David Wood

About David Wood

Extensive experience as hands on Chef, Kitchen finance, Restaurant and multi restaurant management with proven expertise in budgeting, client relations, customer service, compliance, cash controls, payroll, and building and maintaining positive relationships with vendors and staff through effective leadership is just part of the background I would bring to you as an Executive Chef and Food service Director. Highlights of my abilities and accomplishments include: Flexible Culinary Skills in a wide range of Cuisine of Asian, European and American. Proven Chef in fine dining and Corporate dining. Produced food on the line in restaurants and produced and directed events for social and corporate events. Produced a standards package and planned menus and implemented the training and gave support to ensure efficiency and internal controls, thereby ensuring the company’s stability and profitability. Substantial budgeting and food cost expertise. Troubleshooting and assisting corporate office with development of budget and managing the food cost controls, administration, and financial reporting that supported its implementation. Maintained daily, weekly and monthly inventories with reconciliations as well as weekly P&L statements. Established policies and procedures in food hygiene and safety to improve and sustain efficiency, and internal controls. Solely responsible for purchasing of individual stores and inventory control for over in yearly food costs, Handling vendor sourcing and negotiating price and terms to ensure maximum cost savings while maintaining high quality of product to guarantee customer satisfaction.

Experience

1. Executive Chef

   Continental

   Sep 2015 — Present

Education

• Washtenaw Environmental Health

  Servsafe Certified 2018, Food safety and hygiene

  2018 — 2023

• Institute of leadership and management

  NVQ Level 3 ; Diploma, Management; Health and Hygiene

• Westminster college Of london

  City and guilds 706/3 Advanced, Kitchen and Larder

  1985 — 1987

• Doncaster college of Catering

  City and guilds 705 and 706/2, Catering Hygiene and Communication

  1981 — 1983