Valerii Khaimin

Chef with around 9 years of professional kitchen experience across restaurants, bars, breakfast concepts and catering. Experienced in leading kitchen operations, menu development, ordering and supplier coordination, inventory, food quality control, staff training and service organization. Strong hands-on background with both daily production and kitchen management, including simultaneous work across multiple Belgrade venues.

Chef - Supertramp Bar - Belgrade

Approx. 2 years

• Led day-to-day kitchen operations and organized service workflow.
• Developed and introduced new menu items; maintained consistency and quality during service.
• Managed ordering, supplier communication, product selection and inventory.
• Trained kitchen staff, organized personnel and supported efficient team performance.
• Worked with restaurant software/computer systems and operational documentation.

Chef — Breakfast Kitchen - 8bar - Belgrade

Approx. 1.5 years

• Led the breakfast kitchen and organized daily production and service.
• Developed breakfast dishes and improved kitchen workflow and preparation standards.
• Managed orders, suppliers, product selection and stock control.
• Supervised cooks, maintained dish quality and organized kitchen processes.
• Handled inventory and operational work using restaurant computer systems.

Chef - Kuku Bar - Belgrade

Approx. 6 months (concurrent with Supertramp Bar)

• Managed kitchen operations, service organization and staff training.
• Worked with suppliers and orders; selected products and controlled stock.
• Developed menu items and maintained quality and consistency during service.
• Organized personnel and daily kitchen processes.

Chef / Kitchen Leadership - 8bar / Earlier Belgrade Experience - Belgrade

(2023-09)

September 2023 — present period reflected in previous CV; updated duration above

• Previous CV records responsibility for kitchen organization, orders, suppliers, menu development, inventory, product selection and personnel recruitment.

Chef — Yacht Catering - Tivat Regattas

(2025-06 - 2025-07)

• Provided catering and kitchen service on yachts.

Chef - Kultura Batumi

(2022-11 - 2023-09)

• Controlled kitchen operations and food quality.
• Organized preparation/processing, inventory and product ordering.

Cook - June Belgrade - Belgrade

(2023-01 - 2023-08)

• Prepared menu items and blanks according to TTK specifications.
• Controlled cold-section output during morning service and assembled breakfasts.
• Depending on shift, baked bread, prepared production according to plan and worked cold/hot sections during evening service.

Chef - Prosa Breakfast Bar

(2020-09 - 2022-10)

• Managed orders and suppliers and organized kitchen work.
• Trained cooks, created and developed new menu items and controlled dish quality.
• Participated in inventory and product selection; organized work processes with the sous-chef.

Chef - Pita's

(2019-10 - 2020-08)

• Worked with suppliers and operational documentation.
• Organized shifts, updated the menu and controlled product quality and returns.
• Worked with iiko and supported day-to-day kitchen management.

Secondary professional education - Faculty of Zoology, Dog Handler - Ural Agrarian University (2018)