Carlo Castro
Tacoma,WA
Summary
To obtain valuable experience and skills within your employment
Hardworking professional bringing detail-oriented approach to food preparation and handling. Reliable individual possessing excellent communication and problem-solving strengths.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Prep Cook Manager
Flagship Culinary Services, Inc.
Seattle, WA
10.2022 - Current
Sous Chef
Bamboo Sushi
Seattle, WA
03.2022 - 09.2022
Head Chef/Manager
Fresh Meal
Seattle, WA
10.2020 - 04.2022
- Manage budget for food cost and sourcing ingredients for menu's.
- Create menu's every 3 weeks with a rotating menu.
- Shop From Local Vendors and order ingredients weekly.
- Communicate with owner for sales projection for any budget for labor and food cost while also strategizing efficiency in the kitchen and deliveries for clients.
- Cost control for business development and maintaining a percentage of Profit.
- Manage and train kitchen staff along with food delivery drivers.
- Communicate weekly for scheduling depending on business sales.
- Execute catering menu for 80+clients weekly.
- Maintaining cleanliness and organization for kitchen and sanitation.
- Keeping track of inventory including delivery bags and ice packs and meal containers.
- Train staff to Pack orders for deliveries days and manage drivers for routes and managing the delivery operation to make sure every clients orders is completed and handled correctly.
Prep Cook
Reef kitchens
Seattle, WA
11.2020 - 11.2021
- Prep food for multiple famous and viral food concepts from various companies partnered within the company for public sales through food hubs and pop up shops.
- The Foods that the team and I prepared food for are 1. Man vs. fries 2. Wings & Things 3. Wow & Bao 4. Beast burgers 5. Krispy rice 6. Sushiado 7. Nathan's 8. Fuku
Prep Cook/Pastry assistant
Compass Group/ Wolfgang puck catering
Bellevue, WA
08.2019 - 08.2020
- Mainly in pastry training aside from being prep cook on savory.
- We cook for the executives and CEO's of Microsoft all over the world to the HQ of Microsoft.
- We would roughly prep and cook for 300+ minimum daily basis for breakfast and lunch.
- Every month we rotated a menu and executed them to our Chefs standards and expectations.
- Along with Major Catering Events with Microsoft executives and CEOs the Menus were very High quality ingredients.
Daycare Chef
Luv-N-Care child development center
Auburn, WA
04.2019 - 09.2019
- Create menu for 2 months in advance for up to 60 students.
- Cook breakfast, Am snacks, lunch and PM snacks Monday thru- Friday following CACFP and USDA standards and regulations.
- Manage kitchen budget and do monthly orders for menus and weekly produce inventory management.
- Maintain all cleaning and sanitation with kitchen.
Chef
Tacoma golf and country club
Seattle, WA
03.2018 - 06.2019
Brand Ambassador
Premier Connections
Puyallup, WA
05.2018 - 12.2018
- Demo and sample products requested upon local store.
- Record and report stats to manager.
Detailer
Classy Chassis
Seattle, WA
09.2017 - 01.2018
Cook
Giorgio's greek cafe & pizzeria
Puyallup, WA
05.2017 - 11.2017
- Cook orders, prep
Prep Cook
Mangia Me
Seattle, WA
11.2016 - 05.2017
Line Cook
Quincy's charbroiled burgers
Seattle, WA
11.2016 - 04.2017
Line cook
Highliner Public House
Seattle, WA
08.2016 - 11.2016
Section attendant / server
CAFE 56
Seattle, WA
04.2016 - 08.2016
Line Cook
Ivars salmon house
Seattle, WA
02.2016 - 07.2016
- I cook the orders for customers
Shift supervisor
Sherwood KFC
03.2014 - 01.2016
Wash crew / detailing
MTR
09.2013 - 04.2014
Receptionist
POCAAN
06.2012 - 08.2012
Paint shop apprentice
Seattle university
06.2010 - 08.2010
Mural painter
Urban artworks
11.2009 - 05.2010
Assistant staff counselor
Seattle parks and recreation specialized youth summer camp
06.2008 - 08.2008
Education
High school or equivalent -
Skills
- Speak Tagalog
- Cooking
- Kitchen
- Line cook
- Team Player
- Training
- Knife skills
- POS
- Management
- Baking
- Chef
- Kitchen Management Experience
- Product Demos
- Restaurant Experience
- Culinary Experience
- Pricing
- Meal Preparation
- Food Preparation
- Catering
- Sourcing
- Negotiation
- Presentation Skills
- Business Development
- Restaurant Management
- Labor Cost Analysis
- Food Safety
- Food Production
- Forecasting
- Banquet Experience
Certification
- Food Handler Certificate, 08/31/24
- Allergen Awareness Certification, 08/31/24
Timeline
Prep Cook Manager
Flagship Culinary Services, Inc.
10.2022 - Current
Sous Chef
Bamboo Sushi
03.2022 - 09.2022
Prep Cook
Reef kitchens
11.2020 - 11.2021
Head Chef/Manager
Fresh Meal
10.2020 - 04.2022
Prep Cook/Pastry assistant
Compass Group/ Wolfgang puck catering
08.2019 - 08.2020
Daycare Chef
Luv-N-Care child development center
04.2019 - 09.2019
Brand Ambassador
Premier Connections
05.2018 - 12.2018
Chef
Tacoma golf and country club
03.2018 - 06.2019
Detailer
Classy Chassis
09.2017 - 01.2018
Cook
Giorgio's greek cafe & pizzeria
05.2017 - 11.2017
Prep Cook
Mangia Me
11.2016 - 05.2017
Line Cook
Quincy's charbroiled burgers
11.2016 - 04.2017
Line cook
Highliner Public House
08.2016 - 11.2016
Section attendant / server
CAFE 56
04.2016 - 08.2016
Line Cook
Ivars salmon house
02.2016 - 07.2016
Shift supervisor
Sherwood KFC
03.2014 - 01.2016
Wash crew / detailing
MTR
09.2013 - 04.2014
Receptionist
POCAAN
06.2012 - 08.2012
Paint shop apprentice
Seattle university
06.2010 - 08.2010
Mural painter
Urban artworks
11.2009 - 05.2010
Assistant staff counselor
Seattle parks and recreation specialized youth summer camp
06.2008 - 08.2008