What type of job are you looking for?
Catering and Hospitality manager
What nationality are you?
Angolan/British
What languages do you speak (and at what level)?
Engish, Spanish and Portuguese
What country or area are you looking to work in and why?
Angola, Becuase is a emerging country, and I was born there.
What field do you currently work in?
Chef Manager, and conference and Banquenting manager.
What fields have you worked in before?
Kicthen, Restaurant, and management.
What qualifications do you hold
Degree in Hospitality ManagementVocational qualification in Hospitality and catering, supported by the hotel and catering international association(HCIMA)
Which do you consider more valuable? Formal education or skills and why?
Yes, Becuase I would like to further my career.
Describe the benefits of working with others
working with others people rewards you becuase it helps you to exchance knwoledge with your peer as well as to prove your hability to work as a team and to learn something about yourself trough interation.
Describe the benefits of working alone
working alone helps you learn how to deal with pressure, and have an understanding of your job is responsability in moments of staff shortage and job emergency.
What was your worst working experience?
When I worked for Cavendish Hotel, the restaurant manager mixed up the function starting time, it was suppost to start at 5:00pm, and we thought the time for function was 6:00pm. he turn up by 4:45 to start serving the we did not have nothing ready, the guests did not want to wait and left, the hotel lost money, and we felt completly helpless, we put so much work and planning into that function,I can even imagine, surely the worst experience ever, after that I always keep communication with the person that is charge of the function.
What is the most important lesson you have learnt throughout your career?
be true to yourself, respect your peer and your work.
What unique skills do you have?
leading and inspiring people
What would you consider as your 'dream job'?
be a restarant owner
What are the most interesting aspects of your field?
cooking and managing
Wjat are the least interesting aspects of your field?
maybe doing paper work, but it has to be done
what is your great achievement in your career?
to bring some of the staff back to the restaurant when I was working at friend of the house, a client of my employer.
How can potential employers contact you?
by email; mariabravo2008@live.co.uk or by call on 002447946136087