Olly Rouse

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT OLLY ROUSE

20 years of experience in hospitality, including multiple Michelin star restaurants and hotel-restaurants to boutique and privately owned 5-star country house hotels. I\'m a professional, passionate chef with a strong and proven track record of achievement - building strong management and operational teams with technical and personnel skills. Able to motivate those I work with to ensure successful operations creating motivated key team members in order to produce creative products that surpass customer satisfaction while providing profitability. Strong interpersonal communication skills, coupled with the ability to establish and maintain professional relationships with all levels of personnel, clients and suppliers. Expert for purchasing, inventory management, food costing and budgeting. Developed and implemented i-recipes - an electronic application for dish development, planning, recipe collating, allergen capturing Ensuring minimisation of wastage [food and general], increasing recyclables and correct stock rotation. Strong leadership, team building, planning, organising and problem solving skills, all which contribute to bottom line results. Understanding and utilisation of ingredients, having worked with multiple kitchen gardens growing our own produce. Upto date with culinary trends, and very experienced in food science. Sound knowledge in nutrition, health foods and plant based cuisine. Able to educate and inspire teams to improve their own eating habits. Able to present food to the highest standards. Operational system implementation & development, including various POS and CRM systems. Developing / improving capacity of operation to highest quality and financial satisfaction results. Management, team building, team development, coaching, mentoring. Vegan, Vegetarian, Healthy, French classic, Modern European, World, British classic cuisine.