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Herman Schultz

Kitchen Manager

A kitchen that runs clean, on cost and on time

Phone
+49 89 5550 0652
Linkedin
linkedin.com/in/herman-schultz-kitchen

Kitchen manager with thirteen years in professional kitchens, the last six running the kitchen operation of a high-volume restaurant in Munich. Owns the back-of-house business — the brigade, ordering and food cost, hygiene, and the consistent output every service depends on. Cut food cost while holding quality by tightening ordering, portioning and waste control across the kitchen. Manages rotas and the team, controls stock and suppliers, enforces HACCP and food-safety standards, and keeps service running smoothly under pressure. Strong on both the cooking and the operations and economics of running a kitchen as a business. Calm and organised when service gets busy. Looking for a kitchen-manager or head-of-kitchen role with a restaurant or group that wants its kitchen run properly.

Personal

Location

Munich, Germany

Nationality

German

Gender

Male

Availability

1 month

Date of Birth

1987-05-12
Personal Skills

Leadership

Composure

Organisation

Attention to Detail

Stamina

Technical Skills
  • Kitchen Operations
  • Food Cost Control
  • Brigade Leadership
  • Stock & Ordering
  • Supplier Management
  • Food Safety (HACCP)
  • Rota Management
  • Menu Execution
  • Waste Control
  • Service Management
Languages

German

Native or Bilingual Proficiency

English

Professional Working Proficiency
Work Experience

Bavaria Restaurant Group, Munich

Kitchen Manager April 2016 to Present

Run the kitchen operation, owning the brigade, the ordering, the food cost and consistent output.
Cut the food cost while holding quality by tightening the ordering, portioning and waste control.
Manage the rotas, train the team and keep the service running smoothly under real pressure.
Control the stock and the supplier relationships to keep the kitchen well supplied at all times.
Enforce all the HACCP and the food-safety standards across the whole kitchen at all times.
Maintain the consistency and the quality on every single plate through the busiest of services.

Munich Fine Dining

Sous Chef August 2010 to March 2016

Ran the sections and deputised for the head chef during busy services.
Managed the junior cooks and supported the ordering and food cost.
Learned the kitchen operations, hygiene and team leadership on the job.
Gained the management certification and then moved into a kitchen-manager role.

Munich Fine Dining

Chef de Partie June 2008 to July 2010

Worked up to chef de partie running a section in a busy kitchen.
Learned the technique, the sections and kitchen discipline under head chefs.
Built the craft and the speed that kitchen management is built on.
Then earned the move up into a sous-chef role from there.
Certifications

Food Safety (HACCP) & Kitchen Management

Culinary Institute / HACCP (May 2014 to Present)

Certification in food safety and kitchen management covering hygiene, cost control and team leadership. It formalised the management side of the role. Applied directly to food cost and brigade management.

Menu Costing & Inventory

Culinary Institute (April 2019 to Present)

Certification in menu costing and kitchen inventory management. It supports the food-cost control, the ordering and the margin discipline run across the kitchen each week.
Highlights

Cut food cost

Cut food cost while holding quality by tightening ordering, portioning and waste control across the kitchen. Margin in a restaurant is won or lost in the kitchen's discipline.

Consistent under pressure

Keeps quality and output consistent through the busiest services without dropping standards. A kitchen is judged on whether the hundredth plate matches the first.
Key Projects

Seasonal Menu Relaunch

Kitchen Manager (January 2019 to June 2019)

Led a full seasonal menu relaunch from concept to plate, redesigning dishes, costing every item and retraining the brigade, which lifted covers and protected gross margin through a busy winter.

Kitchen Refurbishment & Fit-Out

Kitchen Manager (February 2020 to May 2020)

Project-managed a kitchen refurbishment and equipment fit-out around live service, planning the works so the kitchen kept running and reopened more efficient than before.
Education

Munich Culinary School

Associate — Vocational Diploma in Culinary Arts (September 2007 to June 2010)

Culinary diploma and apprenticeship covering cooking technique, kitchen operations and food safety, with on-the-job training. The apprenticeship built real kitchen experience. Established the craft foundation behind running a kitchen.

Culinary Institute / HACCP

Associate — Food Safety (HACCP) & Kitchen Management Certification (January 2014 to May 2014)

Certification in food safety and kitchen management covering hygiene, cost control and team leadership. It formalised the management side of the role. Applied directly to food cost and brigade management.

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