Manuel Vazquez
Glendale,AZ
Summary
Experienced culinary professional with a strong background in menu design and food cost control. Developed and implemented inventory systems to enhance quality control and streamline daily operations. Supervised kitchen staff to ensure consistency in food preparation and adherence to safety standards. Demonstrated effective leadership by training team members and maintaining high standards of food hygiene and sanitation.
Overview
1
1
Certification
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Executive sushi chef
Oriental Jade Restaurant
Long Beach, CA
07.2019 - Current
- Design and develope menu
- Design and control food cost
- Order fish
- Cut fish
- Traing other cooks
- Inventory /organizing/ create system to control food cost and quality control
Head Chef
Fujis hamburguers
Huntington Beach, California
08.2017 - 03.2026
Check dayly operations
Opening and supervising stations
Control and orginazing line cooks
Supervised concistency and quality of ingredients
Report to owner
Head chef
Kobe Japanese
Seal Beach, CA
02.2002 - 03.2016
- Cut fish
- Order fish
- Attend costumers at sushi bar
- Improving new items at menu
Assistant chef
Spaghettini
Seal Beach, CA
02.2007 - 03.2012
- Assistant chef
- Ordering
- Line cooking
- Inventory/organizing systems /scheduling
Education
High school diploma -
Cerritos College
Cerritos, CASkills
- Cooking
- Dietary department experience
- Japanese
- Driving
- Food safety
- Sanitation
- Organizational skills
- Attention to detail
- Cash register
- Clean workspace maintenance
- Sushi
- Restaurant management
- Basic knife skills
- Food sanitation practices
- Teamwork
- BRUNCH MENU
- Grilling
- SUSHI VEGAN SUSHI MEXICAN CUISINE ITALIAN CUISINE CHINESE CUISINE FUSION AND TRENDING
- Meal preparation
- Leadership
- Cash handling
- Seafood
- Collaboration
- Cost control
- Team management
- TERIYAKY TEMPURA YAKISOBA UDON
- Customer service
- Vegan sushi creation
- Food hygiene
- Chef
- Guest relations
- Supervising experience
- STEAKS
- Food industry
- Kitchen management
- Food preparation
- Management
- Food service
- Kitchen experience
- Bussing
- Italian cuisine
- Food handling
- Culinary experience
- Restaurant experience
- Japanese cuisine
- Microsoft Office
- Serving
- Cleaning
- Meat cutting
- Dishwashing
- Time management
- Communication skills
- Knife skills
- Menu development
- Food cost control
- Fish procurement
- Quality control
Certification
ServSafe, Food Handler Certification January 2023 to May 2026, ServSafe Food Manager Certification, ServSafe Food Handler Certification
Timeline
Executive sushi chef
Oriental Jade Restaurant
07.2019 - Current
Head Chef
Fujis hamburguers
08.2017 - 03.2026
Assistant chef
Spaghettini
02.2007 - 03.2012
Head chef
Kobe Japanese
02.2002 - 03.2016
High school diploma -
Cerritos College