About
I am an enthusiastic and energetic team player, as well as a reliable worker with 5 years of experience as a line cook in a kitchen environment. I am driven to achieve my individual, the team, and the company's goals. I´m a self-motivated and dedicated worker, understanding timing and movements inside a kitchen. I am capable of performing my routine kitchen tasks.
SKILL SUMMARY:
- Excellent organizational skills
- Working well under stress
- Ensuring meals are served efficiently, hot and on time
- Keeping all cooking spaces clean and well-organized
- Cleaning and maintaining all equipment safely inside the kitchen
- Ability to communicate in an effective, efficient, and respectful manner
- Responsible for working as a member of a team and encouraging a climate of support to create a healthy work environment
- Preparing and cooking food according to standardized recipes, ensuring food is cooked at the proper temperature and length of time.
- Administer, set goals and priorities, plan or make decisions
- Motivating myself to do what needs to get done
- Prioritizing tasks so that the larger goal is met on time
- Solving problems in a cooperative way
- Listening to others
- Compute, calculate, compare or record numbers
- Working with computers
- Organizing, filing, updating, categorizing or arranging information
- Open to new ideas, new perspectives, and new possibilities
Experience
CANADIAN WORK EXPERIENCE:
- Belleville's Watering Hole & Diner / Line Cook - June 2021 - Current Job
- Preparation of food under applicable food service and safety regulations.
- Multi-tasking skills and leadership skills in a high-volume environment.
- Analysis of the production and demand of products and food for the daily and weekly forecast.
- Adherence to safety rules, ensuring sanitation and cleanliness of self and workstation.
- Ability to treat all team members properly with care and respect
- Delta Hotel / 2nd Cook (Lure Kitchen Team) - August 2023 – August 2024
- Oak Bay Beach Hotel / 2nd Cook - July 2022 – February 2023
- La Taqueria (Pinche Taco Shop) / Line Cook - July 2017 – February 2019
Education
- University of Victoria (UVIC) – Victoria BC, Can (2020 - 2022)
- Business Administration (Diploma)