Bevan Dixon
Sunbury,Melbourne
Summary
I am a highly motivated person with a huge desire to succeed. I have traveled substantially and have had the opportunity to try and experience different Facets of hospitatlity. These challenges have provided me with the skills needed to tackle all problems head on. This makes me very versatile, as well as hard working.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Hotel Services Coordinator
Uniting Agewell
Victoria, VIC
06.2019 - Current
- The hotel services role required supervision of Catering, Cleaning And laundry operations at multiple sites across Victoria
- The role was quite varied, and included Rostering, recruitment, compliance of a class 1 catering operations, Budgeting, CPI’s and meetings either internally or externally with suppliers, clients and residents.
Chef
Caulfield Race Course (Melbourne Racing Club)
Melbourne, VIC
08.2017 - 10.2019
- We Cater for large functions, and primarily worked in corporate boxes preparing and serving grazing menus
- I have run functions and rooms as a requirement of my job and ability
- Team work and the ability to manage others is paramount.
Relief Chef – Hotel Services Coordinator
Uniting Agewell
Victoria, VIC
04.2019 - 06.2019
- Uniting Age Well is an age care provider with 12 sites across Victoria
- The relief Chef / Coodinator role requires the individual to cover the head chefs or Coordinators who go on leave
- The Coordinator role involved coordinating Catering Laundry and Cleaning departments at varied Sites
- This included dealing with day to day issues, staffing as well as rostering and regulatory compliance.
Chef
Delaware North (Rod Laver Arena and Etihad Stadium)
Melbourne, VIC
01.2012 - 02.2019
- Successfully managed food preparation and service for rock concert backstage crew, multiple Christmas events, and valedictory dinners
- Worked at the Australian tennis open for many years in corporate catering areas as well as assisting celebrity chefs.
- Worked at Etihad stadium for AFL seasons, primarily performing function work and managing catering for match day function rooms.
Chef
Bigger Than Texas
Melbourne, VIC
08.2017 - 01.2019
- A food truck operation, which consist of Smoked American Meats
- Tailored menus for functions.
Chef
Peter Rowland Catering
Melbourne
08.2012 - 08.2017
- At Peter Rowland I have been working as a production and venue chef
- Being based at the River St production kitchen for 2 years, as well as being based at Flemington Race course
- I have also looked after the Mossgreen Art gallery while the head chef was away on leave on multiple occasions
- I was a roving chef within the catering company helping out with the multiple functions at the many multiple venues they ran
- I was heavily involved also with production and being onsite at Major events such as The Australian Grand Prix, Moto G.P Phillip Island Avalon Airshow and Melbourne Cup Carnival.
Sous Chef
Café Paradiso
Melbourne, VIC
04.2012 - 03.2013
- It is a busy restaurant sometimes turning over 260+ covers on a weekend night. My role included all aspects of prep, grill and pan work. Food stock management. (Ordering, checking and rotating food, weekly stock takes) As well as some apprentice training and organizing daily specials.
- I have worked with the owner previously and we have a good reputable working relationship
Chef
Delaware North (Vector Arena)
Auckland, New Zealand
07.2011 - 12.2011
- At Vector Arena, we cater for a wide range of things
- From backstage staff for shows, like Cirque de Soliel, to rock concerts
- Also big function dinners like, Style Pacifica and the IRB world cup prize giving dinners
- Every function requires a different skill set, based on individual requirements.
Chef
Bonifant & Saxby Catering
Auckland, New Zealand
11.2009 - 07.2011
- Bonifant and Saxby is a specialist on location catering firm, which mainly caters for TV, commercials and film work
- The challenges involve some quick thinking on the run as filming and location times can change with in a phone call
- This can be interesting when catering for 200-500 plus people
- The food styles were varied, from Asian influenced, to Italian, Moroccan, Mexican and the traditional
- Also catering for people with dietary requirements.
Chef
Super yacht: M.Y Texas
Melbourne, Australia
02.2009 - 11.2009
- I worked on the Texas as a sole charge chef on call, when put to sea
- This ranged from 4 day to 2 week stints on the 130ft boat
- To which were I would be flown to, from NZ to parts of Australia to Fiji
- This also involved providing and cooking food for the 8-13 crew members and when required the 2-8 guests
- This included kosher style cooking as well as guests requests.
Education
Food Safety Supervisor Certificate -
SITXOHS002A - Follow Workplace Hygiene Procedures
SITXFSA001A - Implement Food Safety Procedures
General Catering Certificate -
Basic Cookery Certificate -
Skills
- Problem solving
- Staff Supervision & Training
- Consulting
- Project Support
- Event Planning
- Data Entry
- Recordkeeping
- Consulting
- Resource Allocation
- Catering Ability
Affiliations
Snowboarding / Extreme sports
Traveling
Experiancing the great outdoors
History
Rugby Union
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Hotel Services Coordinator
Uniting Agewell
06.2019 - Current
Relief Chef – Hotel Services Coordinator
Uniting Agewell
04.2019 - 06.2019
Chef
Caulfield Race Course (Melbourne Racing Club)
08.2017 - 10.2019
Chef
Bigger Than Texas
08.2017 - 01.2019
Chef
Peter Rowland Catering
08.2012 - 08.2017
Sous Chef
Café Paradiso
04.2012 - 03.2013
Chef
Delaware North (Rod Laver Arena and Etihad Stadium)
01.2012 - 02.2019
Chef
Delaware North (Vector Arena)
07.2011 - 12.2011
Chef
Bonifant & Saxby Catering
11.2009 - 07.2011
Chef
Super yacht: M.Y Texas
02.2009 - 11.2009
Food Safety Supervisor Certificate -
SITXOHS002A - Follow Workplace Hygiene Procedures
SITXFSA001A - Implement Food Safety Procedures
General Catering Certificate -
Basic Cookery Certificate -
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