Kevin A. Finnegan
RETIRED! But willing to assist any school, senior living community, or ind. restaurant in areas of food safety, production, menu development and procurement.
- Role
- Executive Chef Winnwood Retirement Community at Culinary Management Solutions, Llc
- Location
- Canton, GA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kevin A. Finnegan
A food enthusiast, I began my career in the kitchen. With many years spent as a successful chef including a number of “white linen” restaurants I’ve developed a lifelong passion and expertise in all things related to food management. This combined with significant experience managing in various levels in both restaurants and institutional dining services provides me with a unique vantage point and mastery of all phases of food production and safety. These collective experiences have led to my reputation as a food safety “subject matter expert” with a focus on quality food services, great culinary experiences and safe food. I am also a registered ServSafe, HACCP and ServSafe Alcohol Instructor with the Educational Foundation of the National Restaurant Association and a Registered ServSafe Proctor My strong instructional experience is a complement to my hands on background in food production, operations, and management. I was a member of the team of Chef Instructors in Advanced \"Garde Manger\" and Buffet Catering in the Division of Culinary Arts of Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI. Known as a confident trainer and coach in the areas of food production, purchasing and inventory management, catering and event planning, I\'ve exploited this background to provide training to dozens of chefs and managers in over a dozen states. Other areas of expertise include; kitchen design and layout, food service accounting, as well as emergency planning and sustainability and greening programs. Managing and implementing improvements to food production processes and maintaining food safety are professional passions I share with others in my role as President of Culinary Management Solutions, LLC. Specialties: Food Safety, Garde Manger, ServSafe, HACCP, Catering/Event Planning, Food Service Accounting, Food Production Management, Purchasing and Inventory Management, Kitchen Design and Layout
Experience
Executive Chef Winnwood Retirement Community
Culinary Management Solutions, Llc
Jun 2014 — Present · Marietta, GE
Total accountability for dining services department; including but not limited to; menu planning, scheduling and production planning, purchasing, training, food safety, catering, and financial accountability. Also staff training and selection, recruiting, hiring and evaluations.
Skills
- Servsafe
- Cost Control
- Restaurants
- Catering
- Income Statement
- Food Artist
- Budgets
- Food Preparation
- Food & Beverage
- Purchasing
- Food
- Profit
- Culinary Management
- Inventory Management
- Coaching
- Budgeting
- Coaching Mentoring
- Hospitality
- Recipes
- Seminar Speaker
- Menu Development
- Hiring
- Wine
- Staff Training
- Restaurant Management
- Time Management
- Leadership
- Chef
- Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (Haccp)
- Fine Dining
- Management
- Sales
- Cuisine
- Nutrition
- Recruiting
- Hospitality Industry
- Cooking
- Training
- Marketing
- Sanitation
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