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NAME    : ROBERTO MICHAEL CLAUS

 

DATE OF BIRTH   : FEBRUARY  09th 1957

 

PLACE OF BIRTH   : COBURG / GERMANY / BAVARIA

 

PERMANENT ADDRESS  : 87527 SONTHOFEN – ALBERT        SCHWEITZER STR. 5

: GERMANY / 

MOBIL PHONE   : 0049 172 9566482

CIVIL STATUS   : SINGLE

 

CHILDREN   : ONE SON

 

NATIONALITY   : GERMAN

 

WEIGHT / HEIGHT   : 82 KG / 1.74 M

 

E-Mail:   : Robertomc@gmx.de            

 

INTERNET   www.claus-culinary.com

 

EDUCATION 

 

1963  TO  1972        : HIGHSCHOOL,EBERSDORF,        GERMANY

1972  TO  1975   : PROFESSIONAL CULINARY

 COLLEGE, MIESBACH, GERMANY

 

R E S U M E

 

 PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

 

1972  TO  1975   : PROFESSIONAL CHEFS APPRENTICE

 TRAINING, HOTEL _ ZUR POST _

 BAD WIESEE, GERMANY, BAVARIA

 

1980 DECEMBER   : OBTAIN QUALIFICATION TO TEACH       AND INSTRUCT CULINARY             APPRENTICE IN BRAUNSCHWEIG

 

1981 DECEMBER   : CERTIFIED MASTER CHEF AT       CHAMBER OF COMMERCE /             AUGSBURG 

 

1983 SEPTEMBER   : ICE CARVING SEMINAR BY SEPP

 HOBELSBERGER IN MUNICH

 

1996 JUNE   : MANAGEMENT SEMINAR AT

1997 NOVEMBER    JOHNSON & WELLS UNIVERSITY

 AT MIAMI / FL / USA

 

1997 MAY   : WINE.SALES AND TRAINING        SEMINAR AT THE BERINGER &       R.MONDAVI VINE YARD IN NAPA       VALLEY CAL.

1998 MAY 1998    HACCP HYGIENIC SEMINAR

 LÜBECK

MILITARY SERVICE

1977  TO 1978   : GERMAN AIR FORCE, LEIPHEIM

 

              • LANGUAGES SPOKEN                   : ITALIEN, ENGLISH, CULINARY                                                 : FRENCH
  • CRUISE LINE RELATED TRAINING

MARCH  1993   : U.S.P.H. SEMINAR IN MIAMI / FL.   

MAY     1996   : SURVIVAL CRAFT CREWMAN

NOVEMBER 2004   : STCW SEATTLE  

FEBRUARY 2006   : FOOD SAFETY SEMINAR (CIOEH)

FEBRUARY 2007   : STCW ODESSA

JUNE 2007   : CROWD MANEGEMENT HAMBURG  

R E S U M E

 

WORK HISTORY AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

 

 DATE  COMPANY /  POSITION REFERENCES

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NOV 2009 LOUIS CRUISE LINE EXECUTIVE CHEF 

 2010 CYPRUS   T.SAVVAS

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APRIL2009 CLASSIC CRUISE EXECUTIVE JOSE CORREIRA

NOV 2009 LISBOA, PORUGAL CHEF

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MAY 2008 FREELANCE  EXECUTIVE

FEB 2009 CONSULTING CHEF

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MAY 2007 CLUB CRUISE LINE EXECUTIVE CHEF G.PULKERMAN

APR 2008 VEENENTAL / DUTCH

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FEB 2006 LOUIS CRUISE LINE EXECUTIVE CHEF 

MAR 2007 CYPRUS   C.CHRISTOPHER

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MAY 2004  HOLLAND AMERICA EXECUTIVE CHEF GUNTHER APRIL2005 LINE    CUSSIGH

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MAY 1998 RMC F & B CONSULT FREELANCE BASIS 

APRIL 2004

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NOV 1995- CARNIVAL CRUISE CHEF DE CUISINE P.LEIPOLD        MAY 1998 LINE / MIAMI / USA                         EX:CHEF

