Craig Bonham
Skills
• Former Personal Chef to the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia
• Accumulated 21 years experience in the Culinary Industry: Director of Operations, General Management, Chef, and entrepreneur
• Serve Safe Certified and VA Manager’s Food Handlers License
• Self-motivated, Success-oriented, Strong Leadership, and Thrives in a fast-paced deadline driven environment
Experience
Coyote Grill (Director of Operations) Fairfax, VA
11/18 – 01/20 (Contract ended) (Consulted Client that turned into Fulltime employment)
• Oversaw entire group: Restaurant, 2 Food Trucks, and a Catering Company
• Trained management with COG’s, P&L evaluation, Analyzing and Implementing needed changes and systems in place, with a strong focus on the Culture, Employee well-being, and company policies.
• Operations, Customer Service and Sanitation driven
• Implemented new systems to drive cost down and money to the bottom line: FIFO, following recipe measurements, establishing pars for controlled ordering, etc.
Gregorio’s Trattoria (Director of Operations) Maryland and Virginia
01/18 – 10/18 (Contract ended) (Consulted Client that turned into Fulltime employment)
• Consulted with Ownership and developed systems and policies to better the business and drive cost down and money to the bottom line
• Strong focuses on financials (P&L, General Ledgers, Inventories, etc.)
• Built the business within the four walls while also driving outside sales with catering, fundraisers, and events.
• Brought 12% to the bottom line by driving down COG’s, recipe awareness and following, FIFO, and establishing pars for controlled ordering
Spazio Italian Kitchen & Bar (Director of Operations) Herndon, VA
01/17 – 01/18 (Ownership closed due to family issues)
• Oversaw business and management daily while driving a strong focus on Customer Service and Sanitation
• Strong focuses on financials (P&L, General Ledgers, Inventories, etc.)
• Built the business within the four walls while also driving outside sales with catering and events.
• Developed and trained all management for company
• Consistently brought excellent reviews. A strong avg. of 4.6 Stars across all reviewing platforms, totaling over 400 reviews
Cosi INC. (General Manager) Crystal City, VA
04/16 – 12/16 (Laid off due to company filing bankruptcy)
• Oversaw daily operations of the Crystal City location
• Strong focuses on financials (P&L, General Ledgers, Inventories, etc.)
• Built the business within the four walls while also driving outside sales with catering, fundraising and events.
• Developed and trained all management and staff
• Successfully took store from last in the district to second best store. Improved numbers in P&L, Surveys, Steritechs (Self-Brand Audit), and mystery shoppers, as well as, implemented weekly inventories to establish pars and controlled ordering
Restaurant Advisor – Bonham Consulting LLC.
11/16 – Present
• Consultant work regarding Operations, Customer Service, and Sanitation
• I typically can bring 6-12% to the bottom line by focusing on COG’s, P&L evaluation, analyzing and implementing needed changes and systems, as well as, a strong focus on the culture of the restaurant and staff
• Evaluate all systems and policies in place, analyze, correct, or build new systems and drive to the staff and management
Genghis Grill (Market Manager) Maryland and Virginia
06/12 – 03/16
• Oversaw 5 locations in Maryland (2) and Virginia (3)
• Trained management with COG’s, P&L evaluation, Analyzing and Implementing needed changes and systems in place, with a strong focus on the Culture, Employee well-being, and company policies.
• Developed all 5 GM’s in our market and successfully brought all 5 of our stores in the top 10 of the company out of 619 locations
• Operations, Customer Service and Sanitation driven
Education
The International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Charlotte (Charlotte, NC 2 years)
Bachelor of Arts, Culinary Management
Skills
• Former Personal Chef to the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia
• Accumulated 21 years experience in the Culinary Industry: Director of Operations, General Management, Chef, and entrepreneur
• Serve Safe Certified and VA Manager’s Food Handlers License
• Self-motivated, Success-oriented, Strong Leadership, and Thrives in a fast-paced deadline driven environment
Experience
Coyote Grill (Director of Operations) Fairfax, VA
11/18 – 01/20 (Contract ended) (Consulted Client that turned into Fulltime employment)
• Oversaw entire group: Restaurant, 2 Food Trucks, and a Catering Company
• Trained management with COG’s, P&L evaluation, Analyzing and Implementing needed changes and systems in place, with a strong focus on the Culture, Employee well-being, and company policies.
• Operations, Customer Service and Sanitation driven
• Implemented new systems to drive cost down and money to the bottom line: FIFO, following recipe measurements, establishing pars for controlled ordering, etc.
Gregorio’s Trattoria (Director of Operations) Maryland and Virginia
01/18 – 10/18 (Contract ended) (Consulted Client that turned into Fulltime employment)
• Consulted with Ownership and developed systems and policies to better the business and drive cost down and money to the bottom line
• Strong focuses on financials (P&L, General Ledgers, Inventories, etc.)
• Built the business within the four walls while also driving outside sales with catering, fundraisers, and events.
• Brought 12% to the bottom line by driving down COG’s, recipe awareness and following, FIFO, and establishing pars for controlled ordering
Spazio Italian Kitchen & Bar (Director of Operations) Herndon, VA
01/17 – 01/18 (Ownership closed due to family issues)
• Oversaw business and management daily while driving a strong focus on Customer Service and Sanitation
• Strong focuses on financials (P&L, General Ledgers, Inventories, etc.)
• Built the business within the four walls while also driving outside sales with catering and events.
• Developed and trained all management for company
• Consistently brought excellent reviews. A strong avg. of 4.6 Stars across all reviewing platforms, totaling over 400 reviews
Cosi INC. (General Manager) Crystal City, VA
04/16 – 12/16 (Laid off due to company filing bankruptcy)
• Oversaw daily operations of the Crystal City location
• Strong focuses on financials (P&L, General Ledgers, Inventories, etc.)
• Built the business within the four walls while also driving outside sales with catering, fundraising and events.
• Developed and trained all management and staff
• Successfully took store from last in the district to second best store. Improved numbers in P&L, Surveys, Steritechs (Self-Brand Audit), and mystery shoppers, as well as, implemented weekly inventories to establish pars and controlled ordering
Restaurant Advisor – Bonham Consulting LLC.
11/16 – Present
• Consultant work regarding Operations, Customer Service, and Sanitation
• I typically can bring 6-12% to the bottom line by focusing on COG’s, P&L evaluation, analyzing and implementing needed changes and systems, as well as, a strong focus on the culture of the restaurant and staff
• Evaluate all systems and policies in place, analyze, correct, or build new systems and drive to the staff and management
Genghis Grill (Market Manager) Maryland and Virginia
06/12 – 03/16
• Oversaw 5 locations in Maryland (2) and Virginia (3)
• Trained management with COG’s, P&L evaluation, Analyzing and Implementing needed changes and systems in place, with a strong focus on the Culture, Employee well-being, and company policies.
• Developed all 5 GM’s in our market and successfully brought all 5 of our stores in the top 10 of the company out of 619 locations
• Operations, Customer Service and Sanitation driven
Education
The International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Charlotte (Charlotte, NC 2 years)
Bachelor of Arts, Culinary Management