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Marius Boiesteanu

Marius Boiesteanu

Canning tow,Uk

Summary

Dynamic professional with a diverse skill set encompassing culinary arts and digital media. Demonstrates leadership potential and excels in sous-chef assistance, special dietary cooking, and staff training, ensuring smooth operations even under pressure. Proficient in process improvement and customer service, complemented by expertise in photography and graphic design using Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, and Canva. Aims to leverage junior management skills to drive team success and enhance organisational efficiency.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Chef de partie

Caffe Concerto
London, Uk
01.2025 - Current
  • Managed portion control effectively, reducing waste significantly.
  • Assisted head chef in delivering quality dishes within tight deadlines.
  • Worked closely with senior chefs for menu planning.
  • Trained apprentice chefs, improving their culinary skills substantially.
  • Set kitchen standards governing cooking procedures, garnishes and food presentation.
  • Oversaw chefs, cooks and kitchen support staff to run smooth operation.
  • Tracked ingredient use and portioning, identifying opportunities to reduce costs and improve profitability.

Second Chef

La Fontana Restaurant
Twyford, Wokingham
06.2020 - 01.2025
  • Quickly learned and applied new skills to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
  • Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
  • Worked flexible hours, covering nights, weekends and bank holidays.
  • Consistently arrived at work on time and ready to start immediately.
  • Cleaned work areas and equipment to maintain faultless hygiene standards.
  • Improved efficiency and productivity by acquiring new skills.

Photographer

Self employer
Bacau, Romania
01.2017 - 06.2020
  • Studied composition rules but also broke them intentionally creating unique photographic effects.
  • Organised photo assignments across various locations whilst coordinating with team members efficiently.
  • Collaborated with clients to understand their vision for resulting in personalised photo shoots.
  • Edited photos using software like Adobe Photoshop ensuring delivery of best possible prints for clients.
  • Excelled in capturing candid moments preserving authenticity of events and emotions.
  • Photographed high-quality images for both print and internet distribution.
  • Utilised Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom software to add special effects to pictures.
  • Collaborated with other photographers during large-scale events.
  • Set-up equipment and performed test shots of subject or location.
  • Used creative retouching and colour correction across digital imagery and video assets, maintaining high standards.

Education

NVQ Level 3 - gastronomy

Liceul Tehnologic "Petru Rareş" Bacău
Bacau
09/2013 - 09/2017

Skills

  • Sous-Chef assistance
  • Leadership potential
  • Special dietary cooking
  • Staff training experience
  • Calm under pressure
  • Process Improvement
  • Photography
  • Adobe photoshop
  • Adobe lightroom
  • Canva
  • customer services experience
  • junior management skills


Affiliations

  • photographer
  • computing

Languages

English
Upper intermediate
Romanian
Native

Timeline

Chef de partie

Caffe Concerto
01.2025 - Current

Second Chef

La Fontana Restaurant
06.2020 - 01.2025

Photographer

Self employer
01.2017 - 06.2020

NVQ Level 3 - gastronomy

Liceul Tehnologic "Petru Rareş" Bacău
09/2013 - 09/2017
Marius Boiesteanu