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Adam Venner

IG: butter_and_bisquits

Summary

To consistently provide guests with an exceptional dining experience.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Retail/ Butcher/ Cook

Dakota Seafood Fresh Market
Rapid City, SD
05.2023 - 01.2024
  • Product knowledge of specialty foods (momofuku, various soy/shoyu, charcuterie, caviar)
  • Product knowledge of fresh ( scallops, oysters, shrimp, finfish- oraking, faroe islands, ahi, blue fin/toro, seabass)
  • Butchering : halibut, filet, ribeyes, reverse butterfly, salmon.
  • Customer Service/ Retail/ Revel POS/ guest first policy.
  • Set up and break down of large retail displays
  • Sushi rolls: inside out, mosaic rolls

Sous Chef

Oceana
Saint Thomas, USVI
09.2022 - 05.2023
  • Exercised portion control for items served, eliminating waste.
  • Experimented with various ingredients and cooking techniques/service execution to develop new dishes for guests.
  • Inspected freezers/refrigerators each shift to check temperature levels and verify proper functionality.
  • Grille shift nightly: responsible for 80 % of all cooked proteins: branzino, ahi, swordfish, mahi, all red meat, kurobuta pork, octopus, shrimp, chilean seabass, grouper, snapper.

Server/Cook

Antunez
Spearfish , SD
05.2022 - 09.2022
  • 2 shifts BOH cook, 3 shifts FOH server
  • Seasonal work at a friends family restaurant, Peruvian/ Central American cuisine.
  • additional : wine service, retail, host.

Shipping and Receiving Associate

Prairie Harvest
Spearfish, SD
03.2021 - 09.2022
  • Checked customer orders, labeling and documentation prior to shipment to avoid delays.
  • Operated pallet jack and hand truck to move materials within warehouse and to and from shipping vehicle.
  • Experience dry aging bison and beef shortloin, striploin and ribeye.
  • $1.5m inventory includes: duck, foie gras , elk, venison, fallow, quail, pheasant, wagyu American and Japanese, lamb, pork.

Executive Chef

Deadwood Social Club/ Saloon 10
Deadwood, SD
09.2018 - 03.2021
  • Created new menu items, managed food expenses and supervised quality to ensure adherence to standards.
  • Supervised 17 BOH staff members and delivered mentorship to strengthen kitchen skills.
  • Assessed inventory levels and placed orders to replenish goods before supplies depleted.
  • Executed all off site catering, special events.
  • Executed Chef tasting menus, private dinners
  • Streamlined kitchen processes to shorten wait times and serve additional guests.
  • Purchased ingredients from local farms to benefit environment and show community support.
  • Donated over 300 meals each week for frontline workers during peak Covid 19 pandemic.

Sous Chef

Tallys Silver Spoon
Rapid City, SD
08.2015 - 03.2018
  • Plated food according to restaurant artistic guidelines to promote attractive presentation.
  • Maintained highest food quality standards regarding food inventory procedures, food storage and rotation.
  • Trained kitchen workers on culinary techniques.
  • Helped staff adhere to tough restaurant requirements through practical discipline and motivation.
  • exploration of : black chicken, vegetable rubix cubes, corn silk nests, dust, lol.

Additional Expericence

Various
06.2006 - 08.2015
  • Tournant. Room 39. Leawood KS 8/2010-12/2014
  • Cook/ Tournant. Juniper. Edwards CO 11/2008-4/2010
  • Saucier/ Expo. Larkspur. Vail CO 9/2007-7/2008
  • Cook. La Tour. Vail CO 9/2006-8/2007
  • FOH Server. cumulative years 7.
  • Teacher/Tutor. TF Riggs High. Pierre SD 9/2005-5/2006
  • 500 hours organic farming Pahoa HI

Education

Associate of Arts - Food For Healing/ Therapeutic Chef

Bauman College
Santa Cruz, CA
05.2005

Skills

  • Attention to Detail
  • Calm Under Pressure
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Effective Communication:boh<>foh
  • Creativity/ Innovative
  • Plating and Presentation
  • Vendor Relationships
  • Recipe Development/ Schematics
  • Trend setter

Accomplishments

  • Renatra Fusca world OM competition
  • 1st place and people's choice South Dakota Pork Producers Council 2019
  • 3rd place SD Pork Competition 2017
  • Man vs Food Deadwood Episode 2020: Showcase Chef

Interests

  • Mixed Media Art, Winter Sports, Water Sports, Cycling, Piano, Writing

Timeline

Retail/ Butcher/ Cook

Dakota Seafood Fresh Market
05.2023 - 01.2024

Sous Chef

Oceana
09.2022 - 05.2023

Server/Cook

Antunez
05.2022 - 09.2022

Shipping and Receiving Associate

Prairie Harvest
03.2021 - 09.2022

Executive Chef

Deadwood Social Club/ Saloon 10
09.2018 - 03.2021

Sous Chef

Tallys Silver Spoon
08.2015 - 03.2018

Additional Expericence

Various
06.2006 - 08.2015

Associate of Arts - Food For Healing/ Therapeutic Chef

Bauman College

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