Head Of Kitchen Resume Example Brass Monkey's

HEAD OF KITCHEN

Summary

9+ years cooking experience and 2 1/2 Serving

Graduate with my degree in the International Culinary Arts

Expertly trained in French Fusion cuisine at Sonoma Wine Bar

Serve Safe Certified 2011

Management experience

Hard working and extremely reliable

Experience

Brass Monkey'sChester, VAHead of Kitchen02/2015 to Current

Was brought in to help redesign the menu, elevate plating and dish designs, and bring food cost down.
Meet and interact with food reps to find the best product for our company.
Make daily specials to help sell any product before it gets wasted.
Train the entire cooking staff in basic and more advanced cooking techniques.
Help design the kitchen schedule.
I managed some nights and ran the non-smoking bar by myself.
Have been the go to person for any situation since I was hired, and have worked weeks on end without a day off if needed to.

Chili'sChester, VALead Cook08/2014 to 02/2015

Was first trained on the highest volume station, and was running it by myself within a week.
After my first month had learned all the stations and was working mid-shifts which required me to run the line by myself for hours at a time.
Learned some high volume prep and techniques that I have applied to Brass Monkey's kitchen.

Sonoma Wine Bar & BistroVirginia Beach, VALead Line Chef01/2012 to 07/2014

In charge of learning every station to be able to move and help anyone in the weeds or be able to train new staff, including how to prep every item for any station.
In charge of running the line on weekend nights, including timing dishes to go out together, plating and finishing most dishes, calling out orders to other staff, communicating special orders with the expo, and keeping track of temperatures of proteins on my station and others.
Weekdays I opened the store and ran new lunch specials every shift, was in charge of prepping all items of the menu including breaking down fish as it came in, checking and putting away truck orders everyday, and managing the store until one of my chefs came in.
Helped prep and build dishes for wine pairing during wine dinners, tasting with the sommelier before hand and learning ways to compare and contrast the flavors.

Smokey BonesVirginia Beach, VAClosing cook01/2011 to 01/2012

Was hired based on my experience on fry side in other restaurants and references from Macados.
Started closing my third week in without training because of issues with staff and have been closing since.
I'm the last cook in every night so I make sure everything is clean and shut down, have to also cook on grill side once the other cooks leave, which I taught myself.
I also prep items and have started helping in the back prep area and dish washing pit as needed.

Papa John'sFarmville, VAInhouse worker01/2010 to 01/2010

Tossing the dough to form the pizza crust and keeping up with making pizza, the crust, putting and taking out of ovens, arranging orders together and checking for special orders or sides.

MacadosFarmville, VADeli worker, Server01/2008 to 01/2011

Started off working mornings while managing Quiznos at night.
Prepped for the day and set up kitchen and equipment.
After moving to full time i cross trained to the front of the house and picked up shifts there.
I always had my schedule open and came in on my days off or let people go early to help the store.
Received ' Employee of the Month ' award in July 2009.
Received ' Employee of the Month ' award in September 2009.
Received ' Employee of the Month January 2010.

Quizno'sFarmville, VADeliwork, Shift Supervisor, Assistant Manager01/2008 to 01/2008

Was hired because of my experience at my last store and great recommendation from my last boss.
Moved to shift Supervisor after my first month and Assistant Manager after my third month.
In charge of money drops every night, closing down the restaurant, following safety guidelines, putting away the truck, and was doing the schedule the last month.

Quizno'sChester, VADeli worker, Shift Supervisor01/2007 to 01/2008

Started off working with making custom orders and interacting with the public in a fast and friendly manner and prepping food for the day.
Moved to Shift Supervisor in my 4th month.
Took over writing prep list, counting the drawer, and controlling labor by cutting staff.

Friendly'sChester, VAServer/Line-cook01/2005 to 01/2007

Started off employed as a waiter until i was 18, then transferred to the back of the house.
Through dedication and hard work i became a closer in two months as a server and in just a month as a cook.
Learned money handling skills with serving and multitasking with cooking.

Education

Associate of Arts:International Culinary Arts2013The Art Institute of Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, VA

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