Blake Cooney

Key responsibilities include preparing food, maintaining kitchen sanitation,sharpening current culinary skills, food safety knowledge, and working effectively within a team.

Ability to work all 3 stations is a must, knowing how to create identical, consistent dishes every time.

• Prepared multiple orders simultaneously during peak periods with high accuracy rate, maximizing customer satisfaction, and repeat business.
• Collaborated with team members to maintain a clean and safe working environment, adhering to health and safety guidelines.
• Adapted quickly to new recipes and techniques, demonstrating versatility and eagerness to learn from colleagues.
• Supported head chef during high-volume periods by efficiently executing complex tasks with precision under pressure.
• Two raises in 6 months (Starting wage $22/per hour. current wage $24/per hour)
• Twice nominated for employee of the month

• Job role consists of running day to day operations at the flame food truck, ensuring a quality, consistent product to the guests and members. Excelled at putting out the best pizza possible to customers, also ensuring the venue has all the tools and prep needed to succeed and handle a large crowd. Ingredient ordering, menu creation, and training of seasonal employees were also a part of my personal responsibilities.

• Job role consists of preparing food items by grilling, frying, sauteing, and other cooking methods to specified recipes and standards. I currently mainly work "pantry" which includes all pizzas, salads, and desserts for lunch and dinner via a la carte menus. Throughout the shift it is essential to maintain cleanliness and comply with food sanitation requirements by properly handling food and ensuring correct storage arrangement and temperatures. Cleaning and sanitizing all cooking surfaces at the end of the shift is also a daily requirement in addition to helping head chef with frequent events and private dinners.

• Job role consists of daily preparation of food items in the pantry, fry stations or other areas of the kitchen, for use at the food truck venues. Also worked at fore & aft (pool) or octagon when needed. Daily additions include cleaning and sanitizing, prepping, and positive guest interaction at every given opportunity. Assists other chefs when needed while following hotel policies & guidelines.

• Job role consists of solely opening the store by following correct jimmy johns procedures and paperwork. Morning duties include: Stretch and bake all AM bread before open, prep all veggies for the day including tuna (all veggies must be measured according to jimmy johns standards), ensure all meat is sliced and rotated, check and rotate all items according to FIFO order, double check the register amounts and safe amount (cash), fill out all paperwork including lunch execution chart, verify any delays or catering orders, verify all equipment (proofer,oven,walk-in/freezer) is functioning properly,ensure all opening procedures are completed no later than 10:30 AM. Closing shift duties include; process and distribute delivery tips, counting register and depositing extra cash as needed, JJ paperwork w/ shift change procedures must also be completed.

• Job role consists of solely preparing all incoming meals from bar area, in room dining, and overnight employees from 10pm-6am. Other duties include food preparation both breakfast/dinner(garma included), setting up breakfast stations, cooking breakfast for morning chef, in addition to store organization and cleaning plus special tasks for weddings,caterings,early morning IRD breakfast orders, etc.

• Job role consisted of doing breakfasts/lunches for guests and daily guided lunches (3-6 to go meals per day in addition to guest meals) and any additional cleanup required for both meals, and further cleaning throughout the occupied recidence while guests were on guided hunt. ALL baked desserts for daily guided lunches, and guests were my responsibility, and I was also required to perform turn down service on "off" days. This was a role where I was always alone, and time-management was essential to smooth operations, in addition to positive customer service and overwhelming passion to succeed. I held this position for the entire length of quail season ending on March 13, 2021.

• Job role consisted of training new hires, counting safe/drawers in store daily, opening or closing the store, handling food truck twice weekly, performing quarterly “mock-audits” to ensure staff as well as management consistency and accountability, assigning daily positions, delegating minor tasks throughout shift, maintaining “the line” to ensure ticket times under 7 minutes and promote outstanding secret-shopper scores.

• Job role consisted mostly of training new hires not only on Chipotle brand standards, but overall speed of operations. Daily tasks included: ensuring all prep is finished by crew in a timely and correct manner, checking all labels daily and rotate FIFO as needed, ensuring all food is temperature controlled throughout the entire shift, maintaining clean store due to open-kitchen layout, supervising the line ensuring we always meet “through-put” expectations.

• Cashier position included: daily closing of assigned store, (6 restaurants + ice cream shop). Daily stocking and cleaning duties including maintaining cleanliness throughout shift to enhance customer perception. Expo & Quality Control ensuring every customer receives correct meal corresponding to # on assigned buzzer.

• Shift manager duties included: daily paperwork for scheduling/sales, prepare and make bread daily, opening/closing the store, counting the registers/safes daily, supervising associates (also maintaining low labor percentages) , and training new crew members.

• Customer service position demonstrating interpersonal abilities and demands. Maintained high sales and workloads in a fast paced environment. Responsible for changes in promotions and inventory. Utilized Opera (PMS) to process check-in/outs on a regular basis. Processed credit/debit transactions, money orders, cash and traveler’s checks daily. Also in charge of landing contracts with major airline companies such as China Airlines and Delta Airlines.

• Pharmaceutical quality control position supervising employee shipments inbound and outbound. Responsible for keeping track of how much and what kind of shipments inbound and outbound. Ensured efficiency and accuracy as part of a production environment. Utilized Microsoft Office to generate production logs quantifying various aspects of employee performance.