Hi, I’m
SIJO KURIAN
Malappuram
Summary
Interested in taking up a challenging job where my experience and knowledge can well utilize
Overview
20
years of professional experience
Work History
HILLTOP Resort & cloud kitchenMalappuram
Head Chef
04.2024 - Current
Job overview
- Menu planning: Creating new menus and daily specials, and producing menu plans, descriptions, and costing.
- Staff management: Hires, trains, and manages the performance of new and existing staff.
- Kitchen operations: Oversees food preparation, cooking, and inventory management.
- Financial planning: Manages food costs, menu profitability, and budgets for staff and equipment.
- Kitchen equipment: Oversees the purchase and repair of kitchen equipment, and orders cleaning supplies.
- Food safety: Ensures compliance with food handling and sanitation standards, and that food is handled and stored at the correct temperature.
- Purchasing and inventory: Ordering supplies, managing kitchen stocks, and controlling food costs.
S7S RestaurantMalappuram
Executive Head Chef
05.2023 - 03.2024
Job overview
- Company Overview: American casual dining restaurant.
- Menu creation: Develops menus based on seasonal considerations and guest preferences.
- Staff management: Hires, trains, and manages the performance of new and existing staff.
- Kitchen operations: Oversees food preparation, cooking, and inventory management.
- Financial planning: Manages food costs, menu profitability, and budgets for staff and equipment.
- Kitchen equipment: Oversees the purchase and repair of kitchen equipment, and orders cleaning supplies.
- Food safety: Ensures compliance with food handling and sanitation standards, and that food is handled and stored at the correct temperature.
- Collaboration: Works with upper management and marketing teams.
- American casual dining restaurant.
BBJ RestaurantMalappuram
Head Chef
02.2020 - 04.2023
Job overview
- Company Overview: American casual dining restaurant.
- Managing the kitchen: Overseeing the kitchen staff, resolving staffing issues, and ensuring the kitchen runs smoothly.
- Menu planning: Creating new menus and daily specials, and producing menu plans, descriptions, and costing.
- Food preparation: Supervising food preparation, and sometimes preparing dishes themselves.
- Purchasing and inventory: Ordering supplies, managing kitchen stocks, and controlling food costs.
- Food safety: Ensuring food hygiene procedures are followed, and complying with nutrition and sanitation regulations.
- Training: Training new employees and supporting kitchen staff with menu knowledge and job role expectations.
- Communication: Communicating with other staff members and customers.
- Administrative duties: Creating and maintaining kitchen staff schedules, and performing other administrative duties.
- American casual dining restaurant.
Porter House RestaurantSaudi Arabia
Senior Sous Chef
12.2017 - 12.2019
Job overview
- Company Overview: Steak House.
- Managing kitchen operations: Overseeing the kitchen to ensure that the head chef can focus on cooking. This includes delegating tasks, keeping stations stocked, and resolving conflicts.
- Preparing dishes: Preparing ingredients for the head chef, and sometimes cooking dishes themselves.
- Ensuring food quality and presentation: Ensuring that dishes meet the chef's standards.
- Training new staff: Onboarding new staff members and training them.
- Scheduling: Creating work schedules for the kitchen staff.
- Safety: Ensuring that the kitchen meets health department regulations and follows food safety guidelines.
- Administrative duties: Tracking inventory, ordering supplies, and handling other administrative duties.
- Steak House.
TomahawkSaudi Arabia
Executive Chef
08.2014 - 11.2017
Job overview
- Company Overview: American Casual dining Restaurant.
- Menu creation: Develops menus based on seasonal considerations and guest preferences.
- Staff management: Hires, trains, and manages the performance of new and existing staff.
- Kitchen operations: Oversees food preparation, cooking, and inventory management.
- Financial planning: Manages food costs, menu profitability, and budgets for staff and equipment.
- Kitchen equipment: Oversees the purchase and repair of kitchen equipment, and orders cleaning supplies.
- Food safety: Ensures compliance with food handling and sanitation standards, and that food is handled and stored at the correct temperature.
- Collaboration: Works with upper management and marketing teams.
- Leadership: Control and direction to the kitchen staff.
- American Casual dining Restaurant.
Outback Steak HouseSaudi Arabia
B.O.H. Supervisor
01.2011 - 08.2014
Job overview
- Managing kitchen operations: Overseeing the kitchen to ensure that the head chef can focus on cooking. This includes delegating tasks, keeping stations stocked, and resolving conflicts.
- Preparing dishes: Preparing ingredients for the head chef, and sometimes cooking dishes themselves.
- Ensuring food quality and presentation: Ensuring that dishes meet the chef's standards.
- Training new staff: Onboarding new staff members and training them.
- Scheduling: Creating work schedules for the kitchen staff.
- Safety: Ensuring that the kitchen meets health department regulations and follows food safety guidelines.
- Administrative duties: Tracking inventory, ordering supplies, and handling other administrative duties.
- Marketing: Sometimes inviting potential diners or clients to food tastings.
Travancore CourtKerala
Commi 1st
12.2009 - 12.2010
Job overview
- Food preparation: Chopping, peeling, and washing fruits and vegetables, measuring and mixing ingredients, and preparing basic salads and sauces.
