Experience

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  Charlie trotter's

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1997

  Chef de partie

  Responsible for all aspects of service station on a nightly basis.Prepared food and displays for cooking shows, demos, and special events. Assisted visiting celebrity chefs with menu production.

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  Kraft foods inc.

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2004

  Sr. research chef

  Research chef for all Kraft® brands, domestic and international.Led idea development for new product platforms and line extensions.Created more than 100 new products from ideation to formulation and commercializationTranslated new technologies into culinary applications creating new food preservation systems and products.

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  Wolfgang puck's spago

  Jan 1997 - Jan 1997

  Chef de partie

  Prepared food for restaurant, catering, and satellite kitchen operation. Worked pastry and hot line during lunch and dinner service.

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  Kendall college

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2006

  Chef instructor

  Designed and authored courses in Food Science and Culinary R&D for Bachelor of Culinary Arts program.Taught Food Science for Chefs and Culinary R&D courses to senior Bachelor of Culinary Arts candidates. Served on Dean's Council for Food Science Education

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  Ventura foods

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2008

  Sr. manager of culinary development

  Worked with top restaurant, retail, and industrial clients to deliver new products and educate teams.Led brainstorming teams to ideate and commercialized new products that solved critical client needs.Partnered with sales force to gain new opportunities with national accounts.Used technical expertise to solve complex problems with existing products to improve manufacturability.

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  Gourmet magazine's "diary of a foodie"

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2007

  On camera talent

  The Food Science Education segment in Gourmet Magazine’s PBS television series, "Diary of a Foodie: The Science of Deliciousness," shows some of the things I taught in my Food Science for Chefs class at Kendall College.

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  Cti foods

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2015

  Senior director of culinary / research and development

  Assembled and led team of R&D professionals to deliver new products and manufacturing platforms that contributed to sales growth from $250 million to $1.2 billion through idea leadership, quick ideation, on trend culinary analysis and rapid, accurate sample production and commercialization.Oversaw R&D group in 4 states ensuring quick and accurate samples on dozens of concurrently running projects to over 70 customers.Developed new products and technologies for the top 50 chain restaurants, retail and industrial accounts.Led ideation sessions, trend tours, deep culinary exploration and in-kitchen rapid prototyping to educate clients.Collaborated with engineering group to design new production lines, resulting in increased manufacturing diversity. Show less

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  Creative culinary consultants

  Jan 2010 - now

  Owner

  Consulting Services: Culinary Development, Food Science and Functional ingredients, Equipment Design, Product Formulation and Commercialization, Culinary and Food Science Television and Media Productions.

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  Beyond productions - mega bites

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2010

  On camera talent

  Starred as a hard but fair food scientist on pilot of TLC’s “Mega Bites” a Beyond Productions show dedicated to engineering, manufacturing, and serving enormous food safely to benefit good causes.Created a 5.5-ton Rice Krispies Treat using novel method and innovative process in a field with no utilities.Used Sous Vide cooking method to guarantee the success of building the treat in extreme circumstancesSet Guinness World Record for making a 10,314lb. cereal treat.Raised 2 years’ worth of funding for La Cañada Flintridge community arts program. Show less

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  Caulipower

  Jan 2016 - Dec 2020

  Executive chef

  Develop and commercialize new products, develop recipes using CAULIPOWER products, assist sales team,.

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  Innovasian

  Dec 2020 - Feb 2022

  Director, r&d and commercialization