Samuel Benton
Manchester,Mossley
Summary
Responsible and well-rounded team leader that has a drive for progression and perfection, Excellent social skills combined with a passion for work. I am eager to take on new responsibilities and push my boundaries into new areas using my transferable skills to succeed. Motivated professional with a diverse background in team leadership and customer engagement. Delivers exceptional service and builds strong relationships through effective communication and interpersonal skills. Adapts quickly to new challenges and environments, contributing to overall team success.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Chef de Partie
Reclamation room
Oldham, Saddleworth
2025.05 - 2026.01
- Maintained high standards of kitchen hygiene, cleanliness, and organisation, meeting rigorous health and safety guidelines.
- Worked with sous chef to manage day-to-day rostering of catering team.
- Developed and maintained positive working relationships with all kitchen and restaurant staff, fostering a harmonious and productive workplace.
- Collaborated with the head chef to develop new menu items, incorporating seasonal ingredients and innovative cooking techniques.
Teaching Assistant
CROMWELL HIGH SCHOOL
Manchester, Greater Manchester
2024.01 - 2025.05
- Leading and directing of small group learning
- Leading Talk groups to promote integration between students and build social skills
- Behavioural Therapy
- Medical / first aid lead
- Care
- Career path planning with Key stage 4 pupils
- Enrichment courses to build life skills
Support Worker for Adults with Learning Disabilities
Engage Support
Macclesfield
2023.02 - 2024.01
- Supporting autistic adults with integrating into society and building social skills.
- Meeting challenging behaviours, building a persons cognitive skills, administering medications, helping people face tough social situations and ensuring that daily paperwork jobs are completed and filed correctly.
Chef de Partie
Caffe Grande Abaco
Oldham
2021.02 - 2023.02
- Manage and effectively organise staff members daily roles during service hours.
- Organise stock levels and order stock to arranged par levels.
- Create special dishes and listen to customer feedback to evaluate and tailor forthcoming products to specific target audiences I.E. allergens, age groups ( O.A.P's, kids meals, adults).
- Host special evenings where I research specific regions on food and tailor an evening menu to that demographic and produce a 3 course meal within the chosen sector.
- Host market stalls with a small team of staff members where we produce hot food and serve various other item and interact with a crowd of people trying to sell products with a warm welcome and free samples to boost people's interest in what we are selling whilst simultaneously breaking down what we have to sell and giving quick but effective points about our products.
TEAM MANAGER
co-op
2020.03 - 2021.01
- Run the shop, sort large deliveries of food, manage staff roles, securing tills, counting cash and make the shop run efficiently.
- Got our store nominated for a 'your store your say' award from speaking to customers face to face and promoting their local shop.
CHEF
THE ROYAL GEORGE PUB
2018.08 - 2020.03
- Worked my way from washing pots to running a carvery at a busy pub, catering for a large number of customers in the building at one time.
- Perfected my skills to prep for such occasions of dealing with large quantities of customers while being quick and efficient.
Education
NVQ Level 3 - Media
Clarendon college
Manchester01.2017
NVQ Level 3 - Engineering
Tameside college
Manchester01.2016
GCSEs -
MOSSLEY HOLLINS HIGH SCHOOL
Manchester01.2015
Skills
- Organisational skills
- Microsoft Office
- Retail sales
- Adaptable to new situations
- Trained in managing staff members
- Excellent customer service
- Stock rotation
- Problem solving
- Well-organised
- Management
- Good promotion skills
- Able to identify and solve problems quickly
- Cash Handling
- Staff training
- Stock management
- Team leadership
- Event planning
Timeline
Chef de Partie
Reclamation room
2025.05 - 2026.01
Teaching Assistant
CROMWELL HIGH SCHOOL
2024.01 - 2025.05
Support Worker for Adults with Learning Disabilities
Engage Support
2023.02 - 2024.01
Chef de Partie
Caffe Grande Abaco
2021.02 - 2023.02
TEAM MANAGER
co-op
2020.03 - 2021.01
CHEF
THE ROYAL GEORGE PUB
2018.08 - 2020.03
NVQ Level 3 - Media
Clarendon college
NVQ Level 3 - Engineering
Tameside college
GCSEs -
MOSSLEY HOLLINS HIGH SCHOOL