About me
Education
Anglia Ruskin University 2023 - present
bSC Computer Games Programming
Cambridge Regional College 2011 - 2013
Level 2 Diploma in professional cookery
Level 2 certificate in Food and Beverage Service
Linton Village College 2007-2011
5 A* - C grades across Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry
Employment
F&B Operations Support Manager, Kitchen Manager
The Light Cinema 2018 - 2023
Chef work
Rose & Crown Carvery, Kitchen Assistant, 2011 - 2013
Pizza Hut, chef, team leader, 2013 - 2018
Servest Catering, line chef, kitchen supervisor 2015 - 2016
The Light Cinema, supervisor, 2016 - 2018
Prezzo, chef 2023 - 2024
Everyman Media, sous chef - 2024 - present
Major Projects
New Kitchen Opens
Opening of 7 kitchens across the country - training chefs, maintaining safety compliance, running day to day operations,
Data Analysis
Forecasting Tool - Created a tool by analysing sales data to forecast sales based on presales, bespoke to each of the sites. This allowed sites to manage preparation levels to mitigate food waste increasing profitability.
Accruals Worksheet - Created a dynamic worksheet which oversees how many unprocessed invoices each site had, this allowed greater management of sites on this process, reduced the outstanding accruals which allowed us to claim VAT back which increased the cash availability to the company
Data Migration
Completed a large data migration for the change of a POS system, moving from a cinema style POS to a Food and Beverage tailored system, manually migrating over 2000 recipes and ingredients
Supply Chain Management and Menu Engineering
Management of the company inventory system and processes.
Tracked changes to cost of ingredients so performing of quarterly menu pricing could preserve profit margins, and engineering of offering to provide better value for guests while maintaining margins.
Maintaining relationships with suppliers
First point of contact for process advice to sites using the inventory system.
Management of sites of stock result performances, suggesting controls to implement to combat shrinkage.