President/ Founder at Myfnbee.com, Owner/ President at GFS-Global Food Strategies, Owner/President at CulinaryDreams
Location:
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Industry:
Food & Beverages
Work:
Myfnbee.com - Montreal, Canada since Feb 2011
President/ Founder
GFS-Global Food Strategies - Montreal, Canada Area since Feb 2009
Owner/ President
CulinaryDreams - Montreal, Quebec since Oct 2003
Owner/President
java-u Food Services/O.C.S - Montreal/ Abroad Oct 2010 - Nov 2011
Acting COO/ Consultant
G Worldwide Dec 2007 - Jan 2011
Global food strategist and Concept Developer
Education:
Dubrulle French Culinary School 1997 - 1997
Skills:
Food Culinary Food Service Restaurants Food & Beverage Hospitality Hotels Fine Dining Resorts Staff Training Menu Development Catering Event Management Cooking Promotions Budgeting Wine Strategic Planning Public Speaking Menu Design Restaurant Management Team Building Hiring Event Planning Customer Service Inventory Management Marketing Strategy Food Industry Food Safety Cost Control Hospitality Industry Coaching New Business Development Customer Relations Purchasing Negotiation Pre-opening Product Development Recipes HACCP Scheduling Hospitality Management Operations Management P&L Problem Solving Sales Management Retail Culinary Skills Budgets
Interests:
I have many interest outside of food, and yet no matter how I turn, it always leads back to food. I use food and the experience I have with it to reach out to teens and young adults that are struggling. I teach them how to cook, and empower them with the necessary skills, discipline, focus, drive and passion that it takes to be a great cook. I have seen first hand the positive changes it can make in someones life, never mind the enriching experience it gives me. The power of food is unmatched by religion, politics, war, anger, the ever pursuit for all things gold, the fight you just had with your boyfriend, the poor grade you got on your math test or the yelling you just got from the boss you don't respect! None of that matters when you sit down and eat a great plate of spaghetti.... now does it? Let's all pay more attention to our kids. "Those strangers that you pass are not to be ignored, for they are friends you haven't met yet"
Honor & Awards:
"The revelance of our feelings for food is only masked by the lack of confidence or inability to speak of which we can not articulate. For food is a language that poets of past avoided in fear that they may do unjust. Food is a language in on itself spoken through silent smiles of our sole...." The chef within
"Recipes are more than a list of ingredients- they are peoples stories spoken through food, ones that haven't been shared are stories that haven't been told."
Craig J. McIntosh
NC Employment Security Commission Apr 2000 - Oct 2011
Assistant Manager
US Army 1988 - 2009
Captain
Employment Security Commission Jan 1999 - Apr 2000
Disabled Veteran's Specialist
Employment Security Commission Sep 1997 - Jan 1999
Employment Consultant
1/325 AIR 1992 - 1995
Opns NCO
Education:
State University of New York College at Fredonia 1972 - 1974
State University of New York College at Buffalo 1970 - 1972
N/A, Elementary Education
Skills:
Government Security Clearance Public Speaking Team Building Interrogation Supervisory Skills Debate Army DoD Military Policy
Interests:
Buff State & Fredonia sports, The Bills, Syracuse LAX, football & basketball(don't ask me why), Army Ranger/Airborne Operations, The french effort in SE Asia, The Napoleanic Wars.
Fletcher Elementary School Tonawanda NY 1958-1961, Mullen Elementary School Tonawanda NY 1962-1964, Tonawanda Junior High School Tonawanda NY 1964-1966