Debra Frank
Clinton,MI
Summary
Experienced kitchen manager with a strong focus on food safety and quality control. Proven track record in developing creative menus and training kitchen staff to ensure compliance with sanitation standards.
Dynamic leader with over 16 years of experience in kitchen management. Expertise in team training, mentoring, and fostering a safe and productive kitchen environment, contributing to enhanced staff performance and customer satisfaction.
Overview
1
1
Certification
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
Secondary Head Cook
Warren Consolidated Schools
Warren, MI
05.2002 - 06.2018
- Supervise kitchen staff and coordinate meal preparation schedules.
- Ensure compliance with food safety and sanitation standards.
- Develop and implement creative menus catering to diverse dietary needs.
- Train new cooks on techniques, equipment use, and safety protocols.
- Banking
- Catering for staff parties
- Order food, drinks,
Foster Parent
Orchard Children Services/ State of Mi
Warren, Mi
03.1987 - 07.1998
- Provided emotional support to children in foster care, ensuring safety and well-being.
- Coordinated with social workers to develop individual treatment plans for each child.
- Monitored daily activities and behaviors to assess developmental needs and progress.
- Implemented therapeutic techniques to foster emotional growth and resilience in children.
- Tube feed newborns
- Operated Heart And lung machines on newborns
- Meet with birth parents
- Attend meetings throughout the year
Education
High School Diploma -
Mt.Clemens High School
Mount Clemens, MI06.1977
Skills
- Food storage
- Meal preparation
- Verbal and written communication
- Food preparation
- Food safety
- Kitchen equipment operation and maintenance
- Recipe development
- Cleaning and sanitation
- Food spoilage prevention
- Training and mentoring
- Food plating and presentation
- Recipes and menu planning
- Staff management
- Waste reduction
- Nutrition
- Knife skills
- Sanitation standards
- Performance improvement
- Inventory replenishment
- Kitchen management
- Inventory oversight
- Plating techniques
- Kitchen staff management
- Staff training
- Food delivery
- Food presentation
- Order delivery practices
- Recipe creation
- Cooking
- Grilling techniques
- Special events
- Sauce making
- Inventory control
- Nutrition expertise
- Budgeting and cost control
- Allergen management
- Food allergy safety
- Dish preparation
- Safety and health guidelines
- Kitchen sanitation management
- Food safety procedures
- Kitchen operations management
- Culinary techniques
- Kitchen workflow management
- Team leadership
- Quality control
- Team collaboration
- Food prep planning
- Coaching and mentoring
- Safe food handling
- Relationship building
- Creative thinking
- Food preparing, plating, and presentation
- Attention to detail
- Food inventories
- Workflow optimization
- Inventory management
- Food handler certification
- Staff supervision and coordination
- Delegating work
- Prioritization and organization
- Equipment inspection and maintenance
- Purchasing management
- Pantry restocking
- Hiring, training, and development
- Food handlers card
- Team Training
- Kitchen equipment operation
- Problem and complaint resolution
- Supply management
- Quality assurance
- Purchasing
- Batch cooking
- Customer retention
- Coordinating kitchen staff
- Supply ordering
- Sanitation guidelines
- Staff performance assessments
- Vendor management
- Banquets and catering
- Vendor relationships
- Food stock and supply management
- Decision-making
- Portion and cost control
- Operations management
Accomplishments
Serve Safe certified thru the State of Michigan.
Helped with the special needs children at breakfast and lunch.
Cooked and fed 200 staff members once a year for a banquet.
Passed every visit from the Health Department. No violations.
worked with special needs children adults in my kitchen.
Certification
- State of Michigan
- Secondary Head Cook
- Warren Consolidated Schools
- 2002-2018
Timeline
Secondary Head Cook
Warren Consolidated Schools
05.2002 - 06.2018
Foster Parent
Orchard Children Services/ State of Mi
03.1987 - 07.1998
High School Diploma -
Mt.Clemens High School