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August 2004 to date - Pizza Express East Sheen, London - Assistant Restaurant Manager.
June 2002 to August 2004 - Clock Restaurant & Bar, Hanwell, London - Assistant Restaurant Manager.
February 1999 to June 2002 - Bella Pasta restaurants - Ealing Broadway, Earl's Court, and, South Kensington branches - Restaurant Supervisor (promoted from Chef).
October 1996 to January 1999 - Institute of Advanced Management, Calcutta - Event Manager
April 1996 to September 1996 - Goa Renaissance Resort, (renamed Ramada Caravela Beach Resort), Goa, India - Industrial Training, Various Roles.
1992 to 1998 - The Statesman, Calcutta - Freelance Journalist
Skills & Achievements
Six years of experience working in Restaurants in London, at least three of them in management ;
Continiously acheiving sales targets and very high mystery customer score at the East Sheen branch of Pizza Express
Being management trained and worked at the Kew Gardens branch of Pizza Express helping them acheive sales of 69% over last year figures
Planning, organising, and executing events, training courses and workshops;
Experienced in use of MS Office, Intranet, Basic HTML;
Experienced in the use of 'Kerpad' and 'Checkout' restaurant systems;
Experienced in the use of HIS property management system;
Founder member of the annual inter-college cultural festival involving more than 5000 people;
Founder member of inter-school science festival involving 1500 people;
Student head of school science club with 600 members;
Editor of the school's science club magazine, 'Spectrum';
Representative for his school and college at various Quiz and Science Exhibitions;
Representative for his school at the weekly school supplement 'Voices', The Statesman.
Education
BA (Hons) Degree in Hospitality Management with Human Resources Management -
Thames Valley University, London, 2000.
Diploma in Hotel and Catering Management -
Institute of Advanced Management, Calcutta, India, 1998.
ISC (A level) Board examination -
Don Bosco School, Bandel, India, 1995.
ICSE (GCSE) Board examination -
Don Bosco School, Bandel, India, 1992.
Interests
Kaushik enjoys travelling , meeting people and learning about their cultures; outdoor photography; cooking and eating food from all over the world; watching films; watching and playing sports such as Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Formula One and Football. Kaushik also enjoys reading, Cycling and listening to music.
Date of Birth 02nd June 1975.
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