Experienced professionals · 9 years, Diploma in Hotel Management
Sous chef resume sample
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Anil Thapa
Sous Chef – Indian & Continental · Goa
Professional Summary
Chef with 9 years in hotel and resort kitchens, now second in charge of a 22-person team. Runs a busy service of up to 450 covers a night across the buffet, à la carte and banquets. Keeps food cost at 31% and has passed every FSSAI hygiene audit.
Skills
Cuisine
- Goan
- North Indian
- Continental
- Tibetan and Nepali
- Bakery basics
Kitchen management
- Menu costing
- Ordering
- Rostering
- Waste control
- Banquet planning
Safety
- FSSAI hygiene
- HACCP
- Allergen control
- Knife and fire safety
Work experience
Sous Chef, Seabreeze Beach Resort
Goa · Mar 2023 – Present
- Run the main kitchen with the executive chef: menus, rosters, ordering and daily briefings.
- Serve up to 450 covers a night; ticket times stay under 18 minutes at peak.
- Brought food cost down from 36% to 31% with better portioning and weekly stock checks.
- Wrote a new seafood menu with local fishermen; it became the resort's best-rated dinner on review sites.
- Passed 4 FSSAI and brand hygiene audits in a row with no major point raised.
Chef de Partie – Continental, Hilltop Grand Hotel
Darjeeling, West Bengal · Jun 2019 – Feb 2023
- Led the continental section for breakfast and à la carte; trained 3 commis cooks.
- Planned banquet menus for weddings of 300 guests.
Commis Cook, Hilltop Grand Hotel
Darjeeling, West Bengal · Jul 2017 – May 2019
- Prepared mise en place and cooked for the staff cafeteria and breakfast buffet.
Education
Diploma in Hotel Management (Food Production)
Institute of Hotel Management · NCHMCT · 78.0% · 2014 – 2017
Class 12 (Commerce)
Government Higher Secondary School · Sikkim (CBSE) · 65.0% · 2014
Certifications
- FoSTaC Food Safety Supervisor (Advanced Catering) – FSSAI (2023)
- HACCP Level 3 – Highfield (UK) via training partner (2022)
Achievements & Awards
- Gold medal, live cooking – Goa Chefs Challenge – Goa Chefs Association (2024)
Languages Known
- Nepali – Native
- Hindi – Fluent
- English – Good
- Konkani – Basic
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