Kevin Gupton
North Little Rock,AR
Summary
Energetic Kitchen Manager enthusiastic about working with high-performance teams. Personable, responsible, and hardworking professional. Dedicated to innovative dishes, effective budgeting and top-of-the-line customer service. Talented leader offering over 20 years of experience in preparing and serving diverse foods. Motivates employees to exceed customer expectations in high-volume settings while maintaining strong quality and effective cost controls. Service-oriented with good multitasking, safety management and decision-making skills. Skilled Kitchen Manager knowledgeable about best practices, safe food handling, and inventory management.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Production Manager
ST Vincent Hospital / Common Spirit
11.2022 - Current
- Resolved issues quickly to maintain productivity goals.
- Managed multiple projects concurrently, ensuring timely completion and meeting budget constraints.
- Increased overall productivity by identifying bottlenecks in the production process and proposing effective solutions.
- Oversaw quality control efforts, maintaining strict adherence to industry standards and regulatory requirements while achieving high levels of customer satisfaction.
Senior Kitchen Manager
U.S Pizza
08.2019 - 11.2022
- Created and deployed successful strategies to boost restaurant performance, streamline food prep processes and increase efficiency in different areas.
- Delivered in-depth training to workers in food preparation and customer-facing roles to promote strong team performance.
- Maintained kitchen cleanliness and sanitation through correct procedures and scheduled cleaning of surfaces and equipment.
- Maintained high food quality standards by checking delivery contents to verify product quality and quantity.
- Hired, trained and managed all kitchen staff, including employee development, issuing disciplinary action and conducting performance reviews.
- Helped general management develop prices based on inventory costs and portion sizes.
- Resolved challenging customer complaints to full satisfaction, promoting brand loyalty and maximizing repeat business.
- Inspected kitchens to observe food preparation quality and service, food appearance and cleanliness of production and service areas.
Assistant Kitchen Manager
University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences
03.2010 - 12.2019
- Make sure that all patients food meets the requirements of doctor’s order for patient recovery.
- Preformed inventory check list, ordering of production and maintained food cost.
- Checked and tested foods to verify quality and temperature.
- Maximized quality assurance by completing frequent checks of line.
- Coordinated and organized all restaurant inventory.
- Purchased food and cultivated strong vendor relationships.
- Prepared and cooked patient meals and restaurant meals for hospital.
- Created chefs menu's for production.
- Trained staff on proper cooking procedures as well as safety regulations and productivity strategies.
- Analyzed catering orders and liaised with staff to set up equipment, supplies and menus to meet client expectations.
- Supported senior leadership by developing status reports on activities related to planning, scheduling, cancellation, inquiries, resourcing, risk mitigation and proposal development for various events.
Kitchen Manager
Ouachita River Unit Malvern Arkansas Correctional
12.2018 - 07.2019
- Supervised dining hall, outdoor recreation area, vocational shop and inmate housing unit.
- Verified all prison visitors carried proper identification and had no contraband before entering institution.
- Oversaw control center, monitoring inmates, visitors and employees for signs of suspicious behavior.
- Checked all book in and discharges, making sure all charges have paperwork and all discharges have orders of discharge.
- Handled inmate counts and searches for missing inmates.
- Completed daily work report sheets and delegated tasks to employees.
- Cultivated and maintained climate of mutual respect with freedom from harassment and intimidation, to provide safe environment for staff and offenders.
- Coordinated responses to emergency situations arising in different prison locations.
- Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Prepared a variety of different written communications, reports and documents to ensure smooth operations.
- Delivered in-depth training to workers in food preparation and customer-facing roles to promote strong team performance.
- Inspected kitchens to observe food preparation quality and service, food appearance and cleanliness of production and service areas.
- Oversaw food preparation and monitored safety protocols.
- Helped general management develop prices based on inventory costs and portion sizes.
- Checked and tested foods to verify quality and temperature.
Education
Master of Arts - Management And Leadership
Webster University
Little Rock, AR03.2021
No Degree - Corrections
Training Academy / Arkansas Department of Correcti
England, AR02.2019
Bachelor of Arts - Criminal Justice
Arkansas Baptist College
01.2014
Skills
- Recipes and menu planning
- Kitchen staff coordination
- Kitchen equipment operation and maintenance
- Order delivery practices
- Cost controls
- Scheduling
- Budgeting
- Workflow planning
- Food plating and presentation
- Marketing and sales
- Recruitment
- Operations management
- Verbal and written communication
- Menu development
- First aid knowledge
Timeline
Production Manager
ST Vincent Hospital / Common Spirit
11.2022 - Current
Senior Kitchen Manager
U.S Pizza
08.2019 - 11.2022
Kitchen Manager
Ouachita River Unit Malvern Arkansas Correctional
12.2018 - 07.2019
Assistant Kitchen Manager
University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences
03.2010 - 12.2019
Master of Arts - Management And Leadership
Webster University
No Degree - Corrections
Training Academy / Arkansas Department of Correcti
Bachelor of Arts - Criminal Justice
Arkansas Baptist College
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