tashas CafeGeneral Manager
Jan. 2017 - Mar. 2018Durban Area, South AfricaUpon completing my honours degree in 2016, I sought a challenge where I could implement what I had learnt throughout my years at university in a realistic setting. A rather different, yet still related role as a Restaurant Manager seemed interesting and exciting to build on my character and learn simple day-to-day business principles. As with any position, I started with the basics of learning the business and its core principles. tashas, which is part of the Famous Brands group, excels on delivering beautiful food in quality environments. It didn’t take long to grasp the importance of ‘attention to detail’ in all aspects of the business including how the food should be presented and how items should be ordered from the various suppliers. Knowing exactly how much and where each individual product was used was the key to controlling the purchasing department of the business. The daily operational procedures in which I was involved in were: purchasing, stock controlling, invoice capturing, controlling food cost through daily and monthly variances on food and beverage items as well as staff and customer management.