Artur Pawlikowski
Kitchen Manager
Summary
Experienced and skilled Kitchen Manager knowledgeable about best practices, safe food handling and inventory management. Bringing demonstrated success in developing and motivating strong restaurant teams to assist 60 - 90 customers hourly. Keeps all areas clean and sanitized while managing inventory and preventing waste. Positive and upbeat with customers and team members alike.
Energetic and enthusiastic about working with high-performance teams. Personable, responsible, hardworking and diligent professional. Dedicated to innovative dishes, effective budgeting and top-of-the-line customer service.
Dedicated back of house professional with history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages
Work History
Kitchen Manager
Hard Rock International
London, ENG
07.2017 - Current
- Maintaining adequate inventory levels and conducting weekly stock counts
- Maintaining clean working environment and making sure employees follow restaurant preventive measures
- Supervising food preparation and ensuring customers are satisfied
- Evaluating and discipline kitchen personnel accordingly and making employment and termination decisions
- Ensuring that all food items and products are stored, prepared and served based on restaurant recipes, preparation and portion standards
- Ordering kitchen materials and ingredients based on restaurant menu, LTO and events
- Scheduling shifts by business operating hours, days and occasions
- Overseeing training of employees to ensure safe operation of kitchen equipment and utensils as well as proper handling of heavy items and hazardous materials
- Enforcing all , both, state and company policies, procedures for sanitation, food safety, health safety and quality
- Researching local markets in order to find new suppliers
- Developing hourly team members into successful Supervisors
- Actively involved in cost control
- Managing to maintain F&B cost, actual vs. budget of below 0.5%-1%
- Working together with Executive Chef on developing new menu items
Kitchen Manager
itsu
London, UK
03.2012 - 12.2016
- Delivering in-depth training to workers in food preparation and customer-facing roles to promote strong team performance
- Delegating food preparation duties down to cooks and followed up with cooks to verify proper preparation and production of meals
- Identifying team weak points and implemented corrective actions to resolve concerns
- Checking and testing foods to verify quality, temperature and highest quality standards
- Scheduling and receiving food and beverage deliveries, adhering to food cost and budget
- Developing kitchen staff through training, disciplinary action and performance reviews
- Following standardized recipes set by the company for production of breakfast, lunch and dinner meals
- Conducting daily checks of refrigerators and freezers to verify proper food storage, container labeling and surface cleaning
- Applying knowledge of previous supply needs and forecasted business levels to estimate required supplies
- Reducing health risks and safety hazards by preparing products consistently while creating cleaning schedules, restocking items and sanitizing equipment to adhere to health department standards
Education
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Technology
AGH University of Science and Technology
Krakow, Poland 10.2008 - 06.2012
Bachelor of Science - Materials Engineering
Politechnika University of Science and Technology
Rzeszow, Poland 10.2004 - 06.2008
Skills
Cost controls
Timeline
Kitchen Manager
Hard Rock International
07.2017 - Current
Kitchen Manager
itsu
03.2012 - 12.2016
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Technology
AGH University of Science and Technology
10.2008 - 06.2012
Bachelor of Science - Materials Engineering
Politechnika University of Science and Technology
10.2004 - 06.2008
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