Stephen Nicholas Grech
Hampden,Australia
Summary
To find full time employment in a job that is rewarding, allows the opportunity to obtain new skills while taking me out of my comfort zone, while providing an employer with an employee that strives for the highest standards to become a productive member of your team.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
Owner operator/chef
Church on Palmer Restaurant
07.2001 - 01.2025
- Day to day management
- Opening and closing
- Ordering of all stock and equipment
- Hiring and termination of staff
- Management of 12 staff
- Training of staff
- Dispute resolution
- Cooking and preparation of meals
- Maintaining profitability/ reputation
- Maintenance of property /mowing, painting, cleaning, break downs
- Recipes, menus, costings
- Work health and safety
- Stock control
- Food preparation
- Cleaning of all area’s kitchen, bar, restaurant, toilets
Head chef
Windmill Hotel
01.1999 - 01.2001
- Opening of the business 1999
- Ordering of all kitchen and restaurant equipment
- Setting up of kitchen to ensure a smooth opening
- Hiring of staff
- Management of kitchen
- Supervision of a team of 10 staff, chefs, apprentices and kitchen hands
- Training of apprentices
- Hiring and termination of staff
- Maintenance of kitchen costs
- Menus /recipes / costing
- Ordering and distribution of food
- Workplace health and safety
- Stock control
- Liaising with other departments and managers/owners, suppliers
- Food preparation
- Cleaning of all work areas
Head chef
Ocean International Hotel
01.1995 - 01.1999
- Management of kitchen
- Supervision of team of 8 chefs and apprentices
- Training of apprentices
- Hiring and termination of staff
- Maintain kitchen costs
- Recipes, menus and pricing
- Ordering of food and distribution
- Work place health and safety
- Stock control
- People management, dispute resolution
- Communication with other departments, management /owners / suppliers
- Food preparation
- Cleaning of all work areas
Sous chef
Ocean International Hotel
01.1993 - 01.1995
- Management of kitchen
- Supervision of team of 8 chefs and apprentices
- Training of apprentices
- Hiring and termination of staff
- Maintain kitchen costs
- Recipes, menus and pricing
- Ordering of food and distribution
- Work place health and safety
- Stock control
- People management, dispute resolution
- Communication with other departments, management /owners / suppliers
- Food preparation
- Cleaning of all work areas
Education
Year 12 -
Sarina State High School
01.1988
Cooking Apprenticeship -
Completed Cooking Apprenticeship 1989 - 1993
01.1993
CNL80 Cooking Certificate -
Completed CNL80 Cooking Certificate
01.1989
Skills
- Reliable and trustworthy
- Respectful towards others
- Able to work as a team member while having the skills to supervise others
- Professional
- Knowing what it takes to make a business profitable while maintaining safety and a happy workplace
- Respecting the property and equipment of the company and others
- Hard working
Timeline
Owner operator/chef
Church on Palmer Restaurant
07.2001 - 01.2025
Head chef
Windmill Hotel
01.1999 - 01.2001
Head chef
Ocean International Hotel
01.1995 - 01.1999
Sous chef
Ocean International Hotel
01.1993 - 01.1995
Year 12 -
Sarina State High School
Cooking Apprenticeship -
Completed Cooking Apprenticeship 1989 - 1993
CNL80 Cooking Certificate -
Completed CNL80 Cooking Certificate
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