Aristides Taveras
Yonkers,NY
Summary
Hardworking and adaptable cook with several years of experience. Enthusiastic and capable of following recipes as well as creating and adjusting recipes when needed.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Tournant/pastry Cook
Redhorse Corporation
White Plains, NY
09.2025 - Current
- Work with the company's pastry chef to learn and properly execute holiday specials
- Memorize 5 menus with over 30 different dishes
- Assist the chef with the inventory and recipe transcribing
- Ensure everything on the line is fresh and up to company standards
Summer Camp Commissary Director
BSA Camp Curtis S Read
Brant Lake, NY
06.2021 - 08.2025
- Coached and mentored campers by teaching them how to cook and help prepare food in a timely manner.
- Led staff to ensure all operations ran smoothly
- Created a balanced and nutritional menu simple enough for campers ages 10-18 to complete
- Managed inventory keeping organized storage as well as a detailed list of all inventory
- Planned and cooked meals to accommodate any dietary needs that came up as well as ensured everyone would be able to eat safely
- Talk with parents and BSA leaders and make sure any additional needs are met
Line Cook
RMV Cellars
West Park, NY
03.2025 - 07.2025
- Work in a timely manner on both prep and service days
- Create dishes for both catering tables and restaurant service
- Utilize farm to table ingredients
- Keep accurate inventory
Cook
Dry Fly Coffee Company
New Paltz, NY
01.2025 - 03.2025
- Prepare and cook menu items according to recipes.
- Maintain a clean and organized workstation
- Manage inventory.
- Work efficiently on the line during peak service hours.
Event Cook
Abigail Kirsch
Tarrytown, NY
09.2024 - 12.2024
- Provide quality food to VIP clients
- Take care of dietary needs and make substitutions when necessary
- Complete Hors d'oeuvres for parties of up to 200 people
- Assist the chef in preparing courses and ensuring that the schedule is followed
- Work production days and memorize recipe book to complete sauces and other ingredients for parties
- Get to event locations on time
CE Kitchen Ops Assistant
Culinary Institute Of America
Hyde Park, NY
01.2023 - 08.2024
- Provide exceptional operational support and assistance to all consumer programs
- Verify food orders and insure delivery of all food products to the proper kitchens
- Proper packaging, storage and security of all food items at all stages of receipt or preparation with relation to temperature, location, labeling, packaging and all established procedures
- Food production and plating for service as directed by Chef Instructor, Banquet Chef and/or Sous Chef.
Education
Associate's degree - Culinary Arts
Culinary Institute of America
Hyde Park, NYSkills
- Customer relations
- Driving
- Kitchen quality control
- Meat cutting
- Inventory management
- Knife skills
- Food handling
- Packing
- Food management
- Menu concept development
- Food hygiene
- Maintaining an organized workspace
- Attention to detail
- Pastry experience
- Packaging
- Recipe standardization
- Flexibility
- Time Management
- Catering
- Menu planning
Certification
- Food Safety Manager Certification
- ServSafe
Timeline
Tournant/pastry Cook
Redhorse Corporation
09.2025 - Current
Line Cook
RMV Cellars
03.2025 - 07.2025
Cook
Dry Fly Coffee Company
01.2025 - 03.2025
Event Cook
Abigail Kirsch
09.2024 - 12.2024
CE Kitchen Ops Assistant
Culinary Institute Of America
01.2023 - 08.2024
Summer Camp Commissary Director
BSA Camp Curtis S Read
06.2021 - 08.2025
Associate's degree - Culinary Arts
Culinary Institute of America