Derek Ludick
Boca Raton,FL
Summary
Talented kitchen leader offers over 10 years of experience in preparing and serving diverse foods. Motivates employees to exceed customer expectations in high-volume settings while maintaining strong quality and cost controls. Service-oriented with good multitasking, safety management, and decision-making skills. I am looking to play a direct role in direct growth and success of a solid organization.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Stewart
The Cheesecake Factory
01.2016 - Current
- Responsible for giving general and overall help when needed to all areas of kitchen and line
- Insured the quality of cooking and preparation of food was met for every order
- Monitored food waste and recoded inventory values
- Helped train and develop crew members to be future oriented
- Involved in coaching, mentoring employees
- Responsible for maintaining clean workstations, which included floors, equipment, walls, refrigerators, and freezers
- Responsible for delegation of assignments and follow up of work completed
- Responsible for all ordering, receiving, and checking in of all produce, meat, dairy, and equipment for the restaurant
- Assisted in preforming all inventory for the kitchen
- Assisted with all invoicing and reconciliation of product delivered
- Insured all staff adhered to all health and hygiene regulations
- Helped manage food cost
- Maintained standards for food storage, rotation, quality and appearance.
Line Cook
The Cheesecake Factory
01.2016 - Current
- Trained in all areas of a full-service line in a high-capacity restaurant
- Maintained proper temperatures on all food while preparing, cooking and orchestrating platting
- Ensuring guest satisfaction and proper recipe adherence, insuring consistency with every dish
- Responsible for setting up and closing each station on full service line.
Kitchen Manger
Meat Eatery and Tap Room(MEAT)
01.2014 - 01.2016
- Supported restaurant and was responsible for the maintenance of quality in set standards
- Responsible for all kitchen functions
- Motivated and guided all kitchen staff to deliver quality food in a timely manner with standards being upheld
- Trained employees on presentation, portion control and waste
- Insured all safety standards were being upheld consistently from preparation, execution in cooking, to storage
- Responsible for staffing, scheduling, onboarding and the termination of all crew within the kitchen arena.
Education
Associate Science Culinary Arts - Culinary Arts
Art Institute
Fort Lauderdale, FLSkills
- Sanitation Standards
- Food safety knowledge
- Supply Restocking
- Relationship Building
- Health Code Compliance
- Equipment Inspection
- Menu Planning
- Teamwork and Collaboration
References
- Kevin Strobel, TCF/Boca Raton EKM Boca Raton, FL, 561-393-0344
- George Patty, M.E.A.T./Boca Raton/Owner-EKM Boca Raton, FL, 561-419-2600
- Alex Kuk, Temple Street Eatery/ Fort Lauderdale Owner/EKM Fort Lauderdale, FL, 954-562-0205
Timeline
Stewart
The Cheesecake Factory
01.2016 - Current
Line Cook
The Cheesecake Factory
01.2016 - Current
Kitchen Manger
Meat Eatery and Tap Room(MEAT)
01.2014 - 01.2016
Associate Science Culinary Arts - Culinary Arts
Art Institute
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