Peter Czizek
Food & Beverage Professional | Culinary Operations, Innovation, & Commercialization
- Role
- Director Culinary Innovation at Denny's
- Location
- Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Peter Czizek
Culinary and Beverage Leader with deep expertise gained in some of most successful casual dining restaurant and QSR chains. Complements restaurant brand with menu vision, practical strategy, and people development.Proven ability to develop and launch new product platforms, manage complex menu rollouts and ensure profitability across large complex organizations. Earned reputation and passion for quality food, product, facilities, and equipment - driven to “do it right”.Key skills include:* Menu Innovation* Alcoholic Beverage Program Management * R&D commercialization* Recipe Writing and Standardization* Restaurant Operations and Support* People Growth & Development* Menu Costing* Kitchen / Bar Design* Supply Chain* Quality Assurance / Food SafetyAvailable to discuss new opportunities in the Dallas TX area, please contact me at p••••••••@sbcglobal.net CERTIFICATION & TRAININGCertified HACCP & ServeSafe Alcohol Trainer, The Education FoundationCourt of Master Sommeliers Introductory Course ExaminationCourt of Master Sommeliers TrainingDale Carnegie Business Communications and Leadership ProgramCOMPUTER SKILLSHospitality POS / database systems, Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
Experience
Director Culinary Innovation
Jun 2021 — Present · Dallas, TX, US
Responsible for managing the development of and the evaluation of products, processes and service standards to meet the company\'s menu objectives. Provides guidance to Quality Control, Operations, Commercialization, Supply Management, Merchandising and Training on product attributes and quality cues as needed- Creates and develops new products and improves existing products to meet consumer preferences and Operations needs through consumer research and scientific technology, as well as company and vendor capabilities to achieve identified business results- Manages the development of products through each stage gate to ensure they meet brand established consumer benchmarks (taste, appearance and nutritional value and other appropriate product attributes), cost parameters and operational processes. Stage gates start at brainstorming stage through first manufacturing runs and in restaurant launch of new items- Manages and coaches 3 Development Chefs- Responsible for the day to day management of the Product Development of the test kitchen.
Skills
- Restaurants
- Culinary Skills
- Catering
- Food & Beverage
- Income Statement
- Food Safety
- Hiring
- Profit
- Cost Control
- Hospitality Management
- Business Strategy
- Hospitality
- Pre-Opening
- P&L
- Restaurant Management
- Food Industry
- Food
- Ingredients
- Menu Development
- Sanitation
- Beer
- Chef
- Cooking
- Food Service
- New Restaurant Openings
- Hospitality Industry
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