Victoria Inn

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Victoria Inn
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Introduction

• The Victoria Inn and Conference Center is
  literally a five minuet drive from the Winnipeg
  International Airport, and located close to some
  Winnipeg attractions
• Winnipeg Aviation Museum
• Polo Park Shopping Centre
• Canad Inn Stadium
• Assiniboine Park and Zoo
• Easy access to local restaurants and bars

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Clientele

• There is something for everyone at the Victoria
  Inn from kids to adults
• Theme rooms
• Laundry Services
• Pool Waterslide
• Air-conditioned Rooms
• Chicago Joes Restaurant and Bar

• Weight room
• Conference Rooms
• Internet services
• And offers banquet facilities for functions from
  grads to weddings and
• Board Rooms for meetings
• and Room service

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Clientele Continued

• The clientele ranges at the Victoria inn
• In the hotel the rooms and the restaurant ranges
  from young children to senior citizens
• The restaurant mostly caters to people staying
  in the hotel or people who are in for a business
  meeting. There is not a lot of people from
  outside the hotel that dine there
• The lounge caters to those who are of 18 years
  of age and older. However, if parents wish to
  dine in the lounge the underage children are
  allowed to dine with them

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More Clientele

• The kitchen clientele varies, and it covers
• Business meetings
• Graduation dinners
• Weddings
• and large functions.
• ( The ball room can hold just over 1000 people
  for one function. Currently they are renovating
  the ball room so that it can hold more people)

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My Duties

• While working at the Victoria inn this summer my
  duties varied
• Cold line (included salads and deserts, as well
  as salad and desert prep for banquets)
• Banquet prep

• Hot Line
• On hot line my shifts varied, I covered
  everything from breakfast to dinner and
  appetizers
• Banquet prep also included shifts where we dished
  up the dinner
• Also I got to partake in the inventory which was
  done once a month

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While at the Victoria Inn

• While working at the Victoria Inn this summer, I
  was given a lot of independence where I was
  working a station more than once by myself
  (breakfast rush, lunch rush, and cold line)
• The Executive Chef and his Sous Chefs and other
  members of the staff would help you where needed
• Sometimes breakfast rush was anywhere from 50 to
  150 people in an hour to two hour span

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The Chefs

• The chefs are as follows
• Corporate Chef Jeff (takes care of all the
  Victoria Inns in Winnipeg and in Ontario)
• Executive Chef John Pierce (main chef in the
  kitchen, made sure everything ran smoothly)
• Sous Chef Mel Gibson (English background)
• And new to the hotel Sous Chef Dionne Thomas
  (Jamaican background)
• These chefs were all great and always willing
  to show you anything and answer any of your
  questions

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Extras

• On Sundays, Chicago Joes (the restaurant) offers
  a brunch from 9 am to 2 pm. The brunch offers
  everything from cheese to deserts, and hot items.
  There is also a daily buffet offered from 1130am
  to 200 pm

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The Staff

• The staff at the hotel were all willing to help
  any new comers learn their way around the
  kitchen, and how they did functions
• The kitchen staff was made up of a variety of
  cultural backgrounds the majority of experience
  ranged from 1 year to 20 years.

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