Sheila Latour
Marion,SC
Summary
To obtain a challenging career position within a company that provides the opportunity to utilize learned skills as well as an opportunity to grow and learn within the company. Talented kitchen leader and team motivator successful at maintaining staff focus and productivity in high-volume, fast-paced operations. Experienced with Italian and American cuisine, sourcing ingredients, controlling budgets and boosting restaurant profiles.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Executive Chef
Grande Dunes Resort Course/ Terrazza 19
10.2022 - Current
- Ensuring promptness, freshness, and quality of dishes
- Create schedules for kitchen staff to ensure optimum resource management and speed of service
- Assist associates in understanding what substitute products are available to help sell similar menu items
- Perform administrative tasks as required including review of kitchen staffs’ timesheet for payroll
- Work with Food and Beverage Director to design new recipes and plan menus
- Train staff on preparation and arrangement/plating menu items
- Ensure all staff members adhere to culinary and safety standards and regulations
- Design new menu choices based on seasonal ingredients and customer demand for all catered events
- Maintain inventory management
- Research new developments in local cuisine and apply knowledge to new menu items
- Compliance with all DHEC and ServSafe regulations
- Created a successful team from a non-banquet facility to doing full service catered events of all sizes to generate non golf revenue for the company.
Expeditor/Prep/Line Cook/Bartender/Management
CWs Ribs and Wings
11.2018 - Current
- Maintain and ensure standards of guest experience with positivity, enthusiasm and professionalism.
- Expo food with accuracy and speed from kitchen to table
- Prep food daily for freshness and service.
- Work with management team with weekly ordering.
- Line cooks as needed.
- Bartending and barback as needed.
Bartender/Expeditor
House of Blues
07.2021 - 11.2021
- All essential functions to keep a restaurant running
- Busser, Bartender, Food runner, Expo and Server.
Dispatcher and Customer Service Representative
Leahy's Transport, LLC
03.2019 - 02.2020
- Dispatch and schedule loads for up to 40 trucks at a time
- Maintain driver records
- Monitor driver ELDs to make sure accuracy of hours available
- Daily usage of various load boards
- Daily usage of Microsoft Office products
- Customer service oriented.
Server
Flapjacks Pancake Cabin
06.2017 - 06.2019
- Server
Office Administrator/Inside Sales/HR/Accounting/Payroll
Drywall Inc/ Jones Drywall
04.2013 - 08.2017
- Answer phone calls for potential customers
- Schedule all estimates and home reviews
- Write all estimates
- Calculate labor and material cost and distribute to the customer
- Contact vendors to arrange material payments and schedule deliveries
- All accounts receivable/payable functions.
Server
Captain George's Seafood Restaurant
04.2016 - 05.2017
- Server
Mail Logistics Coordinator/scheduler
Amsterdam Printing & Litho
05.1998 - 06.2015
- Assisted with the USPS to establish Alternative Mailing Systems for our company
- Knowledgeable in Postal Regulations and requirements for US, Canada, France, UK and Spain and Germany bulk mail preparation
- Responsible for targeted on time shipments and scheduling
- Assist supervisors and department manager in daily activities
- Computer literate
- Coordinates with multiple companies for any excess work flow
- Knowledge in AS/400 programs
- Daily usage of Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Excel, Word, Access)
- Vendor relations
- Course work in Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing
- Purchasing Agent
- Knowledgeable of Customs forms and regulations
- Proficient in Microsoft Access and database information manipulation.
Education
A.A.S Diploma in Hotel and Restaurant Management -
Paul Smith's College
Paul Smiths, NY01.1994
Skills
- Customer Support (10 years)
- Lean Manufacturing (10 years)
- Restaurant Experience (10 years)
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Safe Food Handling
- Food Safety
- Staff Supervision and Coordination
- Team Collaboration
- Food Handler Certification
- Staff Scheduling
- Scheduling Skills — Highly Proficient
- Allergy awareness
- Kitchen Management
- Menu Planning
- Resource Management
- Quality Control
Certification
ServSafe Manager Certified
Timeline
Executive Chef
Grande Dunes Resort Course/ Terrazza 19
10.2022 - Current
Bartender/Expeditor
House of Blues
07.2021 - 11.2021
Dispatcher and Customer Service Representative
Leahy's Transport, LLC
03.2019 - 02.2020
Expeditor/Prep/Line Cook/Bartender/Management
CWs Ribs and Wings
11.2018 - Current
Server
Flapjacks Pancake Cabin
06.2017 - 06.2019
Server
Captain George's Seafood Restaurant
04.2016 - 05.2017
Office Administrator/Inside Sales/HR/Accounting/Payroll
Drywall Inc/ Jones Drywall
04.2013 - 08.2017
Mail Logistics Coordinator/scheduler
Amsterdam Printing & Litho
05.1998 - 06.2015
A.A.S Diploma in Hotel and Restaurant Management -
Paul Smith's College
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