Porfirio Henson
*********@*****.***
EXECUTIVE CHEF
Specializing in American, Italian, French and Continental Fine-Dining Cuisine
Dynamic, Results-Oriented, and Team-Spirited
Overview More than twenty years of professional cooking and kitchen
management experience. Exemplify leadership qualities and
professionalism.
Areas of Chef designation
Expertise Executive/Sous-Chef experience
Line Cook
Training and development specialist; teaching instructor
Successful catering experience (1,200+ people)
Maximizing kitchen productivity and staff performance
Professional KJ'S Helping Hands 10/2005-3/20
Experience General Cleaning or deep cleaning 09
Sweeping, mopping, dusting, polishing,
organizing.
Carpet shampooing, window cleaning, waxing
floors and vacuuming.
Stripping, Buffing/waxing floors and flood
clean-up
3/2006-4/200
Cliff breakers Hotel Rockford, Illinois 5*/5* 6
Line Cook
Prepared both hot and cold items cooking,baking
and grilling
Assist Chef, Master cook, cooks, and pantry
workers and helpers as needed in execution of
service.
Experience with food production for large
catering or banquet functions
Assisted in maintaining dry, cold and frozen
food storage in a neat, orderly and sanitary
condition.
Complied with standard safety and sanitation
standards and procedures in all food handling,
preparation, cleaning, sanitation and
organization of kitchen, fixtures, storage
facilities and dining hall
Ablest Staffing 2/2006-9/200
Rockford Illinois 6
Janitorial/Assembler/Hand buffing, grinding
Deep cleaning.
Sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, buffing, waxing
floors. Stripping floors
Clean parking lots, dump & clean garbage cans
stock supplies.
Read blue prints, assembly and & salt spreaders.
Assembly parts to motors
Hand buffing parts to shine.
Grinding out nicks or repair apart.
Diamond Head grinder, manual grander.
The Park At Golf Mill Nursing Home, Chicago, 7/2005-6/200
Illinois 6
Chef/Line Cook/Supply Tech
prepared and cook meats, fish, poultry, gravies,
cereals, soup, vegetables and other foods in an
facilities setting during assigned shift using