Andrew Benavides
Pflugerville,TX
Summary
Dependable and hardworking employee with experience in fast-paced kitchens. Dynamic team player with strong attention to detail and good work ethic. Fast learner consistently meets deadlines without sacrificing quality.
Overview
1
1
Certification
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Dishwasher
Lifestyle Communties
Pflugerville, TX
04.2026 - Current
- Operate and Maintain Dish Machinery: Safely use commercial dishwashing equipment to thoroughly clean and sanitize all dishes, glassware, and kitchen utensils. Restock Kitchen Inventory: Return clean plates, cookware, and utensils to their designated storage areas and restock the line to ensure cooks and servers have what they need.
- Maintained cleanliness and organization of dish pit and workstation, ensuring efficient operations throughout the shift.
- Handle Station Openings and Closings: Complete standard opening or closing checklists, ensuring the kitchen follows all management-set specifications and hygiene regulations.
- Assisted back-of-house team with food preparation and ingredient sorting, contributing to seamless kitchen workflow.
- Maintained physical endurance by standing, walking, and bending for long periods in a high-pressure kitchen environment.: Stand, walk, bend, and reach for extended periods of time in a fast-paced, high-temperature kitchen environment.
Line Cook
Lifestyle Communities
Pflugerville, TX
09.2025 - 12.2025
- Food preparation: Cook food to order using standard recipes, ensuring portion control and presentation specifications are met.
- Quality control: Ensure the freshness of ingredients and maintain the highest standards of food quality and presentation.
- Station management: Set up and stock your assigned station, and ensure it remains clean, organized, and sanitary throughout the shift.
- Assisted with organizing and replenishing kitchen inventory to ensure availability of supplies.: Assisted with inventory and restocked the kitchen regularly.
- Quality control: Maintain freshness of ingredients and uphold high standards of food quality and presentation.
- Collaborated with kitchen staff to ensure efficient service delivery.: Collaborate with kitchen staff to facilitate smooth and efficient service in a fast-paced environment.
- Inventory and stocking: Assisted with inventory and restocked the kitchen regularly.
Zaxbys cook
Zaxby's
Pflugerville, TX
06.2025 - 08.2025
- Outlined primary duties performed in the role.
- Food Preparation & Cooking: Prepared, cooked, assembled, and packaged menu items to meet company standards and guest orders, ensuring quality and consistency.
- Kitchen Operations & Maintenance: Maintained clean, safe, and organized kitchen environment, performing regular equipment maintenance and thorough cleaning of kitchen and storage areas.
- Kitchen Operations & Maintenance: Maintain a clean, safe, and organized kitchen environment, including equipment maintenance and cleaning of kitchen and storage areas.
- Teamwork and Guest Service: Provide friendly and enthusiastic service, representing the brand and assisting with guest service and front of house operations.
- Teamwork and Guest Service: Provided friendly and enthusiastic service, effectively representing the brand and enhancing guest experience during front of house operations.
- Executed kitchen tasks to enhance workflow and efficiency.
Assistant Manager
Urban Air Adventure Park
Cedar Park, TX
03.2025 - 05.2025
- Assisted with daily operations, ensuring smooth opening and closing procedures.
- Train and coach staff, ensuring compliance with company policies and safety standards.
- Handle guest concerns and resolve conflicts in a professional and timely manner.
- Monitor staff schedules and assist in workforce planning.
- Monitored staff schedules and coordinated workforce planning to optimize coverage.
- Maintain cleanliness, safety, and functionality of park attractions and common areas.
- Promoted memberships, parties, and special events to support sales goals.
- Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal health and safety regulations.
- Assumed General Manager responsibilities during absences.
Pet Sitter
Self employed
Pflugerville, TX
05.2024 - 04.2025
- Ensure the dog's safety and well-being at all times
- Take the dog for walks and ensure regular exercise
- Facilitated playtime and mental stimulation to promote dog's well-being
- Give affection and attention to reduce stress and anxiety
- Administered medications or supplements
- Managed bathroom breaks and maintained cleanliness of indoor potty areas
- Perform basic grooming (e.g., brushing, paw cleaning)
- Respond to emergencies or unexpected situations
- Clean up after the dog, including any accidents or messes
- Handled unexpected events to maintain safety and order. to ensure safety and security
- Managed miscellaneous household duties while pet sitting, including mail collection and plant care. if sitting in the owner's home (e.g., mail collection, plant care)
- Washed and sanitized dishes after each meal service, cookware, and utensils for resident dining services.