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FEB 1994- LIGABUE CATERING EX. CHEF JOHN BYWATER

AUG 1994        MS BERLIN   PERSONAL CHEF

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JAN 1992- STELLAR CATERING EX. CHEF ERIC ROBIN

OCT 1993 MIAMI / USA   PERSONAL CHEF

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JAN 1991- ZERBONE CATERING FOOD MANAGER HEINZ GROB

JULY 1991 GENU ITALIEN   OPERATION

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MAY 1998- HOTEL SEE-  CHEF DE CUISINE R.VON OVEN

OCT 1998 SCHLÖSSCHEN   OWNER 

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APRIL 1995- TIMMENDORFER CHEF DE CUISINE R.VON OVEN

OCT 1995 STRAND   OWNER

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FEB 1990- HOTEL SEE-  CHEF DE CUISINE R.VON OVEN

DEC 1990 SCHLÖSSCHEN   OWNER

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FEB 1989- TIMMENDORFER CHEF DE CUISINE R.VON OVEN

DEC 1989 STRAND   OWNER

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FEB 1984- HOTEL SEE-  CHEF DE CUISINE R.VON OVEN

APRIL 1985 SCHLÖSSCHEN   OWNER

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OCT 1989- CUNARD CRUISE LINE EXECUTIVE RUDI SODAMIN

JAN 1990 NEW YORK  CHEF  F & B DIREKTOR

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OCT 1988- POSEIDON CATERING EXECUTIVE ERIC ROBIN

MARC 1989 RCCL MIAMI FLORIDA CHEF  PERSONALCHEF--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NOV 1986 - WYNDHAM CABLE BANQUET / PETER

OCT 1988 BEACH HOTEL, BUFFET SOUS KROLLPFEIFFER,

NASSAU / BAHAMAS CHEF  G.M.

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NOV 1985- RESORTS  BANQUET P.FURZER

OCT 1986 INTERNATIONAL, BUFFET SOUS DIR. F & B,

TOWER`S & CASINO / CHEF  L. HEINZ EX.

NASSAU / BAHAMAS  PASTRY CHEF

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WORK HISTORY AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

 

AS A SEASONAL WORKER FROM  MARCH 1984 BACKWARDS UNTIL JULY 1975, I HELD SEVERAL POSITION IN SUMMER / WINTER RESORTS AT LOCATIONS IN GERMANY, AUSTRIA AND SWITZERLAND  ( SPECIFICATION AS BELOW )

 

COMPANY / LOCATION  POSITION  PERSONAL REFERENCES

 

RESTAURANT SCHLOSS  CHEF DE  PETER SCHOCK, OWNER

KELLER, NORDKIRCHEN  CUISINE 

 

HOTEL BREUTZ, DAHME  CHEF DE  HANS JUERGEN BREUTZ,

CUISINE  OWNER

HOTEL _ DES ALPES _  SOUS CHEF  GAMAG HOTELS LUZERN

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND    LTD. TOMAS POSSEL

 

PETER DEILMAN  SOUS CHEF  MICHAEL BORNS,

CRUISE LINE    CHEF DE CUISINE

NEUSTADT / GERMANY

 

LANDHAUS _ CARSTENS _ CHEF ROTI.  FREDDY TECHT, OWNER

TIMMENDORFER STRAND SAUCIER

 

HOTEL _ ALTE  KRONE _  CHEF SAUCIER HUBERT & THERESA

MITTELBERG / AUSTRIA    KAUFMANN, OWNER

 

MOEVENPICK   COMMIS DE  ANDRE SPIESS

DREI KOENIG, ZUERICH,  CUISINE  CHEF DE CUISINE

SWITZERLAND

 

DOMROPA HOTEL  COMMIS ROTI. RAINER STANNEK

MITTELBERG, AUSTRIA  SAUCIER  CHEF DE CUISINE

 

PANORAMA HOTEL  COMMIS  UWE WERNER

WARMENSTEINACH  GARDEMANGER CHEF DE CUISINE

 

 

     

 

 

PREVIOUS EMPLOYER, COMPANY INFORMATION

AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 

CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE , RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE FOOD OPERATION AND PRODUCTION ON BOARD FOR UP TO 2600 PASSENGER, 950 CREW, AND SPECIAL FUNCTIONS UP TO 1300.

