Brandon King
Castle Rock,CO
Summary
To obtain a position that encourages professional development.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Executive Chef
Viale Pizza and Kitchen
05.2023 - Current
- Training staff, Accountable for Labor and food cost
- Negotiations with all suppliers
- In charge of full seasonal menus and staples.
Executive Corporate Chef
Carbon Cafe/Habit Doughnut dispensary
09.2021 - 05.2023
- In charge of all aspects of Kitchen and bakery
- That includes menu development, training staff, Labor and food cost, budgets, and implementing guidelines for staff.
Executive Chef
Perdida | Gastamo Group
05.2021 - 09.2021
- In Charge of Menu development, training of staff all in all daily operations of BOH
Chef Manager
Brinkerhoff Restaurants
09.2019 - 05.2021
- In Charge of BOH
- Training Chefs for new concepts within the company.
Executive Chef/GM
PB&J concepts
02.2016 - 08.2019
- Responsible for all categories for kitchen and front of house
- Insuring guest experience
- Controlling all costs of restaurant.
Corporate Executive Chef
Izakaya/ Sushi Den
07.2014 - 01.2016
- In charge of Global Cuisine, training BOH including all Sushi and Sashimi menu.
Executive Chef
Yia Yia's
09.2007 - 07.2014
- Responsible for developing innovative seasonal menus using fresh, local ingredients
- Noted for reducing labor and food cost
- Increased sales from one million dollars in a fiscal year
- Tasked with training new Chef's to the company
- Collaborated with corporate chef to develop menus for other PB&J Restaurants.
Chef de cuisine
California Cafe
07.2006 - 09.2007
- Crafting seasonal menu change
- Analyzing food and labor costs and problem solving to reduce each
- Calculating inventory for each period
- Training kitchen staff on consistent and accurate menu execution and general operations of the kitchen.
Executive Sous Chef
The Capital Grill
03.2005 - 06.2006
- Developed daily specials, increased overall fish sales with specials
- Partnered with wine distributors and created monthly wine dinner menus
- Analyzed food and labor costs, reduced overall food costs during tenure
- Performed weekly and end of period inventory
- Produced weekly schedule for back of the house team.
Executive Sous Chef/Chef de Cuisine/Executive Chef
PB&J Corporation
01.2000 - 03.2005
- In charge of overall menu development and execution, including daily specials and monthly wine dinners and beer dinners
- Executed staffing, training, and scheduling for back of house team
- Analyzed food and labor costs, maintained decreased quarterly food cost.
Education
Associate's Degree - Hospitality Management and Culinary Arts
Johnson County Community College
12.1999
Skills
- Line cook
- Kitchen (10 years)
- Cooking
- POS
- Baking
- Inventory Control (10 years)
- Culinary Experience
- Labor Cost Analysis
- Catering
- Banquet Experience
- Kitchen Management Experience
- Restaurant Experience
- Food Preparation
- Profit & Loss
- Food Safety
- Restaurant Management
- Supervising Experience
- Leadership
- Food Production
- Time Management
- Management Experience
- Kitchen Experience
- Recruiting
- Management
- Kitchen management
- Sanitation
- Microsoft Office
- Forecasting
- Menu Planning
- Food Service Management
- Event Planning
- Purchasing
- Budgeting
- Customer service
- Payroll
- Computer literacy
- English
- Typing
- Team management
- Sales
- Negotiation
- Presentation skills
- Analysis skills
- Profit & loss
- Supervising experience
- Operations management
- Research
- Pricing
- Cost control
- Inventory control
- Restaurant experience
- Organizational skills
- Kitchen experience
- Time management
- Communication skills
- Product development
- Teaching
- Fine dining experience
- HACCP
- Seasonal dishes utilizing fresh and local ingredients
- Food preperation
- Contract catering
- Costing food and controlling labor
- Staff supervision
- Creating special diets
Certification
- ServSafe
- Driver's License
- HACCP Certification
Timeline
Executive Chef
Viale Pizza and Kitchen
05.2023 - Current
Executive Corporate Chef
Carbon Cafe/Habit Doughnut dispensary
09.2021 - 05.2023
Executive Chef
Perdida | Gastamo Group
05.2021 - 09.2021
Chef Manager
Brinkerhoff Restaurants
09.2019 - 05.2021
Executive Chef/GM
PB&J concepts
02.2016 - 08.2019
Corporate Executive Chef
Izakaya/ Sushi Den
07.2014 - 01.2016
Executive Chef
Yia Yia's
09.2007 - 07.2014
Chef de cuisine
California Cafe
07.2006 - 09.2007
Executive Sous Chef
The Capital Grill
03.2005 - 06.2006
Executive Sous Chef/Chef de Cuisine/Executive Chef
PB&J Corporation
01.2000 - 03.2005
Associate's Degree - Hospitality Management and Culinary Arts
Johnson County Community College
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