Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Languages
Timeline
Generic
Aaron Sobo

Aaron Sobo

Summary

Highly trained professional with a background preparing sushi, sashimi, and rolls for hungry clientele. Offering several years of experience working in successful establishments. An award-winning sushi chef promoting exemplary food preparation and fish filleting skills.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Sushi Chef

Black Pearl Sushi
San Diego
06.2023 - Current
  • Prepared sushi rolls using fresh ingredients and traditional techniques.
  • Maintained cleanliness and organization in the sushi preparation area.
  • Collaborated with kitchen staff to ensure timely meal delivery.
  • Developed new sushi recipes to enhance menu variety.
  • Trained new chefs on proper sushi-making methods and safety standards.
  • Monitored inventory levels for sushi ingredients and placed orders as needed.
  • Assisted in creating visually appealing presentations for sushi dishes.

Sushi Department Manager

The Joint, Ocean Beach
Ocean Beach
02.2021 - 06.2024
  • Cutting all exquisite Japanese fish, and doing all jobs required by the head chef.
  • Led team meetings to discuss performance, goals, and best practices in service delivery.
  • Making nightly fish orders.
  • Running a five-person sushi team in a busy restaurant on the weekends under pressure.
  • Supervised daily operations of wellness services and patient care initiatives.
  • Collaborated with other departments to ensure smooth flow of operations across multiple teams.

Sushi Chef/Server/Restaurant Manager

Sapporo, ocean beach
Ocean Beach
01.2015 - 01.2021
  • All Sushi responsibilities required of a head chef. Serving in a busy restaurant, bartending and eventually being promoted to restaurant manager.

Sushi Chef and Server

Arigato, Location
01.2010 - 01.2021
  • General Sushi chef and also team leader Running a busy restaurant on the weekends as main chef for many years. Also learning to serve and learning pos systems

Education

Communication Design

Pierce College
Northridge, CA

Skills

  • 10 plus year Sushi Chef, Server and Restaurant Manager Full knowledge of all sushi jobs that a head sushi chef knows Expertise in cutting bluefin tuna, yellowtail, fresh albacore, hamachi, kurodai, tai, kimidai, whole salmon, and steelhead, etc Fast and hard working Great Japanese knife skills Extensive knowledge of all Japanese mother sauces Beautiful Sashimi and nigiri plating and rolls with lots of experience Serving experience with great knowledge of sales concepts and upselling
  • Customer service
  • Team leadership
  • Service delivery
  • Operational efficiency
  • Food safety compliance
  • Inventory management
  • Menu development
  • Sushi preparation
  • Quality control
  • Cost management

Languages

English, Spanish and some Japanese

Timeline

Sushi Chef

Black Pearl Sushi
06.2023 - Current

Sushi Department Manager

The Joint, Ocean Beach
02.2021 - 06.2024

Sushi Chef/Server/Restaurant Manager

Sapporo, ocean beach
01.2015 - 01.2021

Sushi Chef and Server

Arigato, Location
01.2010 - 01.2021

Communication Design

Pierce College
Aaron Sobo