Joshua Ramirez

• Ensure workstations and equipment is kept clean, organized, sanitized and sufficiently stocked.
• Ensure sanitary work practices, emphasis on avoiding cross-contamination and maintaining food safety guidelines.
• Train residents on how to produce food according to standard recipes with requested changes for population.
• Set up and prepared cooking supplies and workstations during opening and closing to maximize productivity.
• Supervise resident offenders and support progress in behavioral modification therapy.
• Create and maintain valuable rapport with offenders in an effort to rehabilitate negative behaviors.
• Train, evaluate and provide accountability for resident offenders in a culinary environment.
• Implement and maintain a large variety of logs for temperature, waste and cleaning.

• Supervise Correctional Cooks in all aspects of the daily operation of an institutional kitchen in a correctional setting.
• Evaluate, train and lead team of correctional cooks with emphasis on safety and integrity in a correctional setting.
• Communicate and implement directives and policy from prison administration to institutional staff.
• Scheduling of staff, ordering of inventory, equipment procurement.
• Monitor staff and report any possible security and/or safety issues.
• Evaluate and provide disciplinary measures to ensure the implementation of CDCR policy.

• Supervise inmate crews to produce meals in an institutional setting.
• Report security issues and operate safely in a correctional environment.
• Ensure sanitary food production in an institutional kitchen.
• Follow policy and directives as provided by prison administration.

Chef in charge of all kitchen duties for AM/PM shifts including all meals and special events; food preparation; assists Director of Dining Services with scheduling of staff and ordering/inventory of all food/supplies; co-leads resident meetings to discuss kitchen and dining experience for current clients; supervising all kitchen and dining room staff as well managing all duties of Director in his absence; ensuring accordance with all county and state regulations.

Perform and excel in culinary duties in an exhibition kitchen environment serving a fusion of asian and italian cuisine.