LINCOLN PERRY
East Lansing,MI
Summary
Versatile culinary professional with extensive experience across high-volume kitchens, including roles at fine dining restaurants like Capital Prime, Kindered Table and Black Label Tavern. Excelled in sauté and grill stations, mastering food safety and health code compliance, while staying coolheaded and intentional on the line. I am known for reliability, quick learning, and a positive attitude. I am skilled in seafood and meat preparation and adept at working with teams to achieve peak performance. I am also a very creative cook who can help to enhance a menu or menus or specials while keeping low food costs into account.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Grill Chef
Crowne Plaza Lansing West - Kindered Table
Lansing, MI
10.2025 - Current
- Worked with a brand new team to open the restaurant “Kindered Table”, putting together the process that we would continue to maximize efficiency as a team.
- Grilled meats and seafood to customer specifications.
- Worked on recipe design to create multiple dishes that were incorporated to the menu, preparing clear, proper and correct recipes for others to follow while also keeping food costs low.
- Prepared multiple orders simultaneously during peak periods with high accuracy rate, maximizing customer satisfaction, and repeat business.
- Trained new staff in proper food preparation, storage, use of kitchen equipment and sanitation.
- Learned multiple stations on the line, being able to multitask and work on multiple dishes simultaneously.
Lead Sauté Line Cook
Capital Prime
East Lansing, MI
08.2024 - 09.2025
- Cooked sauces from scratch including cheese sauces, burblonquk, alioli's and other pan sauces.
- Maintained a clean environment consistently keeping my station clean and deep cleaning stations consistently.
- Cooked fish, shrimp, crab, mussels, and calamari to temp as well as chicken and beef.
- Helped create creative new dishes and features for the menu.
- Set up and maintained saute station to the satisfaction of my chef and kitchen operations.
- Maintained neat appearance and clean uniform to project professionalism to customers.
Sauté Line Cook
Black Label Tavern
Milford, MI
12.2023 - 08.2024
- Sauteed and seasoned meats, pastas and vegetables to customer taste preference.
- Prepared sauces and garnishes to complement sauteed menu items.
- Adhered to safety procedures for operating and cleaning kitchen tools and machinery to avoid injury.
- Covered, dated, rotated and properly stored food items to preserve quality and freshness.
- Leveraged scales, dishes and ladles to monitor portion control.
- Notified kitchen manager of shortages to maintain inventory.
Butcher/Counter Clerk
The Village Butcher Shoppe
Milford, MI
09.2020 - 11.2021
- Maintained and stocked display cases by transporting wrapped products from work area or cooler to display cases.
- Worked the counter, keeping a positive mentality and being friendly while making sales to customers.
- Verified proper inventory levels, product quality, and freshness to prevent sale of spoiled products.
- Butchered many different proteins like poultry, fish and meat products, preparing them to the customers preferences in size or weight.
- Used boning knife, skewers and twine to shape, lace, and tie roasts.
- Performed meat inspections and checked temperature environment to maximize food safety.
Education
Highschool diploma - undefined
Milford High School
Skills
- Food safety standards
- Health code compliance
- Cleaning and sanitizing
- High-volume orders and preparation
- Sauté, fry and grill stations
- Menu memorization
- Plating and presentation
- Cutting and slicing techniques
- Reliability
- Shellfish and seafood preparation
- Kitchen safety
- Knife skills
- Grill mastery
- Ingredient knowledge
- Food presentation
- Meat preparation
- Menu development
- Sauce making
- Recipe creation
- Temperature control
- Seafood grilling
- Special dietary requirements
- Food cost control
- Quick-learning
- Strong work ethic
- Willing to learn
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Customer service
Certification
Has been ServSafe certified twice
Has watched many courses online about food and being a cook
Timeline
Grill Chef
Crowne Plaza Lansing West - Kindered Table
10.2025 - Current
Lead Sauté Line Cook
Capital Prime
08.2024 - 09.2025
Sauté Line Cook
Black Label Tavern
12.2023 - 08.2024
Butcher/Counter Clerk
The Village Butcher Shoppe
09.2020 - 11.2021
Highschool diploma - undefined
Milford High School