Alex Matthews
Westfield,IN
Summary
Energetic Kitchen Staff Member with progressive experience in heavy traffic restaurant environments. Passionate culinary specialist with drive to master food preparation and deliver top-quality meals and service. Personable team player well-versed at stepping up to meet diverse and demanding kitchen needs. Hardworking and enthusiastic, and trained to be successful in a food focused customer service environment. Stays on top of current and expected demands, quickly realigning tasks to handle needs. Dedicated to first-rate communication and team success.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Kitchen Staff
Woodland Country Club
Carmel, IN
06.2021 - Current
- Sanitized dining ware and kitchen equipment according to health code standards.
- Made food according to standard recipes with requested changes for customer satisfaction.
- Restocked supplies and prepared additional ingredients during downtime for expected busy periods.
- Maintained clean, trash-free workspaces to maximize productivity and safety.
- Followed sanitary food handling procedures, focused on correct use of covers and labels and discarded ingredients by expiration date.
- Plated hot meals and salads in aesthetically pleasing arrangements.
- Learned other teammates' work tasks to train as backup.
- Worked assignments for different kitchen stations and specialized in fries, breading, grilled hamburgers and pancakes.
- Chopped vegetables, cut up fruit and prepared sauces when kitchen staff was busy.
- Prevented food spoilage by monitoring dates, rotating stock and following proper storage procedures.
- Kept supplies in sufficient stock by assessing inventory levels and reporting lower stock items.
Busser, Host, R&M, Expo, Line Cook
Charleston's Restaurant
Carmel, IN
08.2019 - 01.2022
- Worked quickly, communicated with other staff and always looked for better ways of completing tasks to improve productivity and keep tables ready for incoming guests.
- Resolved and escalated customer issues quickly to uphold strong customer relations standards.
- Pitched in extra hours and helped other staff during unexpected times of high volume to improve seating availability and food delivery to tables.
- Developed excellent relationships with managers and fellow team members to support team success and a positive work environment.
- Worked well in diverse team settings by partnering with others to complete tasks.
- Kept a close eye on customers to quickly spot leaving guests and clear tables for future patrons.
- Assisted managers with quickly resolving service- and food-related issues.
- Trained new staff in bussing and cleaning procedures.
- Cleaned walk-in refrigerators and freezers and operated powered floor and steam equipment for deep cleaning.
Kitchen Staff
Grand Junction Brewing Co.
Westfield, IN
01.2019 - 06.2022
- Started entry level as a dishwasher and progressively worked my way up as my time there went on. Dish, to salads, to expo, to pizzas, to fryer, then grill shortly nearing the end.
- Sanitized dining ware and kitchen equipment according to health code standards.
- Made food according to standard recipes with requested changes for customer satisfaction.
- Restocked supplies and prepared additional ingredients during downtime for expected busy periods.
- Maintained clean, trash-free workspaces to maximize productivity and safety.
- Worked assignments for different kitchen stations and specialized in fries, breading, grilled hamburgers and pancakes.
Kitchen Staff
Pizza Hut
Westfield, IN
08.2018 - 01.2019
- Made food according to standard recipes with requested changes for customer satisfaction.
- Sanitized dining ware and kitchen equipment according to health code standards.
- Maintained clean, trash-free workspaces to maximize productivity and safety.
- Followed sanitary food handling procedures, focused on correct use of covers and labels and discarded ingredients by expiration date.
Education
No Degree - Criminal Justice, Spanish
Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, INHigh School Diploma -
Westfield High School
Westfield, IN05.2021
Skills
- Kitchen Staff Support
- Weighing and Measuring
- Problem Solving
- Decision Making
- Team Building
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Conflict Negotiation
- Relationship Building
- Customer Service
- Quality Assessment
- Flexible and Adaptable
- Work Coordination
Accomplishments
- Graduated with honors from Westfield High School, 3.9 GPA
- 1380 SAT
- 32 ACT
- Multi-Varsity High School athlete in cross country and lacrosse
Languages
Spanish
Limited Working
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