Daniel Howerton
Fresno
Summary
Dynamic Sushi Chef with a talent for creating beautiful, delicious dishes in a fast-paced restaurant. Smart and driven to work hard, educate patrons and project a pleasant demeanor.
Creative Chef driving and sustaining remarkable restaurant growth by offering unparalleled customer experiences.
Talented kitchen leader and team motivator successful at maintaining staff focus and productivity in high-volume, fast-paced operations. Experienced with Japanese cuisine, sourcing ingredients, controlling budgets and boosting restaurant profiles. Conversational skills.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Sushi Chef
Namikaze
1134 E Champlain Dr #108, Fresno, CA 93720
05.2021 - 06.2025
- Pleasantly welcomed patrons entering sushi bar, offering to explain menu options.
- Prevented cross-contamination from utensils, surfaces, and pans when cooking and plating meals for food allergy sufferers.
- Educated guests on different types of fish and shellfish to aid decision-making on sushi orders.
- Used various types of knives, hand tools and utensils to fillet fish in preparation for sushi.
- Prepared high-quality seafood, rice and ingredients for sushi.
- Evaluated food products to verify freshness and quality.
- Disciplined and dedicated to meeting high-quality standards.
- Trained and managed kitchen personnel and supervised related culinary activity.
- Set up and broke down kitchen for service.
- Coordinated with team members to prepare orders on time.
- Modified recipes to accommodate dietary restrictions and allergies.
- Monitored food production to verify quality and consistency.
- Implemented food cost and waste reduction initiatives to save money.
- Developed new recipes and flavor combinations to enhance customer dining experience.
Painter and Construction Worker
Precision Painting
06.2015 - 03.2021
- Responsible for the complete renovation of walls and other miscellaneous damage in buildings, both interior and exterior; including pressure washing surfaces, patching nail holes, patching holes up to 6 feet in diameter, texturing indoor walls, painting both interior and exterior walls using various media (speed pads, compressor sprayer). Complete preparation of working areas, including taping fixtures and doors or taping entire floors or walls in plastic to eliminate paint splatter.
Team Member
Foster’s Freeze
11.2016 - 07.2017
- Responsible for handling both front-end and back-end foodservice. Duties ranging from cashier sales to blending frozen desserts, serving soft-serve ice cream cones, and making foods to order using grills, fryers, and knives. Responsible for the complete cleanup of store premises during operation and upon closing, including mopping the entire premises, cleaning and sanitizing front of the house and bathrooms, maintaining dairy area of kitchen, maintaining grill area of kitchen, washing all dishes as the need arises and during closing, regular machine maintenance and upkeep (soda machines, soft-serve machines), and other general stocking duties for both front and back ends of the house.
Student Cook & Baker
College Quantity Foodservice Cook
08.2015 - 12.2018
- Duties included various kitchen skills of all types; food preparation, food safety, knife skills, plating techniques, kitchen etiquette, washing and sanitizing all dishes in various sized three stage sinks, planning out and preparing catering events days in advance for Fresno City College formal events. Acted as a temporary server to formal events at Fresno City College. In addition to above College cook experience, multiple volunteer paid gigs have been done filling in as both a server and cook for formal and informal events.
Education
Fresno City College
Fresno, CA06.2020
Computer Science
Fresno State University
Fresno, CA09.2020
High School Diploma - General Education
Buchanan High School
Clovis, CA06.2015
Skills
- Strong time management skills
- Works well on a team with others
- Thrives in a fast paced environment
- College Level courses in food preparation, cooking, baking, safety, and service
- ServSafe Certification
- Customer Service skills
- Dependable and trustworthy
- Flexible schedule
- Exceptionally Fast learner
- Knife skills
- Sushi dish creation
- Sushi preparation
- Guest engagement
- Reliable transportation
- Technical skills
- Fish preparation
Timeline
Sushi Chef
Namikaze
05.2021 - 06.2025
Team Member
Foster’s Freeze
11.2016 - 07.2017
Student Cook & Baker
College Quantity Foodservice Cook
08.2015 - 12.2018
Painter and Construction Worker
Precision Painting
06.2015 - 03.2021
Computer Science
Fresno State University
High School Diploma - General Education
Buchanan High School
Fresno City College