Steven Hernandez
Los Angeles
Summary
Detail-oriented prep cook with hands-on experience in produce prep, portioning, and food-safety compliance, seeking to bring efficiency and accuracy to a high-volume kitchen.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Cook
Denny's
Portland
01.2022 - 04.2023
- Prepares items on production screen, while following quantities and recipes.
- Completes daily waste log sheets.
- Operates and cleans kitchen equipment.
- Ensures guest proper plate presentation and cooking specifications and guest preferences.
- Adheres to all company standards and policies, including proper food storage, rotation, portioning, temperatures and reporting to work on time.
- Complete all stocking and daily cleaning tasks.
- Portioned and stored fresh produce following strict food-safety guidelines, including accurate date marking and adherence to the 7-day rule.
Line Cook
Shari's Cafe and Pies
Vancouver
03.2020 - 06.2022
- Demonstrates excellent health, food safety, and sanitation standards.
- Operates cooking equipment, such as the grill, fryer, broiler, mixer, oven, and steam tables.
- Consistently demonstrate all company standard recipes, cooking procedures, and plate set-ups/service recipes.
- Work effectively with managers, servers, dishwashers, and fellow cooks.
- Prepares orders as requested by the guest.
Education
High School Diploma -
Sierra Vista High School
Baldwin Park, CA06-2026
California Food Handlers Card -
State Food Safety
11-2013
Skills
- Maintaining clean and organized workstations
- Knife skills (chopping, slicing, dicing, julienning)
- High volume production capability
- Time management
- Customer service
- Team collaboration
Timeline
Cook
Denny's
01.2022 - 04.2023
Line Cook
Shari's Cafe and Pies
03.2020 - 06.2022
High School Diploma -
Sierra Vista High School
California Food Handlers Card -
State Food Safety