• 1994-PRESENT M.C.W. FOOD AND BEVERAGE CONSULTING MILWAUKEE,WI.
Food and Beverage Director / Chef d’Cusine for Restaurants, Hotels, New Properties and Purveyors of Spirits. To include Menu Design, Yearly Budgets, Production Manuals, Training, Labor Management, Food, and Beverage Costing, and U.S.P.H. Sanitation. (Hands on working Food and Beverage Director as well as Chef de Cuisine.)

• 1993-1994 HOLLAND AMERICAN CRUISE LINES SEATTLE, WA.
Served two contracts as Executive Chef onboard the Windstar luxury cruise 5 star vessels, traveling in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, and Indonesia. Due to problems with my jazz club in Milwaukee, I had to return to the United States.

• 1990-1993 ALASKA OCEAN SEAFOOD ANACORTES, WA.
Hotel Director/ Kitchen Manager/ Chief Purser during set up and implementation of a new 400-foot factory fishing and processing vessel with 140 crew. This operated in the Bering Sea, Alaska. Handled start up procedures for a new hotel or cruise ship operation. Hands on position including budgets, housing, food, transportation, payroll, etc. This vessel was built in Norway and operated in Alaska. (This was seasonal work after original operation was up and running.)

• 1986-1990 NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINES MIAMI, FL
Food and Beverage Director. Promoted from Executive Chef. Staff of 70+chefs, 36+waiters, 35+bar staff, and 5 wine stewards. Total of 30+ nationalities. These are luxury cruise vessels serving over 3,000 meals daily 24 hours a day. I was the first American to hold any of these positions in the history of the company. My European training allowed me to hold these management positions. (These contracts are 6 months long, 12 hours daily, 7 days a week.)

• 1984-1985 SHERATON MANITOWOC MANITOWOC, WI.
As a Consultant / Executive Chef opened new 250-room hotel. Responsible for kitchen design, menus, budget, production manuals, staffing, and training. This was a contract to only open the property, set it up and get it running smoothly, which was done in just over 10 months.+

EDUCATION:

• W.C.T.C Pewaukee, Wisconsin Working on Associates Degree in Hotel Restaurant Management

• Part Owner Jazz Club W.37th. Milwaukee, WI.1986-1997

• Opened 3 New Properties, 1 Hotel, 1 Restaurant, and 1 Ship in Norway / Alaska. (See Resume)

• U.W. Stevens Point, 2 Years Economics / Business

• Beau Ravage Culinary Arts Apprenticeship, Lausanne, Switzerland