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Kyeilah Guyton

Hazelwood,MO

Summary

Experienced, focused and safety-conscious delivery driver offering delivery experience and solid dedication to customer satisfaction. Possesses Class E license and clean driving record. Top team member with strong stats and delivery performance. Motivated to provide prompt, friendly and professional service at all times.


Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Delivery Driver/Dispatcher

A Savvy Logistics
St. Louis, MO
08.2021 - Current
  • Performs walk around on delivery vehicle before beginning shift to verify correct and safe operating order.
  • Loads truck and properly secures items to prevent damage for deliveries.
  • Reviews routes and expected delivery time frames to determine order of deliveries.
  • Plans optimal routes based on GPS software and knowledge of local traffic patterns.
  • Contacts customers prior to delivery to confirm and coordinate delivery times.
  • Delivers packages to customer doorsteps and business offices.
  • Operates vehicle safely in highly congested areas with no traffic violations.
  • Completes on-time deliveries by choosing best and most efficient routes.
  • Inspects truck equipment and supplies and reports problems and safety hazards to supervisors following each shift.

Pizza Cook/Grill Cook/Cashier/Prep Cook

BJC West County Hospital
Creve Coeur, MO
10.2019 - 08.2021
  • Operated cash register for cash, check and credit card transactions with excellent accuracy levels.
  • Worked flexible schedule and extra shifts to meet business needs.
  • Prepared single orders and batch preparations with minimal waste to maintain food cost controls.
  • Consistently cleaned, organized and sanitized food stations, equipment and utensils to protect customers from risk of infection.
  • Closely followed recipes to give customers consistent quality and positive experiences with each visit.
  • Cleaned and organized all kitchen workstations and storage areas before and after cooking.
  • Completed food temperature checks before serving.
  • Reported necessary equipment maintenance and malfunctions.

Cook/Personal Care Assistant

Deer Valley Home Health Care
St. Louis, MO
04.2017 - 01.2020
  • Built strong relationships with clients to deliver emotional support and companionship.
  • Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation and medication reminders.
  • Assisted with daily living activities, running errands and household chores.
  • Remained alert to problems or health issues of clients and competently responded.
  • Engaged patients in meaningful conversation, socialization and activity while providing personal care assistance.
  • Provided safe mobility support to help patients move around personal and public spaces.
  • Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to case manager.

Cook/Child Care Provider

Circle Of Light Daycare Center
St. Louis, MO
10.2017 - 10.2019
  • Supervised and monitored the safety of children in my care.
  • Helped children keep good hygiene.
  • Prepared meals and organized mealtimes and snacks for children.
  • Organized activities or implemented a curriculum that allowed children to learn about the world and explore interests.
  • Developed schedules and routines to ensure that children had enough physical activity, rest and playtime.
  • Watched for signs of emotional or developmental problems in children and brought the problems to the attention of parents.
  • Kept records of children's progress, routines and interest.
  • Maintained safe, nurturing environment for children and followed prescribed procedures for optimal care.

Lead Cook/Sous Chef

Simply Seafood LLC
Dunnellon, FL
11.2014 - 11.2015
  • Consistently prepared the same dishes with the same quality to delight customers and keep them coming back again and again.
  • Kept staff working efficiently and productively to achieve total guest satisfaction.
  • Demonstrated correct cooking techniques to staff to keep all team members operating as solid unit.
  • Planned, organized, and supervised daily culinary operation of restaurant and catering services.
  • Monitored the operation of the kitchen to check for proper sanitation.
  • Established and enforced presentation standards to uphold the establishment's reputation.
  • Built positive relationships with customers by visiting tables and engaging in friendly conversations.
  • Created new recipes, working with executive chef to offer unique menu.
  • Kept kitchen clean and organized with easy-to-access ingredients.
  • Met with restaurant managers to review restaurant sales, costs, and customer feedback and continuously improve results.

Catering

Food Service Consultants
St. Louis, MO
09.2010 - 10.2014
  • Created high volume of dishes for different size banquets with consistent quality and presentation skills.
  • Delivered items according to customer specifications and with professional plating abilities.
  • Used appropriate cooking methods for different ingredients and dishes and exact recipe directions to achieve optimal taste and texture.
  • Maintained high level of sanitation and safety through cooking and food preparation areas.
  • Memorized and utilized serving portion sizes and all basic meal prep procedures.
  • Kept hot and cold food items stable at appropriate temperatures in compliance with company standards and government regulations, observing sanitation and safety requirements.
  • Operated 2-wheel hand truck loaded with packages or containers on level surfaces or up and down stairs and ramps frequently without allowing loss of delivery product.
  • Assisted with packing and storage of food items, components, and food serving and transportation supplies as required.
  • Received completed orders from kitchen and inventoried order tickets to verify accurate completion of catering orders before loading for delivery.
  • Loaded and unloaded trucks, vans, or automobiles.
  • Read maps and followed written or verbal geographic directions.
  • Received goods from suppliers, rotated products, and maintained safe storage practices to avoid spoilage.
  • Enforced quality, safety and sanitation standards to keep the foodservice operation compliant.
  • Supervised food service workers to keep kitchen moving and provide every customer with hot, fresh meal.
  • Trained and mentored food service workers to achieve maximum team quality and efficiency.
  • Inspected received food items to verify quality, quantity, and freshness of goods received.

