jose Andres
09.2018 - 09.2019
  • Company Overview: Jaleo is a Spanish two-story restaurant with 864 seats and 5 kitchens, including a wood firepit
  • Opened this venue in 2018, with recruiting, interviewing, hiring and properly training staff
  • Maintaining authentic and traditional dishes using ingredients coming directly from Spain
  • Supervise shifts with 25+ employees
  • In charge of daily food preparations for 400+ covers
  • Jaleo is a Spanish two-story restaurant with 864 seats and 5 kitchens, including a wood firepit

Executive Sous Chef

Barton G
12.2017 - 09.2018
  • Company Overview: Located in South Beach, Barton G is an American-comfort food restaurant open since 2002
  • Expediting more than 600 covers per service
  • Creating and developing new item and recipes for the menu and private events
  • Oversee shifts with 12+ employees per shift
  • Located in South Beach, Barton G is an American-comfort food restaurant open since 2002

Chef Instructor (Professor)

Escuela Hotelera de San Juan
08.2012 - 10.2017
  • Company Overview: Train aspiring chefs in high school vocational programs, vocational schools, and colleges by teaching them basic fundamentals in kitchen skills
  • Creating lesson plans and assignments for over 50+ students daily
  • Creating fun and complex recipes that my students can perfect
  • Started as professor assistant and was granted my own classroom in 4 months
  • Train aspiring chefs in high school vocational programs, vocational schools, and colleges by teaching them basic fundamentals in kitchen skills

Sous Chef

Eurest, Compass Group
11.2010 - 07.2012
  • Company Overview: Kitchen inside pharmaceutical building with 600+ employees
  • Started off as a line cook and made my way up to Sous chef in 6 months
  • Feed whole facility in a timely manner
  • Handle purchase orders and control cost
  • Kitchen inside pharmaceutical building with 600+ employees

Skills

    Operations Management

    Strategic Planning

    Team Building & Coaching

    Guest/Customer Experience Budget Administration

    Revenue Growth

    Cost Controls

    Project Management

    Event Planning & Execution

    Hospitality Leadership

    Safety Protocols

    Menu Development

    Leadership and management Creativity

Timeline

Executive Chef

Highgate
03.2022 - Current

Sous Chef

Sexy Fish
12.2021 - 03.2023

Sous Chef

Wave Beach Club
11.2019 - 09.2021

Sous Chef

Jaleo by Jose Andres
09.2018 - 09.2019

Executive Sous Chef

Barton G
12.2017 - 09.2018

Chef (Chef Team Relieve)

World Central Kitchen
01.2017 - 01.2020

Chef Instructor (Professor)

Escuela Hotelera de San Juan
08.2012 - 10.2017

Sous Chef

Eurest, Compass Group
11.2010 - 07.2012
Alejandro Torres