Colin McFiggen
Georgetown,TX
Summary
Professional Chef with over 10 years experience in the restaurant industry working in from-scratch kitchens. Supervisory and management experience totaling 5 years. Result-oriented and customer service driven. Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sous Chef
True Food Kitchen
01.2025 - 08.2025
- Lead and inspire restaurant team to provide excellent hospitality and prepare delicious fresh food for our guests.
- Manage ordering, labor, and budgets to control food costs and labor, while maximizing profitability, also while balancing the needs of our employees.
- Turned around a struggling kitchen by coaching up a team capable of running a successful restaurant. Trained new staff, working with a newly promoted chef and management team.
- Increased sales by taking on catering orders to surrounding offices, using platforms like EZ-cater.
Sous Chef
True Food Kitchen Downtown Austin
10.2024 - 12.2024
- Worked as interim Sous chef at the downtown location while a new candidate was selected. Worked along side of existing team, building great working relationships across the brand.
- Led existing team to success, cooking beautiful food, hitting our sales/labor targets and delivering exceptional hospitality.
- Ordered product and managed inventory. S
Key Hourly / Kitchen Manager
True Food Kitchen
03.2022 - 10.2022
- Lead kitchen team on a day to day basis, delegate tasks efficiently and effectively; Solve problems quickly and adjust to customer and staff needs as they arise
- Work on expo ensuring all dishes go out to proper specifications in a timely manner
- Cook pizzas, appetizers, salads, wok dishes, entrées, deserts, worked as lead like cook.
- Manage kitchen in absence of a chef, manage labor, budgets, daily operations and paperwork.
Server/Bartender
Rusty Bucket Restaurant & Tavern
07.2021 - 01.2022
- Greet guests prompt upon arrival, develop positive relationships with new and returning customers.
- Take food and drink orders with knowledge of the menus, taking questions and making recommendations, communicating with kitchen to make all food items accurately to guest specifications. Navigate guest complaints.
- Mix cocktails and pour beer/wine to recipe and using accurate measurements. Make all drinks for servers in the dining room as well as bar guests in a timely manner
- Maintain a welcoming atmosphere at the bar, chatting with guests and monitoring music/tv. Clean and stock bar/dining room.
- Close out checks and do cash and credit card transactions accurately.
Sous Chef
Harvest Pizzeria
07.2018 - 07.2021
- Lead kitchen staff through prep work and service, ensuring menu items are cooked accurately and quickly, as well as navigating potential problems.
- Develop new menu items along side chefs as well as weekly specials using locally sourced ingredients.
- Order/stock produce, meat, spices, and dry goods from various purveyors
- Work on the line when needed or during staff shortages.
- Daily/weekly prep lists, cleaning duties and kitchen maintenance for staff.
- Make kitchen schedule weekly to staff all shifts/stations for efficient service, manage labor.
Grill Cook/Prep Cook
Market District Express - The Table
04.2018 - 09.2018
- Work on line making burgers, sandwiches, fried chicken/fish, entrees, appetizers, salads, desserts
- Prep work including making sauces, dressings, cutting veggies, stocking the line.
- Cutting and portioning; steaks, fish, burgers, deli meats
- Put away produce orders, did stock work for Market District
- Hourly temperature checks for coolers/Hot wells to improve food safely record for our kitchen.
- Wash dishes and keep kitchen clean
Shift Supervisor
Anthony's Pizzaria
04.2017 - 04.2018
- Greet guests, seat them in dining room or patio, take food and drink orders, take orders for carry out over the phone and in person.
- Prep work including stocking, preparing garnishes/ vegetables, cooking pizzas and sub sandwiches, preparing salads.
- Opening/closing duties including turning on/off equipment, cleaning the restaurant, counting cash, processing credit card transactions, and making daily deposits.
- Ran restaurant as only staff member during slow times in the week.
Education
High school diploma -
Bexley High School
Bexley, OH06.2016
Skills
- Food Safety
- POS (point of sale) and cash handling
- Culinary Experience
- Hospitality
- Restaurant management
- Knife skills
- Plating
- Kitchen leadership
- Recipes and menu planning
Certification
- Driver's License June 2023 to June 2031
- Texas Food Handler February 2022 to February 2024
Languages
Spanish
Professional Working
Timeline
Sous Chef
True Food Kitchen
01.2025 - 08.2025
Sous Chef
True Food Kitchen Downtown Austin
10.2024 - 12.2024
Key Hourly / Kitchen Manager
True Food Kitchen
03.2022 - 10.2022
Server/Bartender
Rusty Bucket Restaurant & Tavern
07.2021 - 01.2022
Sous Chef
Harvest Pizzeria
07.2018 - 07.2021
Grill Cook/Prep Cook
Market District Express - The Table
04.2018 - 09.2018
Shift Supervisor
Anthony's Pizzaria
04.2017 - 04.2018
High school diploma -
Bexley High School
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