Cook/Kitchen Supervisor

LGC Associates
St. Louis, MO
05.2007 - 08.2010
  • Provided friendly and attentive service and exceptional hospitality.
  • Followed all safety and sanitation policies when handling food and beverage to uphold proper health standards.
  • Monitored food preparation and serving techniques to ensure that proper procedures were followed.
  • Directed activities of one or more workers who assisted in preparing and serving meals.
  • Trained new employees.
  • Stocked, organized, and cleaned kitchens and cooking utensils.
  • Inspected and cleaned food preparation areas to ensure safe and sanitary food-handling practices.

Cook/Caterer Father

Daughter & Sons Catering
St. Louis, MO
04.2001 - 02.2007
  • Practiced safe food handling procedures at all times.
  • Verified freshness of products upon delivery.
  • Helped with preparation, set-up, and service for catering events.
  • Cleaned work areas, equipment, utensils, dishes, and silverware.
  • Communicated with other kitchen team members to ensure food was prepared correctly and on time.
  • Maintained kitchen work areas, equipment, and utensils in clean and orderly condition.
  • Observed and tested foods using methods such as tasting, smelling, or piercing them with utensils.
  • Operated large-volume cooking equipment such as grills, deep-fat fryers, and griddles.
  • Provided excellent customer service.
  • Consistently offered professional, friendly and engaging service.
  • Followed all safety and sanitation policies when handling food and beverage to uphold proper health standards.

Food Service Specialist (Cook)

U.S. Army
Fort Bliss, TX
07.1999 - 02.2001
  • Prepared food items consistently and in compliance with recipes, portioning, cooking and waste control guidelines.
  • Verified proper portion sizes and consistently attained high food quality standards.
  • Regularly interacted with guests to obtain feedback on product quality and service levels.
  • Maintained smooth and timely operations in preparation and delivery of meals and kitchen.
  • Properly labeled and stored all raw food ingredients including produce, meat, fish, poultry, dairy and dry goods in the appropriate storage room, walk-in refrigerator, freezer or cooler.
  • Changed and sanitized all cutting boards, benches and surfaces when beginning a new task to avoid cross-contamination.
  • Cooked and served food and meals in accordance with planned menus, diet plans, recipes, portions, temperature control procedures and facility policies.

Education

Certificate in Culinary Arts -

L'Ecole Culinaire-St Louis

Associate - Culinary Arts

L'Ecole Culinaire-St Louis

High School Diploma -

Ritenour Sr. High School
St Louis, MO

Skills

  • Loading and Unloading
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • GPS Navigation
  • 14 & 16 Foot Box Trucks
  • Lift 50 Lbs
  • Customer Relationships
  • Vehicle Inspection
  • Traffic Laws and Regulations
  • Pre-Trip and Post-Trip Inspections
  • Dispatch Communication

Certification

CPR/AED April 2021 to April 2023 Infant/Child/Adult First Aid Certification

Timeline

Delivery Driver/Dispatcher

A Savvy Logistics
08.2021 - Current

Pizza Cook/Grill Cook/Cashier/Prep Cook

BJC West County Hospital
10.2019 - 08.2021

Cook/Child Care Provider

Circle Of Light Daycare Center
10.2017 - 10.2019

Cook/Personal Care Assistant

Deer Valley Home Health Care
04.2017 - 01.2020

Lead Cook/Sous Chef

Simply Seafood LLC
11.2014 - 11.2015

Catering

Food Service Consultants
09.2010 - 10.2014

Cook/Kitchen Supervisor

LGC Associates
05.2007 - 08.2010

Cook/Caterer Father

Daughter & Sons Catering
04.2001 - 02.2007

Food Service Specialist (Cook)

U.S. Army
07.1999 - 02.2001

Certificate in Culinary Arts -

L'Ecole Culinaire-St Louis

Associate - Culinary Arts

L'Ecole Culinaire-St Louis

High School Diploma -

Ritenour Sr. High School

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