Northampton, United Kingdom
Chef & Business Development Manager at Pidy Gourmet
Food & Beverages
Education
Ealing Technical College 1981 — 1983
Guildford College
Morland's Brewery Training College, Abingdon, OxonBII (British Institute of Innkeeping)
Home Economics 1976 — 1981
B; B; B; B) French (B), Mathematics; Chemistry (C); Physics
Felpham Comprehensive School 1975 — 1980
Experience
Pidy Gourmet July 2012 - Present
Unilever Foodsolutions March 2006 - July 2012
Yates's April 2004 - November 2005
Charles Wells Limited January 2001 - April 2003
Allders Department Store January 1999 - January 2001
The Star Inn January 1995 - January 1999
Shepperton Film Studios January 1994 - January 1995
Gardner Merchant South East January 1992 - January 1994
Royal Lancaster Hotel January 1980 - January 1992
Skills
HACCP, Hospitality, CRM, Customer Service, Recipes, B2B, Food & Beverage, Microsoft Office, Hotels, Negotiation, Customer Facing, Catering, Food Quality, Chef, Team Leadership, Cooking, Flavors, P&L, Sales, Food Industry, Operations Management, New Business Development, Fine Dining, Team Building, Recruiting, Food Service, Ingredients, Team Management, Sales Presentations, Restaurants, Training, Bakery, Menu Costing, Pastry, Restaurant Management, Cuisine, FMCG, Food, Customer Relations, People Management, Recipe Testing, Management, Food Technology, Food Safety, Menu Development, Account Management, Coaching, Culinary, Key Account Management, Culinary Skills