Are you a Hospitality/Retail/Travel industry professional??
yes
Current Employer/Company ?
Islamabad Marriott hotel
Your Designation/Position?
Executive chef
Maritial Status?
Married
Years of Work experience
26 years
About yourself/Contact details
Amin Shakir is a culinary prodigy as well as the pride of Pakistan when it comes to the culinary arts. He has been working in this field for over 20 years in various prestigious hotels such as Pearl Continental, Serena, Avari hotel and is currently the executive chef at Marriott Islamabad
Food is an art he has immense passion for in life and I quote "When I think about food, i think about the beauty of how different ingredients gel together in a mesmerizing way to create a piece of art which is not only spectacular to look at but truly divine once consumed"
Awards
- Successfully catered to His Highness Prince Karim Agha Khan in 1998 for the
first time.
-Since then he was nominated for His Highness Prince Karim Agha Khan’s catering
every time he visits Pakistan or neighboring countries.
- Received appreciation letters and awards from Serena Hotels all across the
country.
- Has completed different festivals successfully in Serena Hotels around the
world, Sheraton Hotel Karachi and Pearl Continental Hotels.
- Successfully managed training of Serena Hotel Kitchens in Tajikistan.
- Have cleared Kitchen Reviews numerous times with Government Inspectors.
- Sindhi food festival for one week at Avari Karachi
- Pakistani food festival at Sri Lanka with Galadari hotel
- Certificate of Achievement, Serena Hotels Pakistan
- Participation in Accounting for Non Accountants Course 1994
- Participation in First Concern Course 1995
- Best Supervisor of The Month 1995
- Five Year Service Award 1999
- Certificate of Achievement, Karachi Sheraton Hotel
- Baluchistan Food Festival 1999
- Culture & Tourism Cell Baluchistan
- Participating in 50th Anniversary of United Nations World Tourism Week 1995
Serena Hotel Quetta
- Certificate of English Language Program
- Certificate of Participation in Workshop 2007
- De l Ecole Le Cordon Bleu
- Successful supervision and administration of kitchen operations including food purchase, preparation and menu planning, direct and indirect supervision plus coordination between other departments of the hotel.
- Development of job descriptions within the Serena Hotels in Pakistan.
- Training of complete Kitchen staff and implementation of kitchen operations of
Serena Hotel Khorog in Tajikistan.
- Catering of His Highness Prince Karim Agha Khan, in Kyrgistan, Khorog,
Dushambe, Karachi, Gilgit,
- Successful food festival in Serena Hotels around the world.
- To assist the Executive Chef in supervision and administration of kitchen supervision.
- Planning and preparations of menu cycles for all Food & Beverage Outlets.
- To hold daily staff briefings.
- To get kitchen inspection done with Govt. Heath Inspectors
- To daily monitor the presentations and supervise creative presentations for all the F & B outlets.
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