AMADEU RUCI
London
Summary
Dynamic culinary professional with a proactive approach and strategic thinking skills, excelling in food presentation and quality assurance. Demonstrates expertise in menu planning, cooking techniques, and recipe development, ensuring optimal kitchen performance through effective delegation and communication. Committed to workflow optimisation and inventory control while maintaining a positive attitude towards achieving cost-effective solutions.
Creative Chef with knack for developing unique, crowd-pleasing menus. Improved kitchen operations by streamlining food prep processes, resulting in faster service times. Enhanced customer satisfaction through innovative dish presentations and consistently high-quality meals.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work history
chef
flat iron
London
06.2023 - 01.2025
- Plated food according to restaurant artistic guidelines for an attractive presentation
- Helped staff adhere to tough restaurant requirements through effective discipline and motivation
- Created diverse cuisines, including full restaurant, special event, catering and tasting menus
- Oversaw kitchen employee scheduling, meeting all coverage needs and avoiding wasted labour
- Supervised all kitchen food preparation, operating in demanding, high-volume environment
- Maximised customer satisfaction and team performance through command-based structure
- Stepped into diverse kitchen roles to maintain team productivity and restaurant quality
- Demonstrated proficiency in various cooking techniques, improved dish presentation.
- Reduced food waste to improve profitability.
Night Shift Manager
Domino's Pizza
Oxford and Central London
03.2022 - 05.2023
- Liaised with other managers to arrange and coordinate customer relocations to alternative facilities for smooth relocation process
- Instructed staff on guest preferences and special requests and checked rooms before client arrival to verify compliance
- Coordinated incoming deliveries, receiving and processing quickly and accurately for minimal disruption
- Handled thorough internal and external surveillance, patrolling grounds and closely monitoring CCTV to detect incidents
- Forecasted occupancy demand and monitored staff availability to create balanced, cost-effective shift schedules.
- Delivered stringent health and safety compliance across hotel departments.
- Patrolled areas to monitor site security and enforce compliance with health and safety regulations.
- Drove a culture of continuous improvement, working with senior management to communicate and address areas of concern.
Associate
MINI COOPER-BMW
Oxford
10.2021 - 09.2022
- In the paint validation line
- My mission was to validate the colour of the cars, it was a challenging process as I had to spot paint weaknesses, oversprayed areas, dents on the body etc
- It was a really stressful process because if I had missed any spot, the car couldn't be shipped to assembly and it needed to be scraped
- If I had spotted any mistake I had to ship the car to tiny or colour repair line depending always on the case
- My shift used to be 7.5 hours and in every single shift we had to validate a car in less than 66 seconds in order to go to the upcoming car, by the end of my shift I had to validate 360 cars
Assistant Manager
olivias greek food
Oxford
05.2021 - 12.2021
- Trained and helped less experienced staff manage workloads and assignments, facilitating fulfilment of organisational objectives
- Scheduled weekly projects, anticipating timelines for milestones and completion dates
- Oversaw employee recognition programme to encourage professional development and high performance
- Employed outstanding communication and relationship-building abilities to lead by example in providing first-class customer care
- Supervised and delegated tasks to employees to meet key productivity targets
Education
high school -
greece drosia
09.2015 - 05.2018
MECHANICAL - mechanical engineering
LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY, LSBU
Skills
- Proactive approach
- Strategic thinking
- Food presentation
- Quality Assurance (QA)
- Inventory control
- Menu planning proficiency
- Cooking techniques mastery
- Recipe development insight
- Positive attitude
- Food cost calculation
- Effective delegation
- Effective communication
- Kitchen equipment and tools
- Cooking
- Performance assessments
- Workflow optimization
Custom
Shift Manager, Greek, First Language, Albanian, C2 Proficient, English, C2 Proficient
Timeline
chef
flat iron
06.2023 - 01.2025
Night Shift Manager
Domino's Pizza
03.2022 - 05.2023
Associate
MINI COOPER-BMW
10.2021 - 09.2022
Assistant Manager
olivias greek food
05.2021 - 12.2021
high school -
greece drosia
09.2015 - 05.2018
MECHANICAL - mechanical engineering
LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY, LSBU
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