Kyle Owens

Produced salad dressings, sauces and pickled items for all seven restaurant locations.

Collaborated with team members to meet daily production goals and deadlines.

Portioning items made in house as well as gathering dry and canned goods to complete each restaurant's order twice weekly.

Observed food safety, proper cleaning and good hygiene practices to prevent food-borne illnesses.

Instructed new staff in proper food preparation, storage, use of kitchen equipment and sanitation.

I was responsible for producing roughly 90% of the items/ingredients on the menu. Working alone for the most part and efficiently multi tasking and budgeting my time to complete the prep list.

Checking in orders and promptly putting them away while fallowing FIFO.

Properly cooling foods with special care to proteins as well as proper sanitation.

I was the assistant to the parts manager and worked the parts counter of the dealership.

Working with multiple technicians and service writers and sometimes customers daily. Ensuring that the proper parts are ordered and billed out to the customer as needed. Maintaining inventory and communicating about warranty's wether valid or not. Also checking in freight items that were very often damaged to make sure the company was getting what they paid for.

Overseeing and assisting with the evening crews production of cookies, brownies and bars. Labeling and packaging and keeping a close eye on stock and what needs to be produced in order to fulfill daily orders.

Problem solving new equipment and basic maintenance.

Typical line cook work in a very small kitchen. Prepping and maintaining my section of the line throughout my shift while helping the other cook or dishwashers if needed.

Producing menu items quickly and consistently.

Ordering produce and proteins nightly to ensure proper stock.

Prepping menu/deli items for Dean and Deluca as well as the Oakville Grocery stores in Oakville and Healdsburg.

Daily combining the orders of three stores and comparing it to the stock we have in house and determining how much of each item needs to be produced in order to fulfill the days orders. Creating a prep list based off what is needed and the number of employees available to work.

Packaging products and applying shipping labels, preparing outgoing packages to be shipped. Receiving and processing returns.

My first job senior year of high school, making pizzas! After graduating in 2001, I started working mornings prepping and rolling dough.

Helping out the family business. Burning/developing plates. Jogging stacks of paper to be loaded into a press. Running a small single color printing press.