Tabitha Ierardi

• Managed Olive Garden kitchen operations and daily food preparation standards.
• Trained culinary staff on Olive Garden recipes, plating, and sanitation practices.
• Supervised inventory control for Olive Garden ingredients, supplies, and storage areas.
• Coordinated kitchen schedules to optimize service flow and meet staffing needs.
• Enforced food safety procedures across Olive Garden prep, cooking, and cleaning tasks.
• Monitored and ensured high standards of dish quality and presentation for guest orders.
• Communicated with front-of-house teams to align Olive Garden meal timing and service.
• Maintained equipment readiness and cleanliness throughout Olive Garden kitchen workspaces.
• Monitored kitchen staff to ensure compliance with company expectations of taste, speed and presentation.
• Led and motivated team members during peak service hours to maintain operational efficiency. by motivating employees during busy periods of service.
• Ordered supplies such as ingredients, kitchen equipment and cleaning materials.
• Ensured proper food safety and sanitation standards were met throughout the kitchen.
• Reconciled daily transactions, balanced cash registers and deposited the restaurant's earnings at bank.

Managed food operations efficiently.

Managed inventory and truck ordering.

• Run a shift of 10 people

• Oversee proper execution of the Baker Training Program.
• Validate and reinforce all bakery standards, specs, procedures with all those designated to bake in a bakery cafe.
• Validated and reinforced bakery standards, specs, and procedures with all designated bakers in the bakery cafe.
• Ensure the quality and integrity of all products, ingredients, and baker's environments are maintained.
• Supported troubleshooting of baking equipment issues.

• Trained new bakers the proper procedures in the training program.

• Ensured adherence to specifications for quality control.

• Assisted in keeping project timelines organized to ensure deadlines were met.

• Provided customer service in a fast-paced environment.

• Assisted in production processes to ensure efficiency.

• Organized catering services for various events.

• Prepared ingredients for cooking in a restaurant setting.

• Brewed coffee and prepared beverages for customers.

• Washed and sanitized dishes in a busy kitchen.