Experience

• sodexho

  Executive Chef

  • Purchasing and receiving, verification of invoices
  • Food Cost, Inventory Cost, Product cost entry and audit
  • Food Cost Control development and analysis
  • Menu development, costing and analysis
  • Menu and recipe adjustments to keep menu mix pricing within company requirements
  • Cash, credit/debit card transactions, entry and balance of registers
  • Financial data entry of cash/credit sales and over/under justification
  • Cash deposits and financial audit of daily transactions
  • Bank deposits with armored car
  • Use company finance software for transmittal of information to corporate daily

• Commonwealth of Virginia

  Interim Executive Chef

  • Purchase of all food
  • Maintaining Budget
  • Menu Pricing
  • Recipe Development and Cost
  • Vender pricing
  • Inventory and Cost Control

• ARAMARK

  Chef

  Training in unit management, inventory, payroll, POS system, Invoicing, and Corporate reporting procedures, MRS, DMM, PRIMA, MyAssistant. .Other duties include training staff, retail branding and sales.

• J Sargeant Reynolds Community College

  Instructor

  Darren worked at J Sargeant Reynolds Community College as a Instructor

• HHHunt Corporation

  Food Service Director

  • Budget Forecasting and Development
  • General Ledger entry and Spend Down
  • Code Invoices according to company Procedures
  • Food Cost development and analysis
  • Product yield testing, costing and analysis
  • Menu Costing, Pricing and analysis
  • Market analysis of menu pricing, Competitive analysis
  • Inventory cost, food Cost, Product cost entry and audit
  • Profit and Loss statements
  • Accounts payable and receivable
  • Developing, costing and Invoicing outside business
  • Vender contract negotiation
  • Developed all financial spreadsheets for department
  • Monitored commodity markets for food cost projections and trends
  • Menu and recipe adjustments to keep menu mix pricing within company requirements
  • Purchasing and receiving, verification of invoices and vendor contracts
  • Payroll