Christopher Gallaga

About Christopher Gallaga

A highly accomplished, veteran, food & beverage business leader with vast culinary…

Experience

1. Executive Chef & Food Service Director

   Taher, Inc

   Jul 2018 — Present

   Direct the food service for 8 campus, 5,500 student, K-12 NSLP, district in AZ. •Oversee more than 2M USD in annual revenue and relative costs netting 25% bottom line. •Coordinate 2 central kitchens & 6 satellites to provide JIT fresh foodservice. •Manage team of 50 staff & upstream faculty, district managers, school board members, corporate leaders, & regional advisors. •Implement menus & programs to entice full utilization of the facilities and F&B on offer, increasing participation rates and satisfaction while working with USDA NSLP guidelines to secure wholesome nutrition at value prices. •Engage in an active campaign to promote the program & catering to the community as a whole through traditional and 21st century media. • Develop staff who show friendly, professional, service & safety orientation. • Implement systems, & procedures to ensure best practice execution of food, nutrition, hygiene, safety, sustainable business, quality and service. •Provide information and educational engagement of students and community

Skills

• Food
• Leadership
• Mediterranean
• Bookkeeping
• Curriculum Design
• Strategic Planning
• Business
• General Operations
• Microsoft Word
• Quality Assurance
• Innovation
• R&D
• Negotiation
• Coordination
• Packaging
• Microsoft Excel
• Community Outreach
• Sourcing
• Pricing
• Haccp
• Entrepreneurship
• Analytics
• Web Development
• Windows
• Customer Service
• Creative Writing
• Youtube
• Quickbooks
• Problem Solving
• Catering
• Recruiting
• Fine Dining
• Hotels
• Cost Management
• Business Development
• Keynote
• Renovation
• Wordpress
• Nutrition
• Editorial