James Shamus Hill

About James Shamus Hill

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” Winston Churchill I\'m a chef looking to utilize my extensive experience, classic culinary training, and strong leadership skills to create an extraordinary experience for my guests. I test as a High D and flat line for ICS on the DICS Profile (Developing and Pushing Forward) Excellent leadership managing staffs of over thirty employees. Strong ability to effectively manage inventory maintaining optimal food cost. Proactive self-starter striving for performance optimization across all areas. Committed to excellence, quality, budget goals and organization mission statement. Ability to effectively manage high volume production with no sacrifice to quality. Specialties: Versatile in different Cuisines, Gluten Free, Pastry in gluten free, Farm to Table ordering and Dinners, Organic cooking, Cooking Classes, Wine Dinners, Financial Planning, Restaurant and Wine Bar Development, Hospitality Social Media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Youtube), Recipe & Youtube Video Production Food & Beverage planning and developing menus for Restaurant, Catering Banquets Marketing Dinners & Coffee House Purchasing of all food products, inventory control, food cost and labor cost, budgeting. Osha and Serve Safe Standard. Dedicated to the delivering the best dining experiences, while striving to exceed expectations. I am a confident and decisive leader with the ability to manage, motivate and train a culinary team. I am fiscally savvy manager accustomed to the achievement of financial goals resulting in a profit driven organization. To continually work on being a strong leader in establishing a role at the divisional and corporate levels. Consistently look at ways to self evaluate and continually learn to better myself and developing a clear leadership style with a open rapport between peers and subordinates.

Experience

1. Executive Chef

   Onteora Club

   Jun 2020 — Present · Tannersville, NY, US

Education

• Peter Kumps (ICE)

  Culinary Arts, Tuscan Region

  1992 — 1993

• French Culinary

  Associate of Arts (A.A.), Culinary

  1991 — 1992

• Institute of Culinary Education

  Culinary Arts, Culinary Arts/Chef Training

  1992 — 1993

Skills

• Food & Beverage
• Lead Generation
• Youtube
• Culinary Skills
• Content Marketing
• Fine Dining
• Restaurant Management
• Online Marketing
• Wordpress
• Hotel Social Media
• Social Media
• Gastronomy
• Advertising
• Online Branding
• Food Cost Management
• Google Analytics
• Restaurant Social Media
• Chef
• Pre-Opening Experience
• Social Marketing
• Gluten Free Consultant
• Banquet Operations
• Web Analytics
• Recipes
• Facebook
• Video
• Website Development
• Digital Media
• Social Networking
• Recipe Testing
• Golf Course Social Media
• Online Reputation Management
• Gluten Free
• Entrepreneurship
• Resort Social Media
• Digital Strategy
• Social Media Marketing
• Gluten Free Restaurant
• Small Business
• Culinary Management