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                             Recommendations:

 

                                  " I had the pleasure of working                                              closely with Stephane for three                                             years at the Four Seasons

                                      Vancouver when he was our                                                 Director of Food & Beverage. He was a key player in assisting the marketing team to execute a number of initiatives and promotions to drive business making YEW seafood and bar one of the city's most successful restaurant. He also was a great leader the the Banquets team and lead by example"      

Kosta Christopoulos MBA - Regional Director Global Sales at Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts.  

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                                  " I had the pleasure to work with Stephane at the Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver. Stephane was Hands On, knowledgable, creative and fun to work with. He was a true leader and the backbone of our F&B operation"                                           Oliver Beckert - Executive Chef at Trump International Hotel Washinghton DC.    

                                         

                                          " I had the good fortune to work with Stephane for all of his time in Boston. He was a great mentor and colleague. His understanding of the business along with ability to interact with people made him an inspiration. His approach was warm, caring and direct and it resulted in his achieving all his goals he set for himself and for others."                                      Simon De Swaan - Senior Recruiter - Hospitality Division at Goodwin Recruiting  

                                      

                                        " Stephane was not only a tremendous leader at the time, he continues to be a mentor long after our tenure together. His skill, enthusiasm and talent are apparent from the moment you meet him. His warm nature makes him highly approachable and his willingness to share his keen businessacumen made him an invaluable teacher to myself and many of my colleagues."                     Michelle Mouseau - Director of Food and Beverage at Vancouver lawn Tennis & Badminton Club

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                     Peers:

 

                                  " Stephane was my direct boss for                                     2 years, and he gave me an                                                   incredible amount of knowledge                                         and guidance about everything one could ask for. Not only did he teach me the technical aspects of being a food & beverage director; but he also coached me to be a great manager and exceptional leader. Stephane is an expert on emotional intelligence, and has a strong grasp on relationship between peoples. He gave me specific feedback about my leadership style and helped me improve every aspect how I treat others. He loves guiding others by asking the right questions and helping them figure it out for themselves. The amount of patience he has is unique, since he has the knowledge and ability to just tell people the right answer. I hope that I can have more mentors like Stephane as my career progresses, and pray that others have the opportunity to learn from him as well. I wish him the absolute best. "      

Dan Myers - Director od Food & Beverage - Beverly Wilshire  

                                                                                                                     " I had the pleasure to work with Stephane Castera. Stephane is passionate, creative, great with the guests and a fantastic leader. During my time with Stephane at Four Seasons Maui, I have seen the F&B division evolved in term of product quality, he developed a new lounge concept doubling the revenue and launch a multi-million $ renovation. During the two years I worked with Stephane he increased the division profit dramatically. Stephane take a lot of pride in developing his team, as his Assistant Director, he trained me, peached me how to become a successful DOFB. "                                                                       Gregory Viaud - Hotel Manager - Philadelphia

Testimony

                " No matter how good you think you are as a leader, my goodness, the people around you will have all kinds of ideas for how you can get better. So for me the most fundamental thing about leadership is to have the humility to continue to get feedback and  to try to get better - because your job is to to help everybody else get better. "                                                                                                                                                                                    Jim Young Kim

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Awards:

 

- Best Sommelier 2002 - Philadelphia. - Winter Olympic Host hotels for NBC media and Olympic committee  2010 - Vancouver.                                                   - Restaurant Marketing of the Year" for the Americas 2011 - Vancouver. 

 

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