Leo Gaukel

Company Overview: One Michelin starred Korean restaurant

• Maintain Michelin standards while working under high pressure.
• Time spent on various stations honed ability as a well rounded kitchen leader.
• Ensured the highest standards of sanitation practices were met by keeping station tidy, and food at proper temperatures.
• Assisted in training new staff on cooking techniques and kitchen protocols.
• Adapted quickly to new dish changes and constant shifting of recipes.
• Created detailed plans each day for prep and service.
• Precise knife and prep skills such as, trimming meat, preparing vegetables, and making various sauces.

• Company Overview: A Southeast Asian eatery that specializes in Laotian, Thai and Vietnamese culinary
• Assistant manager with leadership skills of managing 5 line cooks and 2 dishwashers.
• Assisted GM with carrying out daily operations
• As ServSafe food manager, ensuring kitchen staff upheld proper sanitation and preparation techniques.
• Precise knife and prep skills such as, trimming meat, preparing various vegetables for stir fry, and making various sauces.
• As sole recipient of food delivery, ensuring all food is delivered at high quality and is promptly and properly stored.
• Ensuring facility maintenance: such as routine cleansing of various stations in the kitchen
• Expediting, overseeing general operation of kitchen timing, ensuring food is delivered to tables at the same time.