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Benny Joshua

P.O. Box 52674-00200,Nairobi

Summary

Dedicated culinary and hospitality young professional with experience in high-pressure hospitality environments, including roles at Prime Chic Restaurant, Sarova Mara Game Lodge, Boma Inn Hotel, and EKA Hotel. Demonstrated expertise in food and beverage. Proven leadership skills with a strong commitment to excellence and the ability to motivate teams. Adapt at strategic planning, project coordination, and problem-solving. Career goal: to leverage culinary and general hospitality skills and leadership experience to excel in a dynamic hospitality environment.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Cash operations/ Chef

Prime chic restaurant
11.2024 - 12.2025
  • Trained in restaurant dynamics and food preparation techniques of the business.
  • Learning how to create efficient menus for the guests, guest satisfaction, and communication.
  • Assisted the kitchen team during mass production of food and outdoor events.
  • Gaining hands-on leadership and mentorship from the restaurant's management.
  • Learning about food costing, the supply chain, and the delivery of food.
  • Assisted in menu development.

Trainee

Sarova Mara Game lodge
Maasai Mara Game reserve
07.2024 - 10.2024
  • Trained in all sections of the kitchen, including larder, pastry, bakery, butcher, hot kitchen, pasta, grill, breakfast, vegetarian (Indian section), and à la carte.
  • Worked and trained under high pressure, especially in high season during August (the famous wildebeest migration in the park), with buffet guests of up to 150 pax a day around a 16-hour shift, in a remote location.
  • Assisted and trained in countless outdoor events such as balloon breakfast, bush breakfast, bush dinner, sun downer, and bush lunch, mainly as the grill chef.
  • Made in charge of the pasta station as a trainee because of handling high pressure.

Trainee/student

Boma Inn Hotel
Nairobi
01.2024 - 04.2024
  • Receiving positive feedback from customers at fine dining, and trained assisting guests who are lactose intolerant, gluten free, and other special diets
  • Responsible for high quality food production for the whole college
  • Up to 600 pax, and special al a carte orders
  • Responsible for being the chef on duty, overall supervision of the kitchen operations, and other students during production, and ensuring smooth closing duties

Trainee volunteer

Boma Hotel
01.2024 - 04.2024
  • Working at the fast paced and busy a la carte kitchen
  • Plating of food for fine dining
  • Working at the production kitchen in making buffet meals

Trainee chef/Apprentice chef

EKA Hotel
Eldoret
05.2023 - 08.2023
  • Worked at the hot pass for, plating of food, and a la carte orders, mostly under high pressure for fine dining guests
  • Assisted in production of food in the hot kitchen, for up to 1500 pax a week for buffet
  • Responsible for daily work at the grade manger, pastry, Indian/pizza section, BBQ, butcher, and live cooking, for the guest at the farm house restaurant

Apprentice

PALS medical world
Eldoret
05.2022 - 08.2022
  • Worked at the business and assisted on selling medical equipment
  • Stock taking duties, and making of sales, and interacting with customers/guests
  • Assisting with food preparation for the employees

Education

Diploma - culinary arts

Business and Hotel Management school
Lucrene
11.2024

Certificate - culinary operations

Boma International Hospitality Collage
Kenya
10.2023

Kenya School of Secondary Education -

Mount Kenya Academy
Nairobi, Kenya
04.2022

Skills

  • Food and bevarage managment
  • Marketing
  • Culinary arts
  • Nutrition
  • Leadership
  • Finance
  • Team leadership and motivation
  • Commitment to excellence
  • Analytical and critical thinking
  • Strategic planning
  • Project planning and coordination
  • Willingness to learn
  • Calm under pressure
  • Active listening
  • Problem-solving

Certification

  • Certificate of Leadership Training, Tafaria Castle Hotel, Nanyuki, Laikipia, 04/01/19
  • Certificate of Well Disciplined, Mount Kenya Academy, Nyeri, Nyeri, 03/01/21
  • Occupation and Health Safety Certificate (OSHA), Nairobi, Nairobi, 11/01/22
  • Food Handlers' Certificate, Nairobi, Nairobi, 12/2025
  • Certificate of Training, EKA Hotel, Eldoret, Uasin Gishu, 07/01/23
  • Certificate in Culinary Operations, Boma International Hospitality College, 10/01/23
  • Certificate of Good Conduct, 12/2025
  • Certificate of Hospitality training, Sarova Hotels, and Resorts
  • Diploma in Culinary Arts, Business and Hotel Management School, Lucerne Switzerland, 11/01/24

General certifications offered through Coursera

  • Project Management essentials, Howard university
  • Introduction to psychology, Yale university
  • Behavioral finance ,Duke university
  • Positive psychiatry and mental health, The university of Sydney, Australia
  • Social psychology, Wesleyan university
  • Food and beverage management, Università Luigi Bocconi, Italy
  • Entrepreneurial strategic management, The university of new Mexico

Extra certifications

  • Do Food safely certificate, Department of Health Victoria, online
  • Certificate in effective leadership, Hewlett-Packard(HP), online

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Accomplishments

  • Assisted in co ordinating a catering event for his excellency the president of Kenya, William Ruto, through EKA hotel, up to 3000 pax.
  • Assisted in Planning and coordinating an event for the annual meeting of the Kenya Red cross, Boma Hotel, Kenya
  • Assisted in planning a sundowner and bush dinner for Sheynnis Palacios, Miss Universe 2023; Olivia Quido-Co, vice president of global partnerships at Miss Universe and founder of OLIVIA Skincare; and Ababu Namwamba, Kenya’s cabinet secretary for youth affairs, sports, and the arts, at Masai Mara Game reserve, Kenya
  • Awarded an a certificate of luxury hospitality training by moët Hennessy louis Vuitton, through INSIDE (LVMH)

Languages

English
Advanced
C1
Swahili
Advanced
C1

Custom Section

Hospitality & Business , Job placement, Culinary/Hospitality, 

Personal Information

  • Date of birth: 04/29/02
  • Nationality: Kenyan
  • Marital status: Single

References

1. Mrs. Consolata Luvega                                      
Chef
Boma International Hospitality College     
Email: consolata.luvega@bihc.co.ke
Tel: 0722 407 185

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2. Mr. Enoch Tonoi
Lecturer
Boma International Hospitality College
Email: enoch.tonui@bihc.co.ke

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3.Mr. Walter Yegon
Food and Beverage Manager
Eka Hotel Eldoret
Email: wyegon@ekaeldoret.com
Tel: 0712 648 438

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4. Mr. Richard Aketch
Founder & CEO
Prime Chic Restaurants and Winam Prime Limited
Tel: +254 722 236 563

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5. Mr. David Okoth

 Executive chef

Eka Hotel, Eldoret

Email: executivechef@ekaeldoret

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6. Mr. Vincent Warinda

Human Resource Manager

Prime Chic inn/ Africana Restaurants

Tel: +254 727 367917

Timeline

Cash operations/ Chef

Prime chic restaurant
11.2024 - 12.2025

Trainee

Sarova Mara Game lodge
07.2024 - 10.2024

Trainee/student

Boma Inn Hotel
01.2024 - 04.2024

Trainee volunteer

Boma Hotel
01.2024 - 04.2024

Trainee chef/Apprentice chef

EKA Hotel
05.2023 - 08.2023

Apprentice

PALS medical world
05.2022 - 08.2022

Diploma - culinary arts

Business and Hotel Management school

Certificate - culinary operations

Boma International Hospitality Collage

Kenya School of Secondary Education -

Mount Kenya Academy
Benny Joshua