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Matthew Hess

Summary

Professional Cook with 20+ years in kitchens. My first job was a dish-washing position, and I haven't veered away from the Industry for any considerable length of time in 20+ years. I have worked every station in many restaurants, hotels, resorts and delis successfully across California, Idaho, and Arizona. 

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Line Cook

Fort St. Station
Boise, Idaho
05.2017 - Current

Preparation and plating of food for service, all shifts

maintaining clean and well-stocked stations. Training of new hires. Regular kitchen and equipment maintenance and cleaning. Here, I do a little bit of everything, including prep and ware-washing, but my main duties are cooking for dinner service on the saute and broiler stations. I close the kitchen 6 nights a week and supervise two other kitchen employees

Lead Line Cook

The Ram, Meridian
Meridian, Idaho
02.2017 - 05.2017

Preparation and plating of food for service, all shifts. Maintaining clean and well-stocked stations. Regular kitchen and equipment maintenance and cleaning. Here, I worked every station, and was responsible for prepping, stocking, and working the grill and fryer stations. The reason why I was there for such a short time period is that the Executive Chef left to open a new restaurant and asked if I would join him, and that is the Fort St. Station, where I am now employed.

Sous Chef

The Oak Barrel of Eagle
Eagle, Idaho
08.2015 - 02.2017

Responsible for preparation and plating of food for service and putting together caterings. In addition, I prepared, stocked and maintained a buffet for Sunday Brunches. Here, my main duty was working the saute and broiler stations for dinner-service, closing the kitchen five nights a week, and supervising three kitchen employees. Responsible for creating soups and nightly specials for a fresh-sheet.

P.M. pantry and fryer cook

The Dish
Boise, Idaho
08.2012 - 08.2015

Preparation and plating of food for dinner-service. Maintaining clean and well-stocked stations. Regular cleaning and maintenance of all kitchen equipment including fryers, ovens, grill, flat-top, salamander, etc, as well as regularly-scheduled deep-cleaning duties. Worked a rotating schedule to include working all stations throughout each week. Pantry was the busiest station on the line, which I worked by myself three nights a week. 

Lead Line Cook

Liquid/Solid
Boise, Idaho
12.2009 - 05.2012

Line cook, all stations, all shifts. All kitchen duties including supervision of two kitchen employees and working a late-night breakfast shift one night a week until 5 a.m. Creation of soups and weekly specials for a fresh-sheet


Education

Skills

*Fast, precise, and efficient line cook

*Professional knife skills

*Good communication skills

*Ability to follow recipes quickly and precisely 

*Excellent multi-tasking skills

*Calm and Professional under pressure/during busy times

*Versatile: ability to work a wide variety of stations including, but not limited to, ware-washing, prep, pantry, fryer, grill/broil, saute, middle/expo, etc

*ability to prepare and plate items very quickly, while maintaining portion and presentation standards

*Always willing and able to assist and encourage co-workers who may be behind/have a lot of tickets/are "in the weeds"

Affiliations

*Chris Hain, Executive Chef at the Grove Hotel

*Mike Gradian, Executive Chef at the Oak Barrel

*Dennis Unzicker, Executive Chef at Solid/Liquid

*Nate Whitley, Executive Chef at Modern


Timeline

Lead Line Cook

Fort St. Station
05.2017 - Current

Lead Line Cook

The Ram, Meridian
02.2017 - 05.2017

Sous Chef

The Oak Barrel of Eagle
08.2015 - 02.2017

P.M. pantry and fryer cook

The Dish
08.2012 - 08.2015

Lead Line Cook

Liquid/Solid
12.2009 - 05.2012

Matthew Hess