Konstantinos Kyriazis,
Alpine for Hotel and Tourism management studies
IHTTI School of Hotel Management Basel
F & B Management, Culinary arts, Food science and nutrition, with Honors, 1994 – 1998
Operations Manager - Caffe Nero Cyprus
Career Path
* 1996 Culinary arts graduation (8,8/10 with honours).
* Two summer seasons trainee cook Athens Hilton and Athens Ledra Marriott hotels.
* Ygia private hospital (working as a Chef and lecturer to the obesity and metabolism center) - 1 year.
* Carlson restaurants worldwide - TGI Fridays Hellas (working as a cook, new store opener, team leader, Assist. quality manager, Quality manager, Assist. training director, Store general manager, HACCP project manager, Area manager) - 8 years, managing more than 70 employees and 6 managers.
* Accor - Sofitel Athens airport (working as Bar manager, Restaurant manager, Hotel duty manager) - 2 years.
* PAUL (working as production manager - responsible for the brand growth in Greece) - 1 year.
* Starbucks Hellas (working as a store general manager) - 2 years.
* PHC franchised restaurants ltd (working as Operations manager for Caffe Nero brand, Cool bar and PAUL Cyprus) - almost 3 years till now.
Highlights of trainings and seminars: * Accor training in France.
* Managing others global seminar Oslo, Norway.
* Leadership training and best general manager award, Las Vegas - Nevada - USA.
* Restaurant management essentials training New Jersey and Dallas - USA.
* PAUL training - Lille - France.
* Caffe nero training - U.K.
Awards :
* Accor challenge competition 1 st place among 8 countries - France.
* Best general manager of the year 2006 - Las Vegas.
* Gold star recognition for being team player.
* Gold star recognition for improving bottom line margins and profit.
Testimonial
Alpine Center is not just another School, it is more
like a big family built on and driven by
passion,
love, and
teamwork among the faculty and staff and instilled in all the students.
I enrolled on the
Culinary Arts programme of study at
Alpine Center and although my career started in the kitchen my ambitions were high and I wanted to grow into more senior managerial positions in Food & Beverage.
Thanks to the continued support of Alpine I was able to reach my goal and achieve the
Food & Beverage Operations Manager position that I am very happy to be in now.
I strongly encourage all students interested in a serious career in the vast and global hospitality and food and beverage industry to think of Alpine Center’s Swiss programmes of study that will prepare you to succeed and much more!
Willingness to learn, love for what you do, passion, motivation and determination to succeed no matter what, are some of the qualifications you need to bring along and magic will happen.
Always remember, as one of my favourite quote says : “Some people want it to happen. Some people wish it would happen. Others make it happen”.
"Kostas was an exemplary student at Alpine Center and continues to be an exemplary alumnus, always keeping in touch with his alma mater and informing us of his career moves!! Ambitious, goal oriented with a positive outlook, excellent customer services skills plus a commitment to lifelong learning make Kostas a very successful professional that makes us very proud!"
Sybil Hofmann
President, Alpine Center,
the Swiss Business School for Hotel & Tourism Management Education, Switzerland
