Daniel van Etten

Background

About Daniel van Etten

Award-winning progressive culinary expert, with multiple years of cooking and management experience maximizing kitchen productivity and staff performance. Unique blend of creative flair and passion for excellence, strong business sense and engaging interpersonal skills. Natural ability to create enthusiastic, productive working environments with customer orientated professionals resulting in growing revenues and managing costs. Highly skilled at strategic planning, accomplishing goal orientated financial projections, troubleshooting operations and recommending cost controls. Additional areas of expertise include successful openings of restaurants from blueprints to first meal served and maintaining 5 star & 4 star Zagat reviewed establishments including: Raphael Bar Ristro (East Greenwich RI.), Monty’s Steak House (Woodland Hills & Pasadena CA.), Purple Basil (Calabasas CA.), The Tap Room 1854 (Little Compton, RI.), Café Ole (Providence, RI), Simple Spoon Food Hall (Lifespan-Providence, RI).