Sam Van Dyke
Seattle,WA
Summary
Dynamic cook with varied experience in both FOH and BOH, experienced in fast paced, high volume food service environments. Able to compensate for high workloads via multitasking and communicating with fellow crew to most efficiently output service. A passion for cooking with an intimate knowledge of food safety.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Line/Prep Cook
Boathouse Landing
04.2024 - 07.2024
- Handled fry/grill station simultaneously while keeping line stocked
- Baked breads and made various batters from scratch
- Kept detailed inventory of all kitchen supplies, not just limited to food
- Helped design variable menu for Sunday brunch
- Worked sauté station, including various fish, pasta, and omelettes
- Handled raw meats with proper safety procedure to ensure no cross-contamination
- Accommodated for allergies, ensured fresh cookware and clean line for safety
Line/Prep Cook
Dewey Destin's
01.2024 - 04.2024
- Prepared pans of seafood in anticipation of service and followed all proper safe food handling measures
- Worked grill station and proficiently used both flat-top and gas grill
- Worked expo, coordinating between stations to properly combine food for service
- Worked frying/salad station to keep up sides with every order
- Balanced stations while keeping up with dish-pit, handwashing and dishwasher
- Shucked oysters per order at batter station
- Drove work truck up the road to freezer warehouse to transport supplies for the day
- Handled incoming deliveries and stocked them to the warehouse/walk-in
- Coordinated with FOH to ensure kitchen was properly stocked based on inflow of customers
- Trained new employees in restaurant procedure and workspace flow
Line/Grill Crew
Chipotle
11.2022 - 02.2023
- Worked front line to make personalized orders for customers
- Operated cashier terminal, checking-out customers and keeping cash-till balanced
- Restocked stations and supplies during slower periods between rushes
- Kept inventory of walk-in, and informed grill/prep crew when supplies were low
- Balanced main line with DML (digital-marketing-line) to keep up with online orders, allocating time and food pans as needed for the two stations
- Grilled raw meats with all proper safety procedures
- Prepared hot and cold pans for service, as well as during service if grill/prep crew was falling behind and needed help
- Kept front of house clean and wiped down tables after customers left
Host/Busser/Prep Cook
Darden Restaurants, Olive Garden
03.2022 - 06.2022
- Handled incoming customers, organized seating based on availability and wait staff workload as host
- Coordinated with wait staff and BOH to ensure customer flow could be kept up with
- Validated and verified time slips for wait staff
- Prepared front of house for service and kept clean before opening
- Kept track of customers leaving to coordinate with bussers to quickly and efficiently get tables ready for incoming parties
- Accommodated parties' seating requests and special needs
- Quickly cleaned tables as busser and helped dish-pit crew when kitchenware piled up
- Helped tables with minor needs and requests on the floor when servers were preoccupied
- Prepared iPad systems for tables to allow customers to order themselves, and handled any issues with said interfaces
- Baked bread and prepared soups as BOH prep crew, kept salad bar stocked for servers
- Anticipated needs of line crew and kept their stations stocked during rush
Education
High School Diploma -
Georgia Techinal College System
07-2024
Skills
- Inventory management
- Grilling techniques
- Food Preparation
- Effective prioritization
- Efficient multitasking
- Portion control
- Safe food handling procedures
- Heavy lifting
- Food plating
- Kitchen organization
Certification
- ServSafe Food Handling Certification
- HTML CTE Certification
- CSS CTE Certification
- JavaScript JSE Certification
- PHP W3C Certification
Timeline
Line/Prep Cook
Boathouse Landing
04.2024 - 07.2024
Line/Prep Cook
Dewey Destin's
01.2024 - 04.2024
Line/Grill Crew
Chipotle
11.2022 - 02.2023
Host/Busser/Prep Cook
Darden Restaurants, Olive Garden
03.2022 - 06.2022
High School Diploma -
Georgia Techinal College System
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