Lead Cook Resume Example

Served breakfast, lunch and dinners in Embers Restaurant and banquet kitchen. Prepare ingredients for cooking, portioning, chopping and storing foods. Prepare and cook foods keeping with recipes, quality and presentation standards. Test foods to verify they have been made to standard while performing line inventory of foods. Make lunch specials daily for the restaurant. Operate stoves, ovens, grills, fryers and microwave. Rotate products to avoid spoilage. While in Garde Manager from 1999 to 2007, was responsible for preparing cold foods for proms, weddings, special events and corporate affairs and performed carving. Assist cooks on the preparation, cooking and presentation of different foods in banquets. Write up preparation sheets for the day and week. Worked closely with Head Chef to ensure all tasks were complete. Various other tasks as requested by the head Chef include food preparation for hot banquets, employee cafeteria, concierge, M.E.P.S and main hotel restaurant. Still working flexible schedule with overtime, seven days a week plus holidays. Presently working in all positions of the kitchen and serving as a Lead Relief Cook. Some achievements include nominated for Employee-Of-The Month six times as well as winning E.O.T.M. three times. A dedicated fifteen year employee. Serving twenty years in total at this hotel. Served on the safety board for two years. Served as Kitchen Shop Stewart for two years when this hotel was a Hyatt, back in 1990-1994.