Mike Chen

Hello, my name is Yi-Ting Chen but I go by Mike. I am in the field of hospitality for over 8 years. Starting from a shift leader at popeyes to a large area manager at sushi masa. my expertise in restaurant rise allowed me to bring profit of every restaurant by over 7% per year while also cutting labor and food cost. My passion of finding challenges and overcoming them is a value that take pride in. My capability and knowledge from food to structure to media is a principle I improve everyday.

I started off my career in Popeyes as a cashier raising to shift leader in less than a month. After the change of business owner, I moved my challenge to a sushi chef at rainbow asian Cafe in which I learned inventory, prepping and kitchen work. Due to my diligence, I was quickly promoted to assistant manager. A spot where I could shine and bring the restaurant profit over profit each month. After Rainbow asian cafe, I moved my expertise to chef ding to perfect my craft further, during my time at chef ding, I learned about foh and boh management hospitality and inventory. With those knowledge, I moved on to Sushi Masa in which I was able to perfectly showcase my skills and knowledge. As the assistant manager I brought ideas and innovations to improve sales and efficiency. As the profit and labor cost decreased I was promoted to the role of GM. With this role I was able to reach a new height of professionalism and greater profit with marketing, customer satisfaction, employee control and food reduction loss. With the new founding owner, I had decided to challenge myself once more at Makiin, a fine dining restaurant that cultivated my desire and polished my skill set of hospitality and culinary.

I have multiple awards in DECA for business operation and plans in which you showcase to millionaires around the world. 

I graduated with my Bachelor of engineering at UT Austin and minor of business. 

Combined with my passion, bachelor of business management, my potential and knowledge is only ever growing.