Pedro Gonzalez
Long Beach
Summary
Dynamic Culinary Manager with extensive experience at Nicks Restaurants, excelling in inventory management and employee training. Proven track record in enhancing food quality and safety standards while fostering teamwork. Adept at optimizing kitchen operations, implementing cost-effective strategies, and ensuring exceptional customer satisfaction through effective leadership and performance monitoring.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Culinary Manager
Nicks restaurants
Irvine
10.2012 - Current
- Ordered supplies such as ingredients, kitchen equipment and cleaning materials.
- Oversaw food preparation, production and presentation according to quality standards.
- Inspected restrooms and dining and serving areas to foster cleanliness and proper setup.
- Worked in close collaboration with team members to ensure customers received high-quality service.
- Conducted regular meetings with staff to discuss changes in policies or procedures in the kitchen.
- Oversaw daily operations of the kitchen including scheduling, budgeting and inventory control.
- Ensured proper food safety and sanitation standards were met throughout the kitchen.
- Collaborated with front-of-house staff to ensure seamless coordination between dining room service and back-of-house operations.
- Provided guidance on portion sizes, plate presentation and garnishing techniques.
- Managed a team of chefs, cooks and other kitchen staff; monitored performance and provided feedback for improvement.
- Resolved problems or concerns to satisfaction of involved parties.
- Trained new employees on safety protocols, knife skills, recipe preparation techniques and plating design.
- Monitored employee attendance records to ensure compliance with company policies.
- Trained new employees to perform duties.
- Created cost-effective strategies to reduce waste while maintaining quality standards.
- Displayed strong leadership skills by motivating employees during busy periods of service.
- Promoted safe working conditions by monitoring safety procedures and equipment.
- Maintained records of all food production activities including sales figures, purchase orders and stock levels.
- Monitored kitchen staff to ensure compliance with company expectations of taste, speed and presentation.
- Completed routine maintenance and repair.
- Managed inventory and supplies to ensure materials were available when needed.
Skills
- Food safety
- Inventory management
- Budgeting
- Food preparation
- Quality control
- Employee training
- Staff scheduling
- Teamwork
- Knife skills
- Staff training
- ServSafe food manager
- Sanitation standards
- Food storage
- Multitasking capacity
- Food pairing
- Adaptability
- Kitchen operations
- Performance monitoring
- HotSchedules App
- Pronto Forms App
- Pulse App
Certification
- STANDAR FIRST AID 9/30/21.
- CPR INFANT,CHILD,ADULT. 9/30/21.
Timeline
Culinary Manager
Nicks restaurants
10.2012 - Current
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