Andrew Grett
San Tan Valley,USA
Summary
To be allowed to utilize my experiences in sales, customer service, and culinary backgrounds in helping clients achieve the best possible experiences.
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Owner/Realtor
Canyon Rock Realty
Phoenix, AZ
01.2016 - Current
- Intuitive and dedicated Real Estate Agent with 5+ years of experience matching clients with properties that suit all their needs and streamlining the negotiation and closing process through effective communication.
- Generate new business through targeted marketing strategies and client referrals, averaging $1.5M+ in closes per year. Develop positive relationships with clients by staying up-to-date on individual needs, market trends and contract negotiations to carefully answer questions.
- Show homes, retail storefronts, and office buildings that best meet client location and budget needs.
- Develop and sustain relationships with the existing customer base, building rapport as a personable and trusted representative.
- Recognized as a high performer in consistently completing 100+ daily outbound calls, producing 20% conversion rate.
- Key member in strategizing improved email template, increasing department-wide email lead generation by 18%
- Prepared customized client presentations and quotes
Executive Chef
Intel
Chandler, AZ
01.2013 - 01.2016
- Responsible for serving over 5000 people daily over 3 shifts.
- Actively supervised, coached, counseled, directed, trained and mentored employees in meeting company quality standards.
- Independently authorize all employment actions such as hiring, termination, suspension, discipline, promotion and transfer.
- Maintained over $20,000 of rotating inventory while being responsible for the ordering of all perishable and nonperishable items.
- Achieve the rating of top Intel cafe worldwide 5 times.
Room Chef
Lone Butte Casino
Chandler, AZ
01.2010 - 01.2013
- Department Head, Responsible for the operations of 4 outlets averaging over one million dollars a month.
- Managed 24-hour operations with over 80 employees.
- Developed and executed recipes for three new outlets.
- Responsible for the Team Dining Room serving over 800 employees daily.
- Actively supervised, coached, counseled, directed, trained, and mentored employees in meeting company quality standards.
- Independently authorize all employment actions such as hiring, termination, suspension, discipline, promotion, and transfer.
- Maintained over $80,000 of rotating inventory while being responsible for the ordering of all perishable and nonperishable items.
- Implemented a Healthy Choice Menu for a population with a 70% Diabetes rate.
- Created the Pastry Department, making most desserts and bakery items on site.
- Created a Stewarding Department to deep clean all food service areas.
- Worked with Food Trax, Guest Ware, all Microsoft Applications
Chef/Owner
Smitty’s Smokehouse & BBQ Joint
Lyndhurst, NJ
01.2005 - 01.2010
- Hire, train, and supervise kitchen and wait staff.
- Plan menus considering customer base, popularity of various dishes, holidays, costs, and a wide variety of other marketing factors.
- Coordinated the work of cooks and other kitchen employees to ensure that food preparation is economical and technically correct.
- Conduct regular physical inventories of food supplies and assess projected needs; order all food and supplies for catering and cash operations.
- Ensure that high standards of sanitation and cleanliness are maintained throughout the kitchen areas at all times.
- Establish controls to minimize food and supply waste and theft.
- Safeguard all employees by implementing training to increase their knowledge about safety, sanitation, and accident prevention principles.
- Develop and test recipes and techniques for food preparation and presentation, which help ensure consistent high quality and to minimize food costs; exercise portion control over all items served and established menu selling prices.
- Prepare necessary data for the budget, projects, annual food and labor costs, monitor actual financial results, take corrective action where necessary to help ensure that financial goals are met.
- Cook and directly supervise items that require skillful preparation.
- Evaluate food products to ensure that quality standards are consistently attained.
Education
Certified Chef -
The Art Institute of New York
01-1993
Associate's Degree - Business Management, Psychology
Fairleigh Dickinson University
01-1986
H.S. Diploma - undefined
Jonathan Dayton Regional High School
01-1983
Skills
- Proven ability to produce quickly under pressure, without sacrificing quality
- Basic mastery of cooking philosophy and technique
- Full range of managerial skills
- Understanding of all key health and sanitation concerns
- Superior Customer Service Skills
- Strong communication skills
- Sales record with strengths in Marketing and Closing
- Ability to follow, create processes and procedures
Accomplishments
- United States National Soccer Team
- United States Youth Soccer Developmental Olympic Team
Timeline
Owner/Realtor
Canyon Rock Realty
01.2016 - Current
Executive Chef
Intel
01.2013 - 01.2016
Room Chef
Lone Butte Casino
01.2010 - 01.2013
Chef/Owner
Smitty’s Smokehouse & BBQ Joint
01.2005 - 01.2010
Associate's Degree - Business Management, Psychology
Fairleigh Dickinson University
H.S. Diploma - undefined
Jonathan Dayton Regional High School
Certified Chef -
The Art Institute of New York
Certification
- Food Handler Essentials Course Training - 5/19/2026