Corina Valdez
New Town,ND
Summary
Dedicated, hard working Head Cook/Supervisor passionate about cooking memorable meals extensive experience at Ranchman's 23 Restaurant and Saloon, excelling in kitchen workflow management and team leadership. Proven ability to maintain high volume quality food and safety standards while expediting orders in a fast-paced environment. Skilled in scratch cooking, grilling and adept at problem-solving to enhance operational efficiency.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Head Cook
Ranchman's 23 Restrauant and Saloon
07.2017 - 02.2025
- Manage, train and evaluate new hires in all aspects of the kitchen including, kitchen safety and proper food handling procedures.
- Monitored food production, preparation and execution for quality assurance and consistency.
- Supervise kitchen staff in a fast paced high volume restaurant ,
- Maintain stock, inventory and maintenance of cold and dry storage
- Ability to work independently or as a team in order to expedite food in a timely manor.
- Well versed in sauteed, grill, flat top, fryers, scratch cooking and kitchen protocols.
- Delegate duties to maintain a clean and fully stocked kitchen
Line/prep
Teddy's Hotel Lounge
07.2014 - 02.2018
- Rotate, set up, stock and sanitize various work stations
- follow recipes and prepare ingredients as directed such as chop ,mince, slice, juice, ect.,for quality and consistency.
- Scratch cooking and execution of various cuisines and menus options.
- Organize, set up, prepare, serve and break down large Scale banquets up too 200 people while expediting orders for lounge patients in a timely manor
- Assisted with day to day operations, working efficiently and productively with all team members
- In charge of running our weekly prime rib special cooked to temp. from start to finish.
Education
No Degree - Political Science/ Economics
Los Angeles Harbor College
Wilmington, CA01-2013
High School Diploma -
West High School
Torrance, CA06-1983
Skills
- Multitasking and time management
- Leadership
- Delegation
- Food plating and presentation
- problem solving
- Kitchen workflow management
- Cooking/Grilling
- organizational
- fast paced production
- working under pressor
- high volume
- food sanitation and safety procedures
- Expediting
Timeline
Head Cook
Ranchman's 23 Restrauant and Saloon
07.2017 - 02.2025
Line/prep
Teddy's Hotel Lounge
07.2014 - 02.2018
No Degree - Political Science/ Economics
Los Angeles Harbor College
High School Diploma -
West High School
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