HUSSEIN MOHAMAD
Laval,QC
Summary
Exceptional Head Chef with superb understanding of recipes and food cooking methods. Specialties include determining proper portions, menu planning and managing food inventory. Passionate about food and hospitality. Skillfully manage kitchen and food preparation areas. Experienced for more than 10 years with multiple cuisines, sourcing ingredients, controlling budgets and boosting restaurant profiles.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Restaurant & Kitchen Manager
Reve café
01.2019 - 01.2022
- Maximize team's success through effective leadership, coaching, and training
- Ensured customers were satisfied with every part of the flooring experience, from initial greeting through order completion.
Pastry Chef
Movenpick Hotel
02.2013 - 01.2018
- Served as the Executive Pastry Chef, creating rotating and seasonal desserts for events
- Aimed to achieve high levels of client satisfaction
- Prepared special desserts for off-site events and weddings
- Created a large variety of baked goods, pastries, and confections.
Operation Supervisor
Hypermedia
01.2008 - 01.2013
- Managing auditing projects, assigning staff to clients and overseeing projects to completion, complying with policies, procedures and standards at all times
- Prepared media plans and recommendations
- Worked on the media system
- Prepared competitive analysis for clients.
Restaurant Manager
MALAK EL TAWoUK
01.2007 - 01.2008
- Coordinated a new kitchen work schedule for employees and developed a different ingredient ordering system to help lower food cost by ten percent
- Ensured that all staff members were committed to delivering top quality food by educating staff about menu items and portion sizes
- Maintained a hazard-free kitchen and promoted safe food handling practices.
Oriental Pastry Chef
Al Masa Hotel
01.2006 - 01.2007
- Inspect the cleanliness and working condition of all tools, equipment and supplies/ Ensures everything complies with standards
- Inspect the cleanliness and organization of the work station, rectify any deficiencies, maintain throughout the shift
- Establish priority items for the day.
Assistant Oriental Pastry Chef
MOVENPICK HOTEL
01.2003 - 01.2006
- Prepared special desserts for off-site events and weddings
- Provided high level of customer service to achieve a 100 percent rating on
- Created a large variety of baked goods, pastries, and confections
- Assisted with clerical tasks relating to staffing including payroll and scheduling.
Head Chef
- Managed, updated and moderated content on restaurant's website, community blog sites and social media accounts
- Increased customer engagement on company social media accounts by 20% through interactive promotions and contests.
VIP Bar Tender
Grand Cafe
01.2002 - 01.2003
- Managing the VIP area within the restaurant
- Mixed and served beverages to 2000 weekly customers
- Ensured a clean working environment for customers as well as other employees
- Performed all end of day duties including tallying up and verifying all cash and credit card transactions
- Successfully trained all new bar staff.
Education
Hospitality Management -
Bir Hassan Hotel School
01.2002
High School -
Maanieh
06.1998
Skills
- Food Safety
- Payroll and Scheduling
- Signature Dish Creation
- Forecasting and Planning
- Ingredient Selection
- Food Safety Regulations
- Budget Development
- Purchasing
- Cost Control and Budgeting
- Workflow Coordination
- Menu Development
- Menu Supervision
- Kitchen Management
- Cost Control
- Kitchen Operations
- Customer Service
Languages
English
Professional Working
Arabic
Native or Bilingual
French
Elementary
Timeline
Restaurant & Kitchen Manager
Reve café
01.2019 - 01.2022
Pastry Chef
Movenpick Hotel
02.2013 - 01.2018
Operation Supervisor
Hypermedia
01.2008 - 01.2013
Restaurant Manager
MALAK EL TAWoUK
01.2007 - 01.2008
Oriental Pastry Chef
Al Masa Hotel
01.2006 - 01.2007
Assistant Oriental Pastry Chef
MOVENPICK HOTEL
01.2003 - 01.2006
VIP Bar Tender
Grand Cafe
01.2002 - 01.2003
Head Chef
Hospitality Management -
Bir Hassan Hotel School
High School -
Maanieh
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