Chef Leven Shishir Rodrick

Sr. Vice President

Executive Chef from DUSAI RESORTS & SPA

Chef Leven Shishir Rodrick

I am CHEF RODRICK, a culinary artist by passion & profession presently serving as the Culinary-in-Charge &SR. Sous Chef at BIMAN FLIGHT CATERING CENTRE, HAZRAT SAHJALAL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, and Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Born & brought up in Nawabgonj, Dhaka, I have over 21 years’ experience, in a wide range of disciplines which include Creative Food Plating, Menu Planning & Engineering, HACCP management, large banquet operations, Kitchen layout Designing, Cost control & inventory management and Customer Service.

In the year of 1998 I finished my f&b production course from NHTTI Dhaka and after that I completed my 3 years F&B diploma from Chandigarh , india.
2002 I started journey Chef Profession from coxs bazaar Seagull Hotel then Lake Shore Hotel Dhaka and I went abroad in 2005 and started from Beach Rotana Hotel, Abudhabi, Intercontinental alain Resorts,Alain, Danat Alain Resorts, Alain, UAE. In 2013 I came back and I joined as a sous chef in hotel innotel Dhaka and then joined as a executive sous chef in charcoal steak house, Gulshan and then Executive sous chef at The Glass House Brasserie, Gulshan.

After that in the year of 2014 I started my journey as an Executive Chef from DUSAI RESORTS & SPA, MOULIVIBAZAR, SYLHET and then MERAKI RESTAURANT, DHAKA , FARS HOTEL & RESORTS, DHAKA.

Now I am working with BIMAN FLIGHT CATERING as a SR. Sous Chef from 2018 to till. Training and development Skills & achievement **Basic food hygiene training certificate, conducted by RWTUV, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on 31st October 2005.

  • Basic medic first aid training certificate, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on 22nd April 2006.
  • Completed essential food safety hygiene training conducted by Abu Dhabi food control authority, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates On 06th April 2009. **Completed essential food safety hygiene training by TUV NORD, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on 21st December 2008.
  • Completed intermediate food hygiene training (level 3) conducted by chartered institute of environmental health, London, United Kingdom.
  • Completed f&b production course from national hotel & tourism corporation (Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation) Dhaka, Bangladesh from 22nd February1998 to 25th June 1998.
  • Successfully completed service excellence certificate conducted by Danat Al Ain resort, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. **Successfully completed you bring it to life engagement programmed conducted by intercontinental Al Ain Resort, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
  • Successfully completed customer focused service quality programed by tourism and hospitality scoter (BSEP) project, ILO conducted by DuSai Resort and Spa.
  • Participate Confrère de la chaine des Rotisseurs in InterContinental Hotel Al Ain-United Arab Emirates at 2008.
  • Successfully Completed SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM-2 COURSE from 19-10-2022 to 20-10-2022 Conducted by BANGLADESH AIRLINES TRAINING CENTRE, DHAKA.
  • Awards by association of emirates culinary guild a merit awards in emirates salon culinary, Dubai 2009 at Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
  • Participate and Got 2nd place in the 2nd international Phoenician Festival for Tourism and Hospitality in Beirut City, Lebanon from 10th to 15th May 2023.