Chef Kuldeep Singh

Experience

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  Taj Hotels

  Apr 2002 - Mar 2004

  KITCHEN TRAINING

  Basic learning in different kitchens of different taj group of hotels of different divisionsLearned tandoor and indian curries at taj lucknow with master chef gulam rasool

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  Costa Crociere S.p.A.

  Mar 2004 - Feb 2008

  Sous Chef

  @ Menu designing of International cuisines, @ Conducting training on sanitation/hygiene, @ Creativity, development of new & existing operations, @Standards/quality control, hands-on managerial approach@Motivation and Training, @Guest Satisfaction results, @Menu and Recipe development.@Free flow operation for more then 2000 passengers.@ Certified with a course in crowd management and environment pollution@ Certified with sanitation and hygenic course with united state of public health (USPH)@ Certified with STCW from italian costa crociere Show less

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  Heritage Institute Of Hotel Tourism

  Mar 2008 - Aug 2010

  Chef Trainer

  @ Conducting theoratical classes as well as practicals@ Conducting training for kitchen staff and lab demonstrator@ Organising and conducting chef competitions@ Menu and module planning for different short term courses.@ Cross - exposure with different group of hotels@ Heading food production department of Agra,Shimla and Goa@ conduct awadhi food festival with chef gulam rasool

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  Taj Hotels

  Aug 2010 - Jul 2013

  Chef Trainer

  @ Training chefs/students in continental and Italian cuisine@ Imparting training in food costing and budgeting@ Conducting foundation course classes for European Cuisine. @ Demonstrating Classical French and Italian cooking skills to students/chefs and conducting external workshops@ completed one week workshop on 4MAT with Mercuri Goldman@ Imparting training of european cuisine to hotel staff of taj group of hotels@ Conducting various culinary festival and chef competition.@ Preparing Question bank and detailed handouts for chefs/students .@ Exposure of culinary trends at different taj group of hotels@ Conducted Thai food festival with master chefs Aek & Paul@ Conducted Italian workshop with Chef Angello Franchini,olive it up Show less

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  The Walt Disney Company

  Jul 2013 - Jan 2014

  Chef De Cuisine

  Responsible for leading the culinary team in the completion of daily work assignments as well provides the vision for the future. Sees to the highest level of guest satisfaction, crew support, and financial/operational performance. Provides support and leadership, motivation, training, coaching and mentoring to all direct reports and subordinates. Encourages high morale, fosters teamwork and partnering among all team members.Responsibilities:Accountable for:• Monitoring all culinary standards• Meeting or exceeding all Disney cruise line and VSP sanitation requirements• Guest satisfaction measurement comment cards• Crew excellence measurement• Recipe cost and portion control Show less

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  FHRAI Institute Of Hospitality Management

  Jan 2014 - May 2016

  Chef Trainer

  • Heading food production and service team, Imparting detailed briefing and scheduling. • Developing and introducing new menu for current food production module.• Conducting special menus for food festivals and chef competition• Training chefs in continental and Italian cuisine• Responsible for planning and directing food preparation in a kitchen.• Demonstrating Classical French and Italian cooking skills to students and conducting external workshops

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  Jaypee Hotels & Resorts

  Jun 2016 - now

  @ Training chefs in continental and Italian cuisine@ Imparting training in food costing and budgeting@ Conducting foundation course classes for European Cuisine. @ Demonstrating Classical French and Italian cooking skills to students/chefs and conducting external workshops@ Imparting training of European cuisine to hotel staff of Jaypee group of hotels@ Conducting various culinary festival and chef competition.@ Preparing Question bank and detailed handouts for chefs/students .@ Identifying training and development needs within an organisation through job analysis, appraisal schemes and regular consultation with business managers and human resources departments;designing and expanding training and development programme based on the needs of the organisation and the individual;@ Working in a team to produce programme that are satisfactory to all relevant parties in an organisation, such as line managers, chefs , and senior managers at board level;@Considering the costs of planned programmes and keeping within budgets as assessing the return on investment of any training or development programme is becoming increasingly important;@Conducting appraisals;@ Devising individual learning plans;@ Having an understanding of e-learning techniques, and where relevant, being involved in the creation and/or delivery of e-learning packages; Show less

  • Chef Trainer (Learning & Development)

    Apr 2018 - now

  • Chef Trainer

    Jun 2016 - Mar 2018

  • Chef

    Jun 2016 - Jun 2016