Ginelle Allender
Sunset,LA
Summary
Energetic Kitchen Staff Member with progressive experience in heavy traffic restaurant environments. Passionate culinary specialist with drive to master food preparation and deliver top-quality meals and service. Personable team player well-versed at stepping up to meet diverse and demanding kitchen needs.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
Work History
Meat Department Associate
Don's Specialty Meats
11.2022 - 12.2022
- Restocked products based on available inventories and customer demands.
- Maintained excellent levels of food safety by frequently checking product dates and temperatures.
- Priced multiple orders daily by correctly wrapping, weighing and labeling cuts.
- Prepared backup items for walk in coolers
- Maintained the meat cases temperatures and stocked as needed
- Maintained meat cases by throwing expired meat
- Fulfilled custom orders every day for multiple customers
- Maintained a safe, clean environment
Kitchen Staff Member
Don's Specialty Meats
08.2021 - 11.2022
- Sanitized kitchen equipment according to health code standards.
- Made food according to standard recipes with requested changes for customer satisfaction.
- Restocked supplies and prepared additional ingredients during downtime for expected busy periods.
- Maintained clean, trash-free workspaces to maximize productivity and safety.
- Followed sanitary food handling procedures, focused on correct use of covers and labels and discarded ingredients by expiration date.
- Learned other teammates' work tasks to train as backup.
- Circulated kitchen area to receive work assignments and identify support tasks.
- Worked assignments for different kitchen stations and specialized in fryer, grill, prep area and dish pit.
- Prevented food spoilage by monitoring dates, rotating stock and following proper storage procedures.
- Inspected equipment, refrigerators and warming lamps to check compliance with safe operating levels.
- Trained new employees to manager's satisfaction
- Maintained a routine within the workspace that allowed services within the kitchen to keep flowing
- Remained determined to keep learning new things in order to reach my potential as an employee
- Became an asset in the day to day service of the kitchen
Education
No Degree - General
Acadiana High School
Lafayette, LA05.2022
Skills
- Stocking and Replenishing
- Dishwasher Operation
- Kitchen Sanitization
- Kitchen Staff Support
- Vegetable and Fruit Preparation
- Weighing and Measuring
- Shipment Receipt
- Productivity and Safety Improvement
- Quality Assessments
- Machinery Upkeep
- Surface Work
- Portion Standards
- Ingredient Preparation
- Safe Handling Standards
- Kitchen Station Cleanliness
- Safe Work Practices
- Customer Loyalty
- Guest Satisfaction
- Sweeping and Mopping
- Work Assignments
- High-Volume Environments
- Critical Thinking
- Shift Checklists
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Creative Solutions
- Station Preparation
Accomplishments
During my time in the kitchen I exceeded learning standards and moved up in positions very quickly. I started as a dishwasher and was moved up to kitchen staff within a month. I received my first raise 4 months after I started. I learned every station within 2 days, it usually takes about a week. I maintained an excellent work ethic and exceeded expectations on a daily basis.
Timeline
Meat Department Associate
Don's Specialty Meats
11.2022 - 12.2022
Kitchen Staff Member
Don's Specialty Meats
08.2021 - 11.2022
No Degree - General
Acadiana High School
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