Wilfred Wambua, Hotel Manager

Wilfred Wambua

Hotel Manager

Simba Hotel

Location
Kenya
Education
Bachelor's degree, hotel management
Experience
20 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 3 Months

Hotel Manager at Simba Hotel
  • Kenya - Nairobi
  • My current job since September 2021

Hotel Manager in charge of all operations from Front office to Accounts and F&B,
Leading a team of hospitality professionals to provide best service to clients .

Hotel Manager at Hotel Radiance
  • Kenya - Mombasa
  • August 2015 to July 2021

Hotel Manager fully in charge of all operations

Catering Consultant at Radford Chancelllor
  • Kenya - Mombasa
  • November 2013 to July 2015

Esablished a Regional office and took charge of operations of the
catering consultancy company with emphasis on food safety and hygiene \\[HACCP\\]
Trainings, Seminars, Exhibition and customer relations.
Acting as the Liaison between clients and the mother company in England.
Sales and promotion of the new business venture.

Catering Manager at Aga Khan Academy
  • India
  • January 2008 to January 2014

Kenya
In charge of the dining hall service, event planning’s and execution
Recruitment of all temp staff for events
Liaising with suppliers for each specific event from flowers, food, equipment and
entertainment.
Successfully introduced the Family dinning style to the institution which holds a diverse
culture of people from staff to students enabling them to intermingle and learn how to live
with each other more easily

Head Chef at Khan Academy Mombas
  • January 2004 to January 2008

Kenya
of a kitchen producing around 1000 meals a day
In charge of Kitchen operations from Menu creation, purchase, stores to food production
and service.
Responsible for the commissioning and opening of the new multi-million dollar Kitchen
and dining hall facility which up to today is a pride of the institution
Successfully held and catered for International graduation ceremonies held at the school
internally or for other international institution like an Indian University.
Head Cook
Consultant at Radford and Chancellor
LTD
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British catering consultancy company with a branch in Kenya\\]

Education

Bachelor's degree, hotel management
  • at Utalii
  • November 1999

Hotel Management /Culinary studies/Kitchen operations /Housekeeping/Front office/Guest relations/Marketing and Sales/Accounts/Budgets/

Bachelor's degree, hotel management
  • November 1999

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Bachelor's degree, Hospitality
  • at Federation College
  • November 1997

Passed and moved on to Utalii College for an

Bachelor's degree, Hospitality
  • at Federation College
  • November 1997

Passed and moved on to Utalii College for further in Managements training and culinary studies

Specialties & Skills

Annual Budgets
Hotel Management
Private Events
Department Budgeting
EVENT MANAGEMENT
RECRUITING
BUDGETING
CONSULTING
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
MICROSOFT ACCESS
MICROSOFT OFFICE
NETWORKING
PRODUCTION
PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS
Team Management
Team Leadership
Restaurants Management
Accounting
Marketing
Operation
Planning
Restaurants

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

HAACP (Training)
Training Institute:
VIRTUAL COLLEGE uk
Date Attended:
February 2014

Hobbies

  • Music and Football
    Played football for school, Hotel club and local club levels