Darren Rounds WCMC,WCCE,WCEC,CEC,CCE,CCA,CE

Chef @ The White House

About

World Master Chef holding one of the culinary professions' rarest combinations of International and ACF certifications and exceptionally uncommon worldwide. World Certified Master ChefWorld Certified Culinary Educator World Certified Executive ChefCertified Executive Chef, American Culinary FederationCertified Culinary Educator, American Culinary FederationCertified Culinary Administrator, American Culinary FederationCulinary Evaluator ACFACUE CertifiedCECU Excellence in Teaching CertifiedVice President Old Dominion Chapter ACFMember of Club Management Association of America Virginias ChapterProgram assistance in oversightStaff management Hiring inputAccreditation and Compliance Instructional supportFaculty SupportExternship CoordinationStudent recruitment and Retention NetworkingIndustry alignmentBusiness skills and management. Budget Forecasting and DevelopmentGeneral Ledger entry Inventory Profit and Loss statementsAccounts payable and receivableDeveloping, costing and invoicing outside businessVender contract negotiationHuman Resources Purchasing and receiving, verification of invoices and vendor contractsPayrollFood Service Management Independent ConsultingCulinary & Pastry EducatorMS Excel, Word, Power Point, Outlook, notes, AI development and educational development

Country

United States

City

Henrico

Industry

Food & Beverages

Skill

Food Service, Banquets, Culinary Skills, Menu Development, Cooking, Food , Restaurants, Food Safety, Catering, Income Statement, Inventory Management, Sanitation, Pre-opening, Food Preparation, Gourmet, Labor Control, Pastry, ServSafe, Serve Safe Certified, Menu Costing

Experience

Chef

The White House

2024-2 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

United States

Contract Chef, The Whitehouse. Washington DC

Chef Instructor

ECPI University

2022-9 - Present · 4 yrs 1 mo

Richmond, VA

Instructor

J Sargeant Reynolds Community College

2013-8 - 2022-10 · 9 yrs 3 mos

Richmond, Virginia Area

Taught all classes for Culinary and Baking AOS programs

Chef

Aramark

2013-1 - 2013-8 · 8 mos

Allianz Glibal Assistance

Training in unit management, inventory, payroll, POS system, Invoicing, and Corporate reporting procedures, MRS, DMM, PRIMA, MyAssistant. .Other duties include training staff, retail branding and sales.

Executive Chef

Commonwealth of Virginia

2012-5 - 2012-9 · 5 mos

Executive Mansion

• Purchase of all food • Maintaining Budget • Menu Pricing • Recipe Development and Cost • Vender pricing • Inventory and Cost Control

Food Service Director

HHHunt

2007-4 - 2012-3 · 5 yrs

• Budget Forecasting and Development • General Ledger entry and Spend Down • Code Invoices according to company Procedures • Food Cost development and analysis • Product yield testing, costing and analysis • Menu Costing, Pricing and analysis • Market analysis of menu pricing, Competitive analysis • Inventory cost, food Cost, Product cost entry and audit • Profit and Loss statements • Accounts payable and receivable • Developing, costing and Invoicing outside business • Vender contract negotiation • Developed all financial spreadsheets for department • Monitored commodity markets for food cost projections and trends • Menu and recipe adjustments to keep menu mix pricing within company requirements • Purchasing and receiving, verification of invoices and vendor contracts • Payroll

Executive Chef

sodexho

2003-2 - 2007-1 · 4 yrs

Capital One Knolls

• Purchasing and receiving, verification of invoices • Food Cost, Inventory Cost, Product cost entry and audit • Food Cost Control development and analysis • Menu development, costing and analysis • Menu and recipe adjustments to keep menu mix pricing within company requirements • Cash, credit/debit card transactions, entry and balance of registers • Financial data entry of cash/credit sales and over/under justification • Cash deposits and financial audit of daily transactions • Bank deposits with armored car • Use company finance software for transmittal of information to corporate daily