1. HIMANSHUPAHWA
Himanshupahwa123@gmail.com
PO Box 97555, Sheikh Zayed Road
Dubai, UAE
+971-553953575
Personal Profile:
A professional chef with excellent culinary, organizational and inter-personal skills, with experience of
managing busy hotel & restaurants in and around London & Dubai.
Knowledge of Opening a Fine Dining restaurant in Dubai, Food cost control, Menu engineering and
Computer skills with good knowledge of Micros material control system
Work Experience:
The Fairmont Dubai
June 2014- Present (ChefDe Partie)
 Chef in charge of two restaurants one of them with a new concept (Blind dining- Dining in the
dark) and the other Pool side restaurant with a wide range of Turkish food.
 Interacting with the guests on a daily basis and explain them about the food.
 Making new menus every week
 Making the weekly schedules for the outlets.
 Maintaining all the Sous chef checklists.
 Checking the quality of food going out of the kitchen.
 Daily ordering for the things required in the restaurants..
 Training the staff.
 Making sure the kitchen is clean at all times.
 Maintaining the hygiene standards.

2. The Fairmont Dubai
April 2013 – May 2014 (Demi Chefde Partie)
 Part of the best steak house in Dubai for 2013( The Exchange Grill).
 Setting up the stations ensuring all the mise en place is done before service.
 Ordering the daily requirements for the restaurant.
 Making sure all the sections are clean at all times.
 Attending daily breifings with all the chefs.
 Keeping a track of all the freezer items in the kitchen and and cleaning on weekly basis.
 Training new starters.
 Relieving my chef de partie on his day off.
Hilton London Kensington, UK
Nov 2011 – Nov 2012- Demi Chefde Partie
(601 Rooms. 4 F & B outlets, Conference & Banqueting, Executive Lounge)
 Reports to the Executive Chef
 Chef in-charge for breakfast and for C&B functions.
 Direct interaction with guest on day to day basis for special requests and dietary
requirements.
 Training new starters to comply with company brand standards.
 Employee of the month for October 2012.
Gulliver’s World Buffet and Bar ( Restaurant)
Hemel Hempstead, UK
April 2011- Nov 2011- Chefde Partie
A buffet restaurant covering 450 covers on a daily basis
 Preparing menu for the following week and do the tasting as per the menu.
 Ordering the ingredients required from the supplier on a daily basis.
 Interact with the customers to ask for their feedback and working upon the comments.
 Train the new staff as per the standards.
 Proper closing of the restaurant making sure all the things are perfect.
Marriott Regents Park, London
April 2010- April 2011- Commis 1( Agency Chef)
A 310 room hotel with 2 F&B restaurants,Executive lounge, Conference and banqueting.
 Cooking full English breakfast for 400 covers.
 Preparing lunch for the staff side by side.
 Preparing A la Carte dishes by order.

3.  Checking the buffet and refilling if needed.
 Doing mise-en-place for the next day breakfast and staff lunch.
 Preparing the ordering list of the ingredients required.
The Bristol Hotel, Gurgaon, INDIA
May 2008- Oct 2009 – Commis 1
 Joined as a commis 2 and promoted as commis 1 in November 08.
 Doing mise en place daily for the restaurant operations
 Cooking breakfast for 200 pax on a daily basis as a breakfast chef.
 Checking and refilling the buffet.
 Making salads and other cold items in larder section.
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The Bristol Hotel, Gurgaon, INDIA
October 06- Mar 07- Indutrial Training
 Working in all the departments of the hotel for 6 weeks each.
 Making notes of the jobs done on a daily basis.
 Helping the regular staff for the daily operations.
 Making project report for each department.
Educational qualification:
Sep 2012 Masters in businessadministration from University ofWales, UK
August 2008 3 years degree in Hotel management and catering from IHM,
Bhubaneswar
Achievements:
 Received Trainthe Trainercertificateforsuccessfully completing the course from
Fairmont Dubai.
 Certified PersoninCharge(PIC)for an outlet fromDubai Municipality.
 Received a certificate of firesafety level 1 from Dubai municipality
 Employeeofthemonth in HiltonLondonKensingtonforOctober2012
 Chefofthe month Nov13 and Sep14 inFairmont Dubai.
Computerskills:
 Skilful with MicrosoftOffice
 Skilful in Micros and Material controlsystem.

4. Personal Skills
 People skills, Energetic,
 Flexible and Adaptable
 Leadership skills.
 Labor management skills
 Time management skills.
 Cost control
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Languageproficiency:
 English
 Hindi
 Punjabi
References available on request