- Cooking: Cooking foods like bacon, potatoes, eggs, vegetables, fruits, and pasta.
- Serving: Serving food at the correct temperature, taste, and visual appeal.
- Cleaning: Washing, disinfecting, and sanitizing the kitchen area, tables, tools, knives, and equipment.
- Inventory: Taking inventory of restaurant supplies, monitoring stock movement, and requisitioning items.
- Safety and sanitation: Maintaining food safety temperature logs, following company and safety and security policies, and reporting maintenance needs, accidents, injuries, and unsafe work conditions.
- Communication: Communicating effectively with other cooks, wait staff, and supervisors.
- Organization: Keeping work stations organized.
Applebee'sSaudi Arabia
Broil Expert and M.I.T. Trainee
08.2007 - 10.2009
Job overview
- Company Overview: American Neighborhood Restaurant & Grill.
- Cook grilled food items according to menu specifications and ensure that orders are prepared to customer specifications.
- Clean and organized grill area, including cleaning the grill and workstation. They also ensure that the kitchen and grill meet health and safety.
- Follow the proper cooking times and temperatures. Communicate with the head chef and wait staff to ensure the timely delivery of meals.
- Help and support other kitchen staff for achieve their tasks as needed.
- American Neighborhood Restaurant & Grill.
Pizza HutDelhi
Team Member
10.2006 - 02.2007
Job overview
- Company Overview: Franchisee of 'YUM' Restaurants International.
- Food preparation: Preparing pizza dough, slicing and chopping toppings, and executing customer orders.
- Cleaning: Keeping the kitchen clean and sanitized.
- Inventory management: Managing inventory and organizing ingredients.
- Customer service: Resolving customer complaints and dealing with customers.
- Franchisee of 'YUM' Restaurants International.
Youvarani ResidencyCochin
Commi 3rd
02.2006 - 08.2006
Job overview
- Company Overview: A unit of Ranimatha Arcade. Website: www.yuvaraniresidency.com
- A unit of Ranimatha Arcade. Website: www.yuvaraniresidency.com
Youvarani ResidencyCochin
Kitchen Trainee
08.2005 - 01.2006
Job overview
- Company Overview: A unit of Ranimatha Arcade. Website: www.yuvaraniresidency.com
- Performing basic kitchen tasks such as chopping, cleaning, slicing, pounding, mashing, boiling, steaming, julienning, stewing, sautéing, deep-frying, and baking.
- Following and understanding recipe instructions.
- Ensuring that all cooking equipment is in working order.
- Helping with the setting up and breaking down of stations in the kitchen.
- Cleaning and re-stocking the kitchen equipment in a hygienic manner.
- A unit of Ranimatha Arcade. Website: www.yuvaraniresidency.com
Education
Jan Shish SuntanKerala, India
Diploma from Hotel Management and F&B Production
02.2006
University Overview
GPA: 90% above
State Board of Secondary Education, Govt. of KeralaKerala, India
Higher Secondary Qualification
01.1997
Skills
- Easy to mingle with people
- Good team player
- Capable of working long hours
- Hard worker
- Perfect experience in F&B production and operation
- Trustworthy and committed to the job
- Creative and well-organized
- Ms Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Internet Concepts
Accomplishments
- Diploma in Hotel Management and F&B Production, Jan Shish Suntan, Central Govt. of India, Kerala, 05/01/04, 02/28/06, 90% above
- Higher Secondary Qualification, State Board of Secondary Education, Govt. of Kerala, 1997
Family Information
Kurian, Kuttiamma, Delfi Varghese
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 03/28/82
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital Status: Married
Extracurricular Activities
NCC Scout Participated in sports activities in athletics
Visa Information
India, L, C9079172, 03/19/25, 03/18/35
Special Awards
- Employee of the Month, Pizza Hut, 01/01/07
- Employee of the Month, Outback Steak House, 11/01/12
Languages
Malayalam
Proficient
C2
English
Upper Intermediate
B2
Hindi
Upper Intermediate
B2
Arabic
Elementary
A2
Tamil
Upper Intermediate
B2
Timeline
Head Chef
HILLTOP Resort & cloud kitchen
04.2024 - Current
Executive Head Chef
S7S Restaurant
05.2023 - 03.2024
Head Chef
BBJ Restaurant
02.2020 - 04.2023
Senior Sous Chef
Porter House Restaurant
12.2017 - 12.2019
Executive Chef
Tomahawk
08.2014 - 11.2017
B.O.H. Supervisor
Outback Steak House
01.2011 - 08.2014
Commi 1st
Travancore Court
12.2009 - 12.2010
Broil Expert and M.I.T. Trainee
Applebee's
08.2007 - 10.2009
Team Member
Pizza Hut
10.2006 - 02.2007
Commi 3rd
Youvarani Residency
02.2006 - 08.2006
Kitchen Trainee
Youvarani Residency
08.2005 - 01.2006
Jan Shish Suntan
Diploma from Hotel Management and F&B Production
State Board of Secondary Education, Govt. of Kerala
Higher Secondary Qualification
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