Larry Freeman

Experience

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  Bagpipers Pub and Eatery

  Oct 1999 - Apr 2000

  Floor Manager

  Floor manager for a historic dining site, Scottish themed restaurant and live piano bar, with upstairs banquet rooms and basement jazz club. Closed

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  La Reserve Club of South Texas Restaurant

  Aug 2000 - Jun 2001

  Head Waiter

  French private/public dining and catering

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  Nueces Street Grill

  Jun 2001 - Mar 2002

  Evening Latchkey Service Supervisor

  General floor service and service supervision for a locally owned restaurant in George West, Texas, evening latchkey supervision at shutdown, shutdown of all day shift setups (cold food service bars), credit card batching and manual cash register shift shutdowns, adhering to guidelines of the County health standards, evening shift cash handling and tip reports, daily service cleanup and shutdown, nightly/weekly equipment cleaning and maintenance

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  Marco and Co. Catering and Lunch Club LLC

  Sept 2004 - Jul 2011

  Captain

  Captain of service for a locally owned lunch restaurant and catering company, worked for Master Chef Marco Mattolini (as well as several other locally known chefs and their families including Michael Esparza of Ara's, Jack Youngblood of Natalie's Catering, master baker Nora Burnham, and Omar Salinas of The Bellagio Casino), As Captain of lunch service I oversaw daily floor service in the restaurant portion of the business including credit batching, tip reports, and phone orders, trained new employees, performed daily tasks related to lunch time operations and service, followed quality control and output guidelines set by management, As captain of banquet service I would oversee large crews of floor service personnel at multiple types of specially catered events, ranging in size from as little as 6 to as many as 13,000 people, provided on-the-spot training for banquet employees, oversaw precise movement of finished product from the designated catering areas to the designated serving areas, directed loading/unloading and cleaning of equipment as needed, oversaw every catering process from setup to shutdown, required driving very long distances in multiple types of vehicles from a standard sedan to a 35 foot box truck, As captain of rental service I would operate cargo vans and box trucks to perform delivery, loading/unloading, and indoor/outdoor setup of rented materials related to specially catered events, providing tables, chairs, awnings, and food service equipment Show less

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  Sugarbaker's

  Jul 2011 - Dec 2011

  Food Server

  General food service in a locally owned bakery and deli, providing fast, efficient floor service standards and performing general upkeep for daily operations, all daily prep for daily tasks, followed the company's weekly cleaning schedule guidelines, prevented waste of food service products and inventory, reported any inventory, prep, or ordering needs directly to management

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  Bellino's Ristorante Italiano

  Jan 2012 - Aug 2015

  Wine Steward - Bier Kenner

  In-house wine steward and bier kenner for a locally owned trattoria style Sicilian restaurant, working with Chef Francesco Inguaggiato and family, day to day floor service and supervision, committed to daily tasks, daily and nightly specials, and related menu assignments, monitored quality of product for floor service, daily floor service related cleanup and open/close procedures, worked with sommelier Valerio Piccolo (among other locally known certified experts) and fully trained for engaging customers with all wine related inquiries, my expertise in beer lead them to publish a premium beer list under my name on their menus at both the Rockport and Corpus Christi, Texas locations Show less

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  Hester's Cafe and Coffee Bar

  Aug 2015 - Jan 2016

  Customer Service Manager

  Customer service manager for front of house operations at a locally owned scratch kitchen style restaurant, training new employees, overseeing quality of product, full incoming and outgoing inventory of fresh and dry goods, Aloha POS operation for the entire restaurant, POS managerial controls including credit card batching and daily sales reports, diagnosing kitchen equipment issues and quality control or ingredient troubleshooting, ordering inventory and reporting weights of stored dry goods, labor management through POS system, monitoring profit and loss, crosstrained to every position in the restaurant Show less

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  Tannins Wine Bar and Tapas

  Jan 2016 - Nov 2017

  Director of Culinary Development - Culinary Director

  Menu development and culinary direction for a locally owned wine and tapas bar, creating unique weekly specials, suggestions for beer and wine pairings, overseeing the food product quality and inventory for the kitchen, managing and directing the employees, calculating weights and measures for fresh stock, ordering and inventory for dry and fresh goods, Aloha POS operation and task management, catering setup and procedures, and general food area cleaning direction.

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  Marshalls Distribution Ctr

  Aug 2016 - Dec 2016

  Customer Experience and Cashier Coordinator

  Cash handling and overseeing all POS register procedures, training all new front end employees, auditing and processing all incoming and outgoing layaways, overseeing corporate TJX credit card applications and rating cashier performance related to credit apps, working closely with store management to ensure procedures are followed precisely, handling documentation related to sensitive customer information, assisting with sales associates and working closely with other coordinators to ensure a full circle of quality customer service. Show less

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  Mo Meaux's Cajun Fusion Kitchen

  Oct 2017 - Feb 2018

  General Manager

  General manager of a Cajun Fusion restaurant, including training wait staff, procedural revision and execution, kitchen management as well as floor service supervision, ordering and inventory for all floor service vendors, inventory and sales tracking, sales reports, point of sale system operations, server cash out and closing reports, daily cleanliness and maintenance checks, server section checks and procedural revision, recipe inclusion and execution, printed menu development and proofreading, manager team meetings and team building exercises with daily meetings when necessary, end of day reports and sales closure via point of sale system reports Show less

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  Maggie's Family Kitchen

  Mar 2018 - now

  Executive Chef

  Chef in charge of assisting the owner with current and previous menu development, culinary advising, culinary training and direction, menu revision and execution, creating Trattoria style additions to the existing menu, monthly special and new addition development, weekly lunch and dinner kitchen assistance with full prep and execution, development of new specials and prep direction for all new menu items, specialty staff training for Trattoria style dishes, supervision of waitstaff pertaining to menu development and revisions including daily/weekly/monthly special menu features Show less