Recognized throughout career for being a visionary Chef leveraging in-depth knowledge of the marketplace and the competitor landscape to significantly increase revenue and operational efficiency who demonstrates knowledge and experience in a diverse range of cuisines. Ambitious Sales Chef who creates strategic alliances with organization leaders to effectively align with and support key business initiatives. Builds and retains important relationships to excel in reveling customer needs and solutions.
Responsible for growing case volume/revenue with existing Food Service customers and acquiring best prospects from a vetted targeted prospects hunt List. Collaborate in coordinating sales initiatives with distributors and their customer-end users. Collaborate with distributor sales teams in the development of impactful , innovative programs that successfully penetrate Food Service segments where Acosta Food service products can expand its foot print within the Food Service channel. Selectively participate in targeted Food Service Trade Shows that expose/promote products to best prospects for long term partnership.Provide culinary R&D for regional and national chains operators, creating recipes, cooking samples for testing, improving current products and giving their input to taste, texture,trends and presenting of food products.
3 star restaurant owned by Douglas Rodriguez
Media Interaction
Universal Studios Florida
Loews Hotels
Swan & Dolphin Resorts
Exploria Stadium and All Spectra accounts in Florida
Rollins College, Embry Riddle University ,UCF Student Hall
Gators Dockside
Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville
Westgate Resorts
Millers Ale House
Disney Magic
Sonny's BBQ
Restaurant 23 Group
Hurricane's Grill
Natures Table
Bonifay Group , FMK Kitchen
Marriot Vacations Worldwide Corp.