Kirsten Jacoby, Restaurant Restaurant

Kirsten Jacoby

Restaurant Restaurant

The Diner

Location
South Africa
Education
Diploma, Diploma
Experience
21 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :21 years, 0 Months

Restaurant Restaurant at The Diner
  • South Africa - Krugersdorp
  • My current job since June 2014

Helped to successfully open up a new restaurant/franchise in Krugersdorp - South Africa.
• Opening and closing of the shop
• Daily cash ups and recons
• Ordering in of all bar stock.
• Overseeing kitchen orders.
• Staff roaster
• HR procedures including - Wages, warnings, contracts, disciplinary hearings
• Programming of GAAP with menu’s, recipes and prices.
• Processing of daily invoices on GAAP.
• Cost price comparisons.
• Negotiating prices and finding the best quality food at the correct price.
• Ensuring that orders coming in are correct.
• Stock takes and food costs as well as : Menu Costings, GP's, Theoretical GP's
• Adverting - both online (Facebook, Zomato and Twitter) and in local newspapers and magazines.
• This is a new restaurant concept, so also helped with opening orders, staff employment and waiter training. Food and beverage menu training and costings. Worked with the menu designer and printers to get the menu’s finalized and printed. Sourced products and set up accounts with suppliers. Sourced packaging companies and had take away boxes and grease proof reams printed.

Assistant Food and Beverage Manager at Thanda Manzi T/A River Place Country Estate
  • South Africa
  • September 2013 to June 2014

• Daily cash ups and recons
• Ordering in of all bar stock.
• Overseeing kitchen orders.
• Overseeing conference/wedding/restaurant set up.
• Coordinating and assisting in menu tastings for weddings.
• Staff roaster and casual wages.
• Programming of GAAP with menu’s, recipes and prices.
• Processing of weekly invoices on GAAP.
• Cost price comparisons.
• Weekly updating the suppliers price lists
• Negotiating prices and finding the best quality food at the correct price.
• Ensuring that orders coming in are correct.
• Stock takes and food costs.

Manager at Primi World
  • South Africa
  • April 2013 to August 2013

• In Charge of the daily running
• Daily Cash up and Cash Reckons.
• Made sure the FIFO rule was adhered to
• Making sure that product quality was at the highest standard
• Stock taking
• All admin work. - including processing of stock takes, purchases, prepping the payroll for HR.
• Capturing invoices on Micros.
• Client Liaison
• Quality Control
• Worked on: Microsoft Office and Micros

General Manager at Cafe Rousse
  • South Africa
  • May 2012 to March 2013

New Restaurant that opened. 2nd one in South Africa with the same name.
Signed up new suppliers.
Hiring of staff, training of kitchen and waiters.
• In Charge of the daily running of Café Rousse
• Daily Cash up and Cash Reckons.
• Made sure the FIFO rule was adhered to
• Negotiating for best prices
• Sourcing products and suppliers
• Liaising with suppliers and sorting out logistics
• Making sure that product quality was at the highest standard
• Stock taking
• Preparation and payment wages and commission
• All admin work.
• Client Liaison
• Quality Control
• Worked on: Microsoft Office and Micros
• Food Costing and special’s planning.

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Manager at Ocean Basket - Canal Walk
  • South Africa
  • November 2011 to April 2012

• Opening and closing of the shop
• Petty cash and payouts,
• Assisting in the overall running of the shop.
• Cashing up of waiters.
• Handling customer queries and complaints.

Manager at Concilium Management (Pty) Ltd
  • South Africa
  • September 2009 to August 2011

Mimmos Bedfordview
• Opening and closing of the shop
• Payroll for managers and staff
• Setting up employee files.
• Staff schedules
• Petty cash, payouts, setting up payment schedules for suppliers
• Placing orders and checking in deliveries
• Waiter training
• Assisting in the overall running of the shop.
Reason for leaving: Transferred to run Cattle Baron who is owned by the same owner.

Cattle Baron Canal Walk
• Opening and closing of the shop
• Payroll for managers and staff (weekly and monthly)
• Petty cash, payouts, setting up payment schedules for suppliers
• Food Cost, Stock Takes, orders, sourcing new suppliers.
• All admin for the store
• Budget, Managers accounts.
• Set up new wine menu.
• Arranged in-house wine promotions with wine farms.
• Worked on GAAP, Excel, Outlook and Word.

Consultant at Mama Cass Restaurnat Ltd
  • Nigeria
  • November 2008 to April 2009

• Contacted to Mama Cass to create a Training Manual and to set up training schedule.
• Training included, Hygiene, Customer service and safety.
Worked on:
• Microsoft Office

Assistant Manager / PA at Regal Kada Foods Ltd
  • Nigeria
  • July 2006 to July 2008

New Restaurant that was opened.
Had to assist with getting the equipment organized, source and arranging suppliers.
• Assisted in the daily running of a Food Court, Fast Food take away (Chicken Republic, St. Elmos Pizza, Scoops Ice-Cream and Butterfield Bread.)
• Daily Cash up and Cash Reckons.
• Procurement
o Full stock control of 5 different interties
o Made sure the FIFO rule was adhered to
o Negotiating for best prices
o Sourcing products and suppliers
o Liaising with suppliers and sorting out logistics
o Making sure that product quality was at the highest standard
o Stock taking

• Preparation and payment of 130 staff members, cash and electronic
• All admin work.
• Food Production
• Client Liaison
• Quality Control
• Worked on:
• Microsoft Office
• Pilot Software
• and POS cash registers + programming of registers.

Assistant Teacher/Secretary at Khartoum American School
  • Sudan - Khartoum
  • August 2002 to July 2006

March 2003 - July 2006
Administration Assistant - Secretary
• Answer Phones
• Do all the schools printing and photocopying
• Interact with Parents, Teacher and student.
• Assist in helping new families arriving at the school
• Helped with different fund raising activities
• Printed out the 2003-2004 School year book
• Payroll for local staff
Work on :
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Publisher
• Adobe Photoshop 7.0.1
Reason for leaving: Contract completed

August 2002 - March 2003
Assistant Teacher
• Assisted the 4th Grade classroom teacher in preparation of different activities
• Graded students work.
• Worked individually with students.
• Stage Manager of Class play
• Assisted in Fund raising events for the school
Reason for leaving: Promoted to Secretary

Education

Diploma, Diploma
  • at Damelin
  • November 2001

Specialties & Skills

Event Planning
Cost Control
Stock Control
Restaurants Management
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Excel

Languages

English
Native Speaker

Hobbies

  • Photography