- Operated dishwashing equipment and maintained proper sanitation in kitchen areas.
- Organized and separated soiled items for efficient washing and restocked clean service ware for meal periods.
Food Expo
The Local Post Pub
Austin, TX
10.2020 - 03.2021
- Monitored food temperature to ensure safety standards were met
- Served food at safe temperatures to maintain quality.
- Arranged completed orders for quick delivery by grouping similar orders together
- Arranged completed orders for efficient delivery by grouping similar items together.
- Facilitated communication between kitchen staff and servers regarding order status
- Coordinated communication between kitchen staff and servers to streamline order delivery.
- Inform staff of delays, changes, or special notes
- Prioritized ticket management based on order time (FIFO) while maintaining organization and visibility of the ticket area
- Prioritized order management using FIFO (first-in, first-out) method for efficiency.
- Keep ticket area organized and visible
- Identified and resolved issues before food was served to customers
- Identified and corrected mistakes in orders before food was served to customers.
- Shared solutions promptly with team to resolve issues efficiently.
- Regularly cleaned and organized expo station to promote safety
- Maintain a clean, safe expo station
- Follow sanitation protocols
- Applied final garnishes and sauces to enhance dish presentation
- Applied final sauces and garnishes to enhance presentation of dishes.
- Ensure plating is complete
- Serve in Order (FIFO)
- Send out orders in the order received
- Avoid missing or skipping tickets
- Monitored special requests to ensure accurate labeling and separation of orders for dietary needs and allergies
- Monitored special dietary requests to ensure safe food preparation for customers.
- Clearly label and separate special orders
- Prepared takeout orders by packaging items securely for delivery.
- Secured takeout packaging by including all necessary items for customer orders.
- Double-check accuracy and completeness
Education
Radio & Television (Community College)
Austin Community College District
Weiss High School
Pflugerville, TXSkills
- Dishwashing techniques
- Kitchen sanitation
- Sanitation protocols
- Kitchen cleanliness
- Sanitizing surfaces
- Food handling
- Kitchen hygiene
- Food safety
- Kitchen operations
- Kitchen inventory
- Food service experience
- Food service
- Food preparation
- Food assembly
- Teamwork
- Kitchen teamwork
- Organizational skills
- Time management
- Attention to detail
- Cleaning Experience
- Custodial experience
- Warehouse Experience
- Inventory management
- Stocking
- Point of sale
- Quick service
- Order processing
- Service skills
- Customer interaction
- Customer support
- Client communication
- Customer relationship building
- Customer engagement
- Customer rapport
- Customer communication
- Customer greeting
- Order inquiries
- Conflict management
- Issue resolution
- Team support
- Team collaboration
- Team training
- Leadership
- Communication skills
- Interpersonal communication
- Clear language communication
- Friendly demeanor
- Service upselling
- Onboarding training
- Training
- Training & development
- Computer operation
- Team support
- Food preparation
- Service skills
- Order inquiries
- Interpersonal communication
- Customer communication
- Customer rapport
- Cash register use
- Attention to detail
- Kitchen cleanliness
- Customer greeting
- Team support
- Onboarding training
- Computer operation
- Training
- Training & development
Personal Information
- Driving License: Class C
- Work Permit: Authorized to work in the US for any employer
- Visa Status: Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Certification
- Driver's License
- Food Handler Certification
Languages
English
Timeline
Dishwasher
Lifestyle Communties
04.2026 - Current
Line Cook
Lifestyle Communities
09.2025 - 12.2025
Zaxbys cook
Zaxby's
06.2025 - 08.2025
Assistant Manager
Urban Air Adventure Park
03.2025 - 05.2025
Pet Sitter
Self employed
05.2024 - 04.2025
Food Expo
The Local Post Pub
10.2020 - 03.2021
Radio & Television (Community College)
Austin Community College District
Weiss High School