Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Languages
Certification
Timeline
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Madison Phelps

London,ON

Summary

Experienced fine dining vegetarian chef and manager looking for a place to call home and an opportunity to grow and learn new skills.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Assisent General Manager

GK Oxford Brands
10.2022 - 12.2023
  • Planned and executed day-to-day operations
  • Worked alongside owner to increase sales, and reduce food costs and labor costs.
  • Bought inventory and appliances used for day-to-day operations.
  • Monitored and created food specs to create a more consistent and low-cost product
  • Trained staff, assigned tasks, and ran the kitchen.
  • Worked with the public health inspector and owner to get the restaurant up to code.
  • Oversaw handling of customer and worker complaints
  • Increased overall company efficiency and food safety of restaurants by implementing new food safety and cleaning policies.
  • Developed and implemented the restaurant HACCP plan

Fine Dining Hostess

Ivy Ristorante
02.2023 - 04.2023
  • Made recommendations on menu items
  • Worked alongside servers and bar staff during service
  • Greeted, seated, and checked on guests.
  • Made reservations in a way not to flood the kitchen or servers and maintained a steady flow during service.

Lead First Cook (Seasonal)

Spoat Lake Landing Resort
07.2022 - 09.2022
  • Managed daily prep and assigned prep jobs to cooks.
  • Ran board and expo during service ensuring food was put out efficiently and accurately.
  • Mentored junior cooks, providing guidance on proper cooking techniques and kitchen safety protocols.

Chef De Partie Pizza / Garde

Finkle Street Tap And Grill
03.2021 - 05.2022
  • Supported head chef and owner in menu creation, incorporating seasonal ingredients and cost-effective solutions.
  • Created daily garde and pizza features
  • Ran and managed both pizza and garde during regular service as well as prix fixe menus.
  • Trained all new staff on my stations.
  • Worked high volume fine dining sauté, expo, grill, board, desserts, pizzas, and garde
  • Lead closer in charge of my station and checking over other stations,












Line Cook/Shift Supervisor

Chucks Road House
07.2020 - 01.2021
  • Basic line cook duties and prep.
  • Working on grill and preparing a high volume number of steaks to various temps accurately during service.

Supervisor/ Lead Closer

IRONWORKS Kitchen
06.2019 - 01.2020
  • Lead closer and night supervisor in charge of fast and efficient closes,
  • Set up stations for executive chef and prep cooks.
  • In charge of late night menu and after dinner service (8pm-11pm)

Barista/Supervisor/Baker

Tim Hortons
03.2016 - 09.2019
  • Took orders from customers, made coffee, and worked in the back as a baker
  • Assigned duties
  • Handled customer complaints and refunds

Line Cook

Swiss Chalet
01.2019 - 07.2019

Basic line cook duties and prep.

Merchant / Cook ( Weekends )

Apple Fritter Booth
07.2014 - 02.2016
  • Taking orders from guests and preparing desserts


Education

High School Diploma -

Huron College Western University
London, ON
06.2019

Some College (No Degree) -

Woodstock Colligiate Insitute
Woodstock, ON

Skills

    Culinary Skills

  • Menu planning
  • Knife Skills
  • Plating skills
  • Scratch cooking ( sauces, dressings, aiolis, soups, pastas)
  • Scratch baking ( Proofing, kneading dough, cakes, puff pastries, sugar and chocolate work)
  • Efficient and consistent line cook with experience making a variety of dishes ( risottos, pastas, short ribs, fish, tatar, poke bowls) and techniques( chucking, searing, grilling, deglazing, sautéing)
  • Management Skills

  • Excel, Word, Open Table, Schudulefly,
  • Employee management ( training, delegation, and discipline)
  • Cost analyst and budget management
  • Inventory
  • Food safety management
  • Policy development
  • Customer Service Skills/ FOB Skills

  • Wine etiquette training
  • Experience working FOB fine dining full-service restaurant
  • Proper table setting
  • Polishing cutlery
  • Booking reservations

Languages

English
Full Professional
French
Professional Working

Certification

  • Smart Serve
  • Safe Food Handlers

Timeline

Fine Dining Hostess

Ivy Ristorante
02.2023 - 04.2023

Assisent General Manager

GK Oxford Brands
10.2022 - 12.2023

Lead First Cook (Seasonal)

Spoat Lake Landing Resort
07.2022 - 09.2022

Chef De Partie Pizza / Garde

Finkle Street Tap And Grill
03.2021 - 05.2022

Line Cook/Shift Supervisor

Chucks Road House
07.2020 - 01.2021

Supervisor/ Lead Closer

IRONWORKS Kitchen
06.2019 - 01.2020

Line Cook

Swiss Chalet
01.2019 - 07.2019

Barista/Supervisor/Baker

Tim Hortons
03.2016 - 09.2019

Merchant / Cook ( Weekends )

Apple Fritter Booth
07.2014 - 02.2016

High School Diploma -

Huron College Western University

Some College (No Degree) -

Woodstock Colligiate Insitute
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