Venetia Elaine van der Westhuizen, Restaurant Manager

Venetia Elaine van der Westhuizen

Restaurant Manager

LALUZ restaurant

البلد
الإمارات العربية المتحدة
التعليم
الثانوية العامة أو ما يعادلها, Matric
الخبرات
19 years, 8 أشهر

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الخبرة العملية

مجموع سنوات الخبرة :19 years, 8 أشهر

Restaurant Manager في LALUZ restaurant
  • الإمارات العربية المتحدة - دبي
  • أشغل هذه الوظيفة منذ سبتمبر 2016

Handling of all Corporate, DTCM, Travel agent and private group booking inquiries, Planing and Creating a Bi weekly Duty Roaster for all FOH staff, Complaint handling and investigating complaints to avoid repetition of such events. Conflict handling and resolving . Inventory management, Maintaining guest relations, Conducting training's boosting team morale. Annual Appraisals and training plans, Annual vacation plans, filing of sick leaves, maintaining records of incident reports, food poisoning allegations, disciplinary action reports. Creating internal incentive plans to help boost revenue and achieve targets.

Restaurant Manager في Bazxar
  • الإمارات العربية المتحدة - دبي
  • مارس 2016 إلى سبتمبر 2016

Plan, organize and direct all processes of the outlet to ensure the outlet provides quality food and beverage service that is consistent and achieves maximum revenue and profit in line budgeted and forecasted projections.

Assistant Manager في Qbara
  • الإمارات العربية المتحدة - دبي
  • يونيو 2013 إلى ديسمبر 2015

• Manages a team of 75 members that consists of both front and back of house
• Meets restaurant financial objectives by setting and achieving sales targets
through exhaustive analysis and planning of sales levels and profitability
• Collaborates with the head chef in planning menus
• Identifies marketing opportunities, develops and organizes marketing activities
such as promotional events and various discount schemes
• Ensures that all reports and control procedures in the operations, customer
service, quality of production, food safety standards, cash handling, maintenance
and general administration are completed and in place.
• Builds customer loyalty by communicating with customers, providing great
customer service and positively handling customer feedback and suggestions
• Manages manpower resource effectively and minimizes labor costs through
efficient man-hour allocation

Manager في Hakkasan Restaurant
  • الإمارات العربية المتحدة - دبي
  • أغسطس 2011 إلى يونيو 2013

Reporting to the General Manager
Leading a team of 30 staff
Part of the pre-opening team of 150 staff
Staffing and training according to Hakkasan standard to ensure the staff commitments and understanding the concept
Designing & implementing operation procedures

Assistant Manager في Zuma Restaurant & Club LLC
  • الإمارات العربية المتحدة - دبي
  • يونيو 2008 إلى يونيو 2010

Handling guests inquiries and requests on food & beverage service. Responsible for opening and closing the restaurant.
Ensuring that the place of work and surroundings area are kept clean and organized at all times.
I was in charge of staff schedule, vacation plans, assisted in hiring, staff appraisals, training of new staff.
Assisting the chef with menu printing and updating of new dishes on the menu.
Spend a few months ( 3 months ) in reservations to gain internal experience.

Assistant Terrace Supervisor في Saxon Boutique Hotel & Spa
  • جنوب أفريقيا
  • أكتوبر 2006 إلى فبراير 2008

I was fully in charge of a 50 seater Terrace Restaurant serving light meals to full A La Carte Menu, wnie and drinks.
I was responsible for standards of service, staff schedule, making sure that all staff were neat and presentable, punctual for work.

Banqueting Waitress في Franschhoek Country House & Villas
  • جنوب أفريقيا
  • أغسطس 2005 إلى أبريل 2006

I gained a lot of experience in how to handle and control large volumes of people.
The Team and I made sure that all MEP list were done for big events, assisted in menu plannings, weddings set ups and decor of functions and food and wine pairings.
Assisted the spa with when help was needed, , taking bookings for treatments, made sure that all systems were running smooth.

Receptionist / waitress في Reuben's Restaurant & Bar
  • جنوب أفريقيا
  • مايو 2004 إلى مايو 2005

My duties included Guest Liaison, Updating future reservations for the Restaurant as well as getting more involved on the floor as a waitress.
My goal was to experience all areas of the Restaurant to gain valuable experience.

Front Office Manager في Le Petite Ferme,
  • جنوب أفريقيا
  • سبتمبر 2001 إلى مايو 2003

My Duties as Front Office Manager included answering of the switchboard, guest liaison, dealing with complaints, handling of cash and daily cash up, taking reservations for the Restaurant and guest suites, wine sales, as well as interaction with the waiters and Management.

I was also involved in checking i guests and preparing check outs and bills.

الخلفية التعليمية

الثانوية العامة أو ما يعادلها, Matric
  • في Groendal Senior Secondary School
  • ديسمبر 2000

Specialties & Skills

Restaurants Management
Front Office
Customer Interaction Management
MS Office Applications (Excel, Word, Access, Power Point)

اللغات

الأفركانية
متمرّس
الانجليزية
متمرّس

التدريب و الشهادات

yes (الشهادة)
تاريخ الدورة:
May 2012
صالحة لغاية:
January 9999