Carlos Saldaña
Houston
Summary
hello my name is carlos or los for short i’m 19 i’ve been working in a kitchen professionally since i was 16 and i’ve always had a passion for it seeing my grandfather at his job and always hearing things from him and it really made me love seeing people cook which blossomed into me learning to cook at a young age and from there i kept learning all i could i would watch so many cooking channels or different chef i could find i’ve read a good amount of recipes and autobiographies to but my most important training I’d say came from chef fernado rios he really took a chance on me and i’m forever grateful for the work he and the other chefs at mimo helped me with i learned so much from them all but i can definitely learn more and that’s what im aiming to do i want to branch out and find new things and ways to make things
Overview
2
2
Languages
1
1
Certification
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
andy’s dinner
monica morales
Houston
03.2026 - Current
Gained experience preparing traditional Mexican dishes in a fast-paced kitchen.
- i have experience with working over open flame stove tops and fryers
- worked part time as line cook to support team and streamline kitchen operations
assisted with prep work to maintain stock levels of all items
Line Cook
Capitalino llc
Houston
08.2023 - 07.2026
- i have extensive work preparing pizza’s, pasta’s, salad’s and desserts
- i have experience butchering multiple types of meats including poultry and fish
- i have experience with time management and preparing multiple dishes at once
Education
Ceser Chavez High School
Houston, TXSkills
- Line cook experience
- Culinary preparation
- Pizza making expertise
- Meat and seafood butchery
Knife skills
Languages
English
Native/ Bilingual
Spanish
Professional
Certification
i have texas food handlers certification
Affiliations
- i skate and run extensively
- i like to draw and sketch things mainly comics
- i play a lot of video games that are story based so solo things
- i’m definitely and introvert but trying to be more out going
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
andy’s dinner
monica morales
03.2026 - Current
Line Cook
Capitalino llc
08.2023 - 07.2026
Ceser Chavez High School