NO. OF GALLEY / PRODUCTION STAFF: 110, MONITORING AND CONTROLLING FOOD COST AND U.S.PUBLIC HEALTH STANDARDS AS WELL.

 

LIGABUE CATERING, CATERS TO SHIPS, AIRPORTS, OIL FIELD. AND CAMPS ETC. HEAD OFFICE IS BASED IN VENICE / ITALY.

RESPONSIBLE, FOR THE ENTIRE FOOD OPERATION AND PRODUCTION ON THE “MS BERLIN” A CRUISE SHIP WITH 450 GUESTS AND 190 CREW ON WORLDWIDE ITINERARY.

 

STELLAR CATERING, IS A MIAMI BASED CATERING COMPANY, WHICH CATERS TO SHIPS, OIL RIGGS AND SHORE SIDE OPERATIONS, OWNER IS MR. LOU FRASER.

RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE FOOD OPERATION AND PRODUCTION ON BOARD OF PREMIER CRUISE LINE OPERATED SHIPS, SUCH AS SS ATLANTIC, SS MAJESTIC, AND SS OCEANIC WHICH CONSISTS OF UP TO 1600 GUESTS AND 650 CREW. FURTHER RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDED SUCH AS CONTROL OF FOOD COST, SHIPS RATING, AND U.S.P.H. RULES AND REGULATIONS

 

ZERBONE CATERING, IS A GENUA / ITALY BASED CATERING COMPANY WHICH CATERS TO SHIPS, OIL FIELD & RIGGS, AND SHORE SIDE OPERATIONS.

RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE FOOD AND BEVERAGE OPERATION ON BOARD OF THE RUSSIAN OPERATED CRUISE SHIP MS FEDOR DOSTOWJEVSKI DURING HER 1991 WORLD CRUISE WITH 480 GUESTS AND 180 CREW. FURTHER RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDED SUCH AS CONTROL OF FOOD COST, SHIPS RATING, PAY ROLL, GUEST. AND CHARTER RELATIONS, AND FOOD ORDER

 

PREVIOUS EMPLOYER, COMPANY INFORMATION AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 

HOTEL SEESCHLÖSSCHEN IS A 350 ROOM SUMMER RESORT, ALL INCLUSIVE AND CONVENTION HOTEL, WITH EIGHT FOOD & BEVERAGE OUTLETS, LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF TIMMENDORFER STRAND / GERMANY,OWNER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR IS MISTER ROLHF OF OVEN.

RESPONSIBLE  FOR THE ENTIRE FOOD OPERATION AND FUNCTIONS UP TO 500 GUESTS, INCLUDING HIRING OF STAFF, PURCHASING, TRAINING OF APPRENTICE`S, MENU PLANING AND BUDGET.

 

CUNARD CRUISE LINE IS A MIAMI BASED FIVE STAR PLUS CRUISE LINE, WHICH HAD BEEN CREATED BY THE BRITISH GENTLEMEN. E. CUNARD BY THE END OF THE 18 TH CENTURY, SOME OF THE HISTORICALLY WELL KNOWN SHIPS, ARE QUEEN MARY, QE 2, MAURETANIA, TITANIC ETC.

RESPONSIBLE AS EXECUTIVE CHEF ON BOARD OF THE MS SAGAFJORD FOR THE ENTIRE FOOD OPERATION FOR APPROXIMATELY 550 GUESTS AND 300 CREW, DAILY MENU PLANING, USPH, FOOD RATING, PURCHASING, FOOD COST CONTROLLING, NO. OFF GALLEY STAFF 64.

 

POSEIDON CATERING  HAD BEEN THE OFFICIAL CATERING COMPANY TO ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISE LINE , THE WORLD SECOND LARGEST CRUISE LINE AFTER CCL. HEAD OFFICE IS LOCATED IN MIAMI / FLORIDA, OWNER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR IS MR. LOU FRASER.

RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE FOOD OPERATION AND PRODUCTION ON BOARD FOR UP TO 2000 GUESTS, 750 CREW AND SPECIAL FUNCTION ,

NO. OF GALLEY / PRODUCTION STAFF 110, MONITORING AND CONTROLLING OF FOOD COST AND USPH AS WELL.

 

CABLE BEACH HOTEL IS A 800 ROOM RESORT,CASINO, AND CONVENTION HOTEL WITH EIGHT F & B OUTLETS PLUS ONE BALLROOM FOR UP TO 1100 GUESTS LOCATED AT THE BEACH IN NASSAU / BAHAMAS  MANAGED  & OPERATED BY WYNDHAM HOTEL`S AND RESORT`S WITH HEAD OFFICE IN DALLAS / TEXAS. 

RESPONSIBLE AS BANQUET / BUFFET SOUS CHEF FOR THE ENTIRE BUFFET AND SPECIAL FUNCTION FOOD PRODUCTION.      

       

PREVIOUS EMPLOYER, COMPANY INFORMATION AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 

RESORTS INTERNATIONAL, TOWER`S AND CASINO IS A 2000 ROOM HOTEL OPERATION LOCATED AT PARADISE ISLAND IN NASSAU / BAHAMAS. CEO IS MR. GEORGE MAYER`S.

RESPONSIBLE AS SOUS CHEF FOR THE ENTIRE BANQUET FOOD PRODUCTION FOR UP TO 1800 GUESTS

 

FROM 1975 TO 1984 I HAD WORKED AS AN SEASONAL WORKER IN DIFFERENT PLACES IN GERMANY, SWITZERLAND, AND AUSTRIA IN HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS , SUCH AS CHEF SAUCIER, ROTISSEUR, GARDEMANGER, ENTREMETIER, SOUS CHEF, HEAD CHEF ETC.

 

FURTHER, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION DURING,OFF SEASON, VACATION ETC. I HAD WORKED AS A CHEF AND CULINARY CONSULTANT AT FOLLOWING EVENTS:

 

OPERABALL 2002 FRANKFURT FORMULA ONE RACE, ( VIP CATERING IN MONTE CARLO, HOCKENHEIM, ESTORIL / PORTUGAL), TENNIS TOURNAMENTS SUCH AS ATP WORLD CHAMPION SHIP IN FRANKFURT AND COMPAQ GRAND SLAM IN MUNICH, EUROPEAN SOCCER TOURNAMENTS SUCH AS EUROPEAN CUP, UEFA CUP, CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ETC. IN MUNICH AND FRANKFURT, TRACK AND FIELD WORLD CHAMPION SHIP IN STUTTGARD 1993, EXHIBITION AND FAIR CATERING IN HAMBURG, BERLIN, HANNOVER,COLOGNE, DUESSELDORF, FRANKFURT, MUNICH, STUTTGART; MILANO, ZUERICH, BASEL, PARIS, LONDON,. SIEMENS ANNUALLY SHARE HOLDER MEETING 1995 IN MUNICH OLYMPIC HALL. OCTOBERFEST 1974,75,78,79,85, . FURTHER SUCH EVENTS AS HOLIDAY ON ICE IN COLOGNE AND BERLIN, ROCK AND POP OPEN AIR CONCERTS IN MUNICH OLYMPIC STADIUM ( ROLLING STONES, MICHAEL JACKSON, OPERA AIDA, SCORPIONS, PHIL COLLINS, LUCIANO PAVAROTTI ), RICHARD WAGNER FESTIVAL IN BAYREUTH.

FOR ABOVE NAMED FUNCTIONS WE SERVED BETWEEN 1000 AND 25000 MEALS,

(SNACK`S, COCKTAIL PARTY STYLE, MORE COURSE MENU`S, BUFFET STYLE ETC. INCLUDING WHOLE GRILLED PCS. OF BEEF ).

 

ROBERTO M . CLAUS - MASTER CHEF

 

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