Josh Adams

I am an experienced Cook and Kitchen Manager looking for a management position in a friendly and high quality restaurant environment. I have seven years of customer service and retail experience in a variety of different service industry positions. This has allowed me to build a wide and complete skill set with a varied level of responsibility. I was originally from the UK, however I spent the five years living in Los Angeles before moving to Vancouver (Summer 2020) to settle.

Kitchen Manager at Jo’s Italian Deli (2025-05 – Present)

Duties include; leading the kitchen, AvT analysis, creating training and coaching plans for staff, ensuring recipes are followed, communicating with vendors, maintaining food safety standards for a very high volume kitchen.

Line Cook at Wildlight Restaurant + Bar (2024-04 – 2025-05)

Duties include; ensuring a high quality product is served, fulfilling all cleaning duties, completing morning prep tasks and stocking the station for the PM while also working the brunch/lunch service.

Prep Cook at AnnaLena (2024-10 – 2025-05)

My duties include maintaining the standards, consistencies and cleanliness required for a michelin starred restaurant. Completing prep items to standard, keeping the dish pit organized and moving during the busy night service.

BOH Manager at Loafe Cafe (2023-10 – 2024-06)

Duties include; ordering, inventory, creating training plans, preparing dishes and keeping a clean and organized kitchen for the cafe. I also was in charge of creating and costing seasonal specials and menu adaptations.

Catering Supervisor at Tacofino Catering (2022-06 – 2024-02)

Duties include; making purchases for each catering, talking to clients on the day of and ensuring a smooth service, making and preparing the food during service, doing prep work for future catering events, driving the food trucks to location. I also stepped into a temporary Catering Manager position over a summer which extended my duties to include scheduling, packing/prep lists and inventory counts until a new manager was hired.

Lead Cook at WhiteSpot Kensington (2021-07 – 2022-08)

Duties include running every station on the line in a clean and efficient manner, scheduling the kitchen, and learning how to do inventory and orders for when managers are not available. I have also completed my first year of the ITA Red Seal program through the company.

Lead Barista at Starbucks/Safeway (2020-11 – 2021-08)

This required me to fulfill the usual Barista roles of; serving customers, making drinks and keeping the café area looking well stocked and clean.

Barista at Starbucks/Safeway (2020-11 – 2021-08)

This required me to fulfill the usual Barista roles of; serving customers, making drinks and keeping the café looking well stocked and clean.

Store Manager at Western Tobacco (2017-08 – 2020-05)

My duties included managing inventory, ordering, working the register and counting cash at the end of each shift, scheduling and managing the team.

Shift Runner at Laser Storm (2015-11 – 2017-12)

My job requirements were: handling the Cash at the beginning and end of the shift, ensuring the games run without complications, ensuring customers follow the rules, and making sure the birthday parties are run in a timely manner.

Front of House at The Wavendon Arms (2013-07 – 2013-12)

I worked behind the bar in a Front of House role at a high end Pub and restaurant. My role involved greeting customers as they enter the restaurant, working behind the bar and taking and receiving food orders

Cashier/ Shop Assistant at Co-operative Food (2014-08 – 2014-12)

I worked as a cashier/shop assistant at a local food retail store. These roles included customer service, working as a cashier, restocking shelves, taking deliveries and ensuring the general upkeep of the store

Crew Member at McDonalds (2013-02 – 2013-07)

My duties included maintaining kitchen cleanliness as well as working in a social and team based environment. This allowed me to work in a fast paced setting, as well as maintaining a high quality of hygiene and cleanliness.

ITA Professional Cook Level 1 (2022 – 2022)

AA in Humanities – Los Angeles Harbor College (2016 – 2019)

AS in Mathematics – Los Angeles Harbor College (2016 – 2019)