Scott Wallace

In my previous roles I have been a dedicated Chef /Manager for over 30 years. I have a proven track record in hotel catering bulk food catering & contract catering. Starting at West Plaza Hotel as an Apprentice Chef I achieved my City & Guilds 706/1/2 in catering studying at Wellington Polytechnic. On completion of my apprenticeship I moved into the bar & restaurant sector helping build the name for the Loaded Hog in Wellington. After a successful 5 years lifting the Loaded Hog to the pinnacle of the Wellington bar trade, I moved on to the Airport Hotel in a sous chef role taking charge of their functions & banqueting. After a successful 2 years I felt the need to travel & Up skill my culinary passion relocating to London UK. For 15 years I based myself in London where I immersed myself into the challenges of the corporate side in the UK. I quickly worked my way up to an Exec Chef role where I was very successful. Operating student dining through to corporate Banking sites Moving to a manager’s role at the Bank of New York Mellon & JP Morgan I learned the skills to move onto a group operations manager where my role was to operate 3 corporate sites for Lloyds TSB catering for 2600 staff across staff dining, corporate functions to Starbucks coffee outlets with turnover of £1.3 mil across 3 sites. In addition to this job title I was given extra responsibilities to coordinate and deliver in-house Health and Food Safety audits to show compliance for Lloyds TSB staff eateries & corporate establishments. I have returned home to bring back my extensive catering & management knowledge to any prospective employer that I can assist in bringing your business to the top level of hospitality, sales & service. Personal Skills & Competencies Business Management & Development: Quality and delivery focused; I have a strong process improvement attitude. Financial acumen and proven experience with managing budgets, Word /excel trained, IT basic training, Flash and banking. Team Management: An approachable team leader with strong motivational and influencing skills, an open management style encouraging and supporting team members to perform well and achieve organizational success.