Brent Price
Lydney,Gloucestershire
Summary
Accomplished Head Chef with 26 years of experience. Strictly monitors kitchen activities and maintains food safety and hygiene standards. Offers strong organisational and leadership skills. hard working looking for a career change whilst still being customer focused and with produce in mind
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Head chef
boundless whitemead forest park
Lydney, Gloucestershire
05.2022 - Current
- maintain good running standards in the kitchen
- Hired, managed and trained kitchen staff, maintaining competent service teams.
- Meticulously checked delivery contents to verify product quality and quantity.
- Developed and delivered exciting, memorable dishes, increasing repeat business.
- Maintained well-organised mise en place, ensuring efficient and consistent kitchen workspaces.
- Achieved targets for staff safety, kitchen sanitation and proper food handling and storage.
- Monitored linework processes to maintain consistency in quality, quantity and presentation.
- Forecasted kitchen supply needs, accurately estimating quantities to reduce wastage.
Replenishment colleague
Tesco Superstore
Lydney, Gloucestershire
03.2020 - 05.2022
- Organised goods to clearly display labels, prices and features.
- Reported delivery damages to senior staff for quick resolution.
- Sorted items into correct locations to keep good shop order.
- Rotated and discounted products to maximise sales before sell-by dates.
- Arranged items in order of use-by dates to reduce stock waste.
- Faced-up shelves for customers to easily identify products.
- Stacked items neatly to create presentable shop displays.
- Also worked the back receiving deliveries
- checking stock via the PDA system
Head chef
woodman inn
Lydney, Gloucestershire
04.2016 - 02.2020
- Planned popular promotional menu additions based on seasonal pricing and product availability.
- Meticulously checked delivery contents to verify product quality and quantity.
- Developed and delivered exciting, memorable dishes, increasing repeat business.
- Properly handled and stored raw ingredients, minimising illness and cross-contamination risks.
- Maintained well-organised mise en place, ensuring efficient and consistent kitchen workspaces.
- Achieved targets for staff safety, kitchen sanitation and proper food handling and storage.
- Incorporated customer feedback in experimentation and creation of new signature dishes.
- Forecasted kitchen supply needs, accurately estimating quantities to reduce wastage.
Head chef
The speech house hotel
Coleford, Gloucestershire
09.2009 - 04.2016
- Hired, managed and trained kitchen staff, maintaining competent service teams.
- Developed and delivered exciting, memorable dishes, increasing repeat business.
- Maintained well-organised mise en place, ensuring efficient and consistent kitchen workspaces.
- Incorporated customer feedback in experimentation and creation of new signature dishes.
- Obtained fresh ingredients from local farms, maximising kitchen sustainability.
- Trained junior chefs in required culinary techniques, improving overall kitchen productivity and performance.
- achieved required gross profit
Kitchen manager
whitemead forest park
Lydney, Gloucestershire
05.2003 - 09.2009
- Trained staff on proper cooking procedures as well as safety regulations and productivity strategies.
- Maintained kitchen cleanliness and sanitation through correct procedures and scheduled cleaning of surfaces and equipment.
- Hired, managed and trained kitchen staff, maintaining competent service teams.
- Hired and managed all kitchen staff.
- achieved gross profit targets
- built up the business
- catered for weddings and functions
Education
706/1 706/2 - catering and hospitality
royal forest of dean college
Coleford, Gloucestershire 09.1987 - 06.1989
C.S.E Maths ,English, Geography, Chemistry, Art -
Dene Magna School
Mitcheldean 09.1982 - 06.1987
Skills
- Food spoilage prevention
- Workflow optimisation
- willing to learn new skills
- can do attitude
- good organisation skills
- team player
- good rotational skills
- good time management
Affiliations
- mountain biking, rugby, caravanning , motorbiking
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Head chef
boundless whitemead forest park
05.2022 - Current
Replenishment colleague
Tesco Superstore
03.2020 - 05.2022
Head chef
woodman inn
04.2016 - 02.2020
Head chef
The speech house hotel
09.2009 - 04.2016
Kitchen manager
whitemead forest park
05.2003 - 09.2009
706/1 706/2 - catering and hospitality
royal forest of dean college
09.1987 - 06.1989
C.S.E Maths ,English, Geography, Chemistry, Art -
Dene Magna School
09.1982 - 06.1987
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