Sous Chef with experience across CDP and line cook duties in high-volume café, dinner service, and private-event kitchens. Leads service prep, expediting, protein processing, desserts, pickling, and fermentation work while training 4–7 staff and supporting kitchen management during 40–80 covers per dinner service and 3–5 private events per month. Delivers consistent execution across orders and station flow, with a menu-minded approach to dish R&D and service timing.