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Edrian Martawardaya

VANCOUVER,British Columbia

Summary

Enthusiastic kitchen professional with diverse skill-set, as well as strong communication and organizational skills. Knowledgeable about control systems and restaurant KPIs, emphasizing thorough mise-en-place to achieve success. Focused on maintaining healthy and respectful team cultures.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Chef De Partie

Okini Restaurant And Bar
09.2023 - 12.2023
  • Worked the line for dinner service; cooking and plating food to order, completing prep duties, and housekeeping in a fast-paced fine dining environment.
  • Cooked fish, pasta, and protein across different hot-line stations including as well as sauce and vegetable sets for each dish.
  • Pursued well-organized mise en place to pursue consistent workflows.
  • Updated prep routine systems for more accurate counts, holding time, and monitor consistent yields.
  • Maintained stock rotation to ensure inventory FIFO.
  • Participated in food tastings and taste tests.
  • Developed routines for maintenance of kitchen equipment; tackling housekeeping tasks with more proactivity to ease overall team-workload and maintain compliance with safety standards.

Chef De Partie / Kitchen Shift Leader

Tap And Barrel - Olympic Village
02.2022 - 09.2023
  • Leading the line for brunch and dinner; cooking and plating food to order, completing prep duties and maintaining effective control systems in a high-volume full-service restaurant.
  • Performing regular food cost audits in order to identify food cost exposures, as well as assigning tasks among the leadership team in order to address problems within a two-week turnaround.
  • Achieving labor goals of 13% - 20% with minimal variance by consistently hitting sales targets, managing hours and making appropriate labor cuts, and maintaining a healthy team culture.
  • Led banquet execution to a high standard of excellence; family-style dinners, cocktail events, and wedding receptions of up to 180 covers; coordinating logistical planning with the team to achieve prep goals, time coursed meals, and accommodate special requests in addition to regular S.O.P.
  • Reduced staffing requirements for banquet events by 20% by implementing a team-oriented, highly organized, and mise-en-place focused approach, while still achieving consistent and excellent execution metrics.
  • Maintained a mastery of all line stations, including garde-manger (salads / dessert), flattop (grill), oven (pizza), sauté, fryer, finish (plating/call/pass), and tournant (float / prep support).
  • Coaching team members to foster development; providing knife-skills seminars, teaching plating fundamentals, food safety standards, and culinary theory to provide opportunities for growth and elevate product standards in the long term.

Chef De Partie - Kitchen Shift Leader

Virtuous Pie UBC
01.2021 - 01.2022
  • Led the pizza line during service hours in a fast-paced, casual dining environment; expedited orders to ensure effective communication between all stations.
  • Monitored food preparation, production, and plating for quality control.
  • Managed inventory on a weekly and monthly basis; utilizing control systems to monitor food cost variances and exposures.
  • Cooked a diverse menu of plant-based pizzas and vegan side dishes, while tackling unique challenges in order to accommodate dietary restrictions and allergies.
  • Motivated the kitchen team to achieve challenging objectives in a fast-casual restaurant environment.

Production Cook

Grocery Checkout Fresh Market
04.2019 - 06.2021
  • Prepared a variety of salads, breakfast items, and cold sauces; chopping, slicing and dicing vegetables, cleaning and processing legumes, making sauces, and performing prep work. Achieved a daily production value of over $1100, pre-pandemic.
  • Upheld optimal staff and customer protections by monitoring food handling, cleaning, and sanitation protocols.
  • Created identical dishes numerous times daily with consistent care, attention to detail, and quality.

Recruit

Mila
08.2020 - 05.2021
  • Maintained high standards of cleanliness in the MILA kitchen during service and closing hours; operating an industrial dishwasher, flipping equipment, sweeping and mopping floors, scrubbing the dish station and performing deep cleans on a regular basis.
  • Assisted in preparatory tasks during morning hours; making stocks and processing produce; and assisted the line as a floater during dinner service.

Education

High School Diploma -

Global Jaya School
Jakarta, Indonesia
05.2018

Skills

  • CIFS Food Handler Certificate
  • Emergency First Aid for Industry
  • Line Cooking
  • Banquet Planning and Organization
  • Sweet and Savory Sauce Preparation
  • Meat and Produce Fabrication
  • Pastry and Cake Baking
  • Plating Finesse
  • Housekeeping Skills

References

  • Max Grenzberg

Tap and Barrel Shipyards

8 Lonsdale Avenue,
North Vancouver, V7L 0B2 

604-839-1367 / grenzberg@gmail.com


Chef Max was my head chef for over two years, across two very different restaurants. He provided guidance on a good number of my projects at both restaurants, in addition to mentoring my development during that time. 


  • Deana Shapiro

Tap and Barrel Olympic Village

75 Athletes Way

 Vancouver, BC, V5Y 0B1 

778-855-7193 /  dmwshapiro@hotmail.com 


Chef Dee was a frequent collaborator in many of my projects at Tap and Barrel Olympic Village. As sous chef of our banquet program, she and I executed more than 17 private events together between November 2022 and August 2023.  


  • Abid Bardai

Tap and Barrel Olympic Village
75 Athletes Way
Vancouver, BC, V5Y 0B1

778-995-1087


Abid was my primary FOH counterpart at Tap and Barrel Olympic Village, and we would collaborate on our set-up routines to ensure a smooth service from our respective departments. He and I have worked closely in cultivating a mutually respectful team culture, and establish clear lines of communication between the floor and the kitchen. 





Timeline

Chef De Partie

Okini Restaurant And Bar
09.2023 - 12.2023

Chef De Partie / Kitchen Shift Leader

Tap And Barrel - Olympic Village
02.2022 - 09.2023

Chef De Partie - Kitchen Shift Leader

Virtuous Pie UBC
01.2021 - 01.2022

Recruit

Mila
08.2020 - 05.2021

Production Cook

Grocery Checkout Fresh Market
04.2019 - 06.2021

High School Diploma -

Global Jaya School

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