Hal Freeman

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ABOUT HAL FREEMAN

Career Professional with over 35 years Hospitality/F&B Management across industry segments. Leading Back and Front of House Operations for Restaurants, Catering and Event Management, B&I, Private Clubs, and Retirement Communities Dining. Taking best practices and applying principles across the board for exceptional hospitality standards.Passion for staff development and training diverse communities for inclusion in the F&B/Hospitality industry with emphasis in best practices of operations, including guest relations, event management, catering, culinary preparation, food handling, financial management, HR, R&M and marketing.Responsibilities have included marketing, event planning and catering, social functions such as weddings, family reunions, sport award banquets, to corporate catering of holiday parties, corporate picnics, and recognition dinners-involving arrangement of venue, entertainment, decor, rentals, food, and staffing.Accountabilities: Daily Operations and management of Restaurant and Catering, Menu/Equipment R&D, Event Planning and production, Purchasing, Vendor relations and Negotiation, Budget development, Financial Responsibility/P&L Review, Capital request, R&M hands on and overview. HR-Recruit, Interview, Onboarding, Training, Team Facilitation, Termination and Compliance.A few proudest moments have been successful execution of serving over guests in one day, serving over clients and their guests high end lunch buffets and appetizers over 4 days for a major golf tournament on the PGA Tour, and Volunteer Coordinator, Operations liaison, & Foodservice Coordinator for First Night, VIP Area Manager for Taste of Atlanta, overseeing successful execution of event from set up, accommodations of sponsors, attendees, volunteers.