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Certification
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Jonathon Powers

Jonathon Powers

Summary

Dedicated, hardworking restaurant management professional with extensive daily planning and operations experience. Skilled in staff training and development. Highly proactive manager with twenty-five years of experience in team leadership in high volume food and beverage industry. Background includes sales, management and customer service in fast-paced settings. Highly proactive manager with 10 years of experience in team leadership in food and beverage industry. Background includes sales, management and customer service in fast-paced settings. Driven leader with strong problem-solving and customer service skills. Dedicated to providing highest level of service to customers and creating pleasant work environment for staff. Knowledgeable in food safety and sanitation protocols. Food service professional adept at FOH and BOH operations. Demonstrated team leader with excellent staff management skills.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
1
1

Safe Serv Certified

1
1

Basset Certified

Work History

Restaurant Manager

Irish Rose Saloon
05.2020
  • Menu engineering
  • Maintaining kitchen equipment and systems such asovens, char griller and dish machine
  • Food ordering & inventory management
  • Human relations management
  • Scheduling of events in a high volume fast pacedenvironment
  • Special event planning
  • Petty cash auditing & accounting
  • Training team members
  • Provide leadership training for new management leaders
  • Developing adult beverage menu
  • Bar inventory & staffing management
  • Maintaining PCI compliance audits

Executive Sous Chef, Events Coordinator & Bar

Owly Oop Sports Pub
06.2017 - 01.2020
  • Menu engineering
  • Food ordering & inventory management
  • Human relations management
  • Scheduling of events in a high volume fast pacedenvironment
  • Special event planning
  • Petty cash auditing & accounting
  • Training team members
  • Provide leadership training for new management leaders
  • Developing adult beverage menu
  • Bar inventory & staffing management

Banquet Chef

Prairie Street Brewing Co
09.2015 - 06.2017
  • Menu engineering
  • Food ordering & inventory management
  • Human relations management
  • Scheduling of events in a high volume fast pacedenvironment
  • Special event planning
  • Petty cash auditing & accounting
  • Training team members
  • Provide leadership training for new management leaders
  • Developing adult beverage menu
  • Bar inventory & staffing management

Executive Chef & Events Coordinator

Pearl Bistro
10.2014 - 09.2015
  • Menu engineering
  • Food ordering & inventory management
  • Human relations management
  • Scheduling of events in a high volume fast pacedenvironment
  • Special event planning
  • Petty cash auditing & accounting
  • Training team members
  • Provide leadership training for new management leaders
  • Developing adult beverage menu
  • Bar inventory & staffing management

Restaurant Management

Josef Of Barbados
07.2012 - 09.2014
  • Food preparation
  • Opening & closing procedures
  • Focus on offsite catering events
  • Selling of parties & coordination
  • Customer service focused
  • Basic Excel & Microsoft Suite tools

Hospitality team member

Clock Tower Resort
02.2010 - 10.2013
  • Demonstrating & upholding the I-care team approach toguest service
  • Managing Bartender; Ordering all bar supplies
  • Creating daily drink specials to maximize usage ofalcohol inventory
  • Food Service; Preparing food stuffs to Yum! Brandspecifics
  • Handling cash register

Sous Chef

Olympic Tavern
05.2012 - 08.2012
  • Managing inventory
  • Food Preparation
  • Preparing various menu items to order
  • Expediting orders with proficient speed & accuracy

Executive Chef

Irish Rose Saloon
08.2001 - 02.2011
  • Dishwasher
  • Line cook: preparing various food stuffs to housestandards
  • Sous chef; preparation of food stuff, managing kitchenpersonnel & inventory
  • Server; Taking orders to house specifics
  • Bartender; creating drinks to order
  • Basic accounting skills
  • Selling & coordinating special event parties
  • OTHER INTERESTS
  • Grounds for Life Soup Kitchen
  • Www.homelessshelterdirectory.org
  • Cooks For A Cause
  • Food Outreach of St Louis
  • Www.foodoutreach.org
  • Operation Respect; A course in non-violentcommunication
  • Restorative Circles; A community process for supportingthose in conflict
  • Personal Computer Repair; proficient computer skills
  • M&L Transport; A once in a lifetime opportunity tocontribute energy & time to expanding my geographicalunderstanding of the United States
  • Traveling forty-twostates
  • LIFE: A continuing educational program that combinesleadership, personal development & spiritual growthtogether to create harmony in all areas of my life.

Education

Graduate of General Education -

Thomas Jefferson High School

Skills

  • Maintain Food Safety
  • Payroll Submission
  • Investigating Complaints
  • Menu Pricing
  • Inventory
  • Staff Supervisio

Certification

Safe Serve CertifiedWinnebago County Health CertificationBasset Certified

Timeline

Restaurant Manager

Irish Rose Saloon
05.2020

Executive Sous Chef, Events Coordinator & Bar

Owly Oop Sports Pub
06.2017 - 01.2020

Banquet Chef

Prairie Street Brewing Co
09.2015 - 06.2017

Executive Chef & Events Coordinator

Pearl Bistro
10.2014 - 09.2015

Restaurant Management

Josef Of Barbados
07.2012 - 09.2014

Sous Chef

Olympic Tavern
05.2012 - 08.2012

Hospitality team member

Clock Tower Resort
02.2010 - 10.2013

Executive Chef

Irish Rose Saloon
08.2001 - 02.2011

Graduate of General Education -

Thomas Jefferson High School

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