I am Currently Available for Restaurant Start ups or Manager / Chef
** My Culinary History **
I have been working in the Restaurant business since I was 15 years old starting at a Pizza / Pasta Restaurant in Long Beach. I then worked for the Navy Commissioned Officers Club - also in Long Beach .We served Naval Officers and their Guests . Bay Area after that and worked as a Chef for the Rusty Pelican chain in Walnut Creek @ the old W.C. Railroad Station / Masterson's
In 1999 after owning One Hour Cleaners ( Dry Cleaners) in Pleasant Hill - I decided I wanted to get back in the Restaurant business so I designed and helped build Paradise City Cafe in Pleasant Hill , Ca. We served freshly baked Pastries , Breakfast + Lunch and Dinner
Other local Restaurants that I have worked for -----
Vintage House - Line Cook - Continental cuisine - Orinda. Cafe Tervetto --Kitchen Manager - Breakfast - lunch + dinner - Moraga
Old Front Room --Sous Chef / Chef - Pastas -Seafood + Steaks - Concord
Benicia Park Cafe -- Line Cook -Gourmet lunch + Dinner - Benicia
Sugar Barge Resort -- Chef - Seafood -pasta -steaks -Bethel Island
I then opened Dave's Cuisine -- Personal Chef / Catering in 2001 - Re- branded to All Occasions Catering in 2015
We have served events from 40 to 600 guests for a large variety of clients
Visit www.DavesCuisine.com for my Menus and Services
I also have helped Start Up Restaurants in Orinda - Oakland - Pleasant Hill - Pittsburg with Pulling Permits - Kitchen / Equipment Design - Menus - Website - Marketing - Staffing
Since then I have been a Chef @ Diablo View Cafe iat Kaiser Hospital Antioch -
Operated Orinda Park Pool Cafe for 3 years
Owner / Chef of Haute Stuff Cafe in Downtown Martinez -- The Virus made me Sell ! i
Most recently I Helped Open Fishermen's Catch Market and Restaurant in Pittsburg --- Menu design - Training etc .
