Giuseppe D’Angelo
London
Summary
I’m Giuseppe and I’m originally from the south of Italy. Passionate about food since I was little, I grew up with the most delicious and fresh products, so my standards about quality are set high I’m a solar person with a strong can-do attitude. Reliability is a key for me. Very organized and works well in all sorts of circumstances. I am a highly driven person with the single goal that everything exceeds expectative while delivering the best performance. Team player or alone worker, great with leading skills and different chef's technics. Forward-thinking professional offering more than 9 years of experience working in fast-paced kitchens. Skilled at staying focused and productive in high-stress situations and maintaining calmness in busy times. Excellent and proven cooking skills.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Executive Chef
Paddington Academy (LDN)
07.2024 - Current
- Responsible for the whole catering operation in Paddington Academy, a site with over1500 students and staff
- Daily supervision of the smooth running of the operation from the back of house to the front of house, ensuring every member of the staff achieves the best productivity implementing new methods and standards
- Managing a team of20 staff, including Chefs and general Assistants
- Working close to the General Manager to run Hospitality Events for external and the school itself, catering for small and large groups of people while running the day-to-day catering for the students as well
- Manage and control the standards and make sure that all checks are run properly, identify problems and solve them with the minimum impact on the daily operation
- Checking deliveries, making sure that everything is received and in pristine condition
- Oversees back-of-house operations
- Hires, trains, and manages kitchen staff
- Sets the staffing schedule
- Leads pre-shift meetings
- Determines plating and presentation plans
- Orders and evaluates the quality of new food
- Stocks the kitchen with necessary supplies
- Helps with financial planning and budgeting
- Handles and resolves customer complaints
- Makes sure the kitchen staff follows all food safety laws
- Sets and implements the kitchen policies and procedures
Private Chef, Agency, Freelancer (LDN)
04.2023 - 07.2024
- Since last April I worked with different agencies, private caterers and Head Chefs in various locations doing short- or long-term jobs
- I worked in Stadiums as Wembley, Tottenham, Crystal Palace doing both prep and service day, managing a whole section with various chefs under
- Worked in different4- and5-star hotels doing breakfast, lunch, dinner, room service, afternoon tea managing prep and service sometimes by myself
- Worked for different Private Nurseries, Schools, Care homes and similar managing the whole Kitchen most of the time, taking care of the whole operation from cooking to ordering
- Worked for Catering companies like Bubble, Dish, Dinner Ladies, Jimmy Garcia helping both with prep and service doing external events in various venues around London
- Overall, I got experience in all different kind of Kitchens, and I easily adapt to anything
Stuffed At the Crooked Well (LDN)
08.2022 - 03.2023
- Take full responsibility for the set up and Effective operating of the kitchen maintaining a high standard customer service
- Developing and analyzing the kind of costumers and adapting to their taste different kind of menu every month
- Responsible for developing different menu for private catering events hosted in the pub such as: Wedding, Birthday, private parties, office meetings (between20 and150 people)
- Development of the menu
- Manage all processes relating to deliveries Including checking in orders, stock rotation, minimizing wastage
- Responsible of Rota planning for both sides
- Manage both sides (gastropub and street food market)
- Recruiting new staff for both sites
Head Chef/Kitchen Manager
Stuffed Netil Market (LDN)
09.2021 - 03.2023
- I have run a little food stall in a street food market placed in London Fields
- Responsible of the whole food operations:
- Orders
- Stock
- Preparation
- ROTA
- Menu development
- External events (catering of20+ people in external venues)
- Organization and preparation for seasonal tasting menu hosted on our little rooftop bar
- Service
- Costumer Service
- While working there, we expanded taking a Pub Residency and apart of running the operations for the hut, I oversaw also all the operations for the pub:
Kitchen Manager
Farmer J (LDN)
02.2018 - 04.2021
- Take full responsibility for the set up and effective operating of the kitchen maintaining a high standard customer service
- Control all aspects of finance in the kitchen including sales, GP ,stock control and wastage
- Manage all processes relating to deliveries including checking in orders, stock rotation, security and loss investigation
- Responsible for Rota planning
- Manage the team including identifying and monitoring their training needs
- Taking an active role in recruiting new members to the team
- Conducting daily team briefs
- In Farmer J During my time as KM, the following was achieved:
- Successfully opening of2 shops being responsible of the whole Kitchen set up of areas and management
- Increased of sales
- 4.9 star rated on Deliveroo
- Record week sales achieved various time
- Score of96 out100 on Food Safety audit done from Food Horizon
- 5 star on Food Safety
Chef De Partie
Oblix Shard (LDN)
09.2017 - 02.2018
- Responsible of the side section, having3 commis under my responsibilities, making sure the daily duties were done, ensuring enough prep for the whole service (lunch and dinner), respecting the highest quality and making sure that the service was ran smooth
Chef
Lao Cafe’ Covent Garden LDN
01.2017 - 09.2017
- In charge of the whole preparation area, delivery checks and part of the orders, responsibility for the kp ensuring all the operations were done to the higher standards
- Helping chefs with daily duties and service when needed
- Grill chef, fryer and stoves
Kitchen Leader
Pret A Manger Waterloo Station LDN
03.2016 - 12.2016
- Responsible for temperature controls, opening and closing check, also night shift worker, delivery checker, food production
- Making sure that the smooth operation of the prep kitchen and the responsibility of Delivering all the products to the highest standards
Pizza Chef Assistant
Pizzeria Ciro & Katerina (NA)
11.2015 - 03.2016
Assistant chef
Pub9 Gradi (NA)
06.2015 - 11.2015
Assistant chef
Club Natura Village (CS)
06.2014 - 08.2014
Education
High school leaving qualification - Hotel Management
School “Luigi De Medici” I.S.I.S.
OTTAVIANO, NA01.2015
Skills
- Communication and use appropriately the technical language intended
- Knowledge of professional ethics and standards of hygiene regulations
- Hospitality service expertise
- Hiring, training, and development
- Inventory control
- Kitchen management
- Safe food handling
- Operations management
- Kitchen staff management
- Catering and events
- Coaching and mentoring
- Food presentation
- Recipe creation
- Attention to detail
- Allergy awareness
Certification
- International driving license
- Health and safety and HACCP degree LEVEL2 and COSHH
- Level3 Food Hygiene Training
- First Aid Essentials
- HACCP Training
- Health and Safety
- Fire Extinguisher Essentials
- Enhanced DBS
Languages
Italian
Native language
Spanish
Advanced
C1
English
Proficient
C2
Timeline
Executive Chef
Paddington Academy (LDN)
07.2024 - Current
Private Chef, Agency, Freelancer (LDN)
04.2023 - 07.2024
Stuffed At the Crooked Well (LDN)
08.2022 - 03.2023
Head Chef/Kitchen Manager
Stuffed Netil Market (LDN)
09.2021 - 03.2023
Kitchen Manager
Farmer J (LDN)
02.2018 - 04.2021
Chef De Partie
Oblix Shard (LDN)
09.2017 - 02.2018
Chef
Lao Cafe’ Covent Garden LDN
01.2017 - 09.2017
Kitchen Leader
Pret A Manger Waterloo Station LDN
03.2016 - 12.2016
Pizza Chef Assistant
Pizzeria Ciro & Katerina (NA)
11.2015 - 03.2016
Assistant chef
Pub9 Gradi (NA)
06.2015 - 11.2015
Assistant chef
Club Natura Village (CS)
06.2014 - 08.2014
High school leaving qualification - Hotel Management
School “Luigi De Medici” I.S.I.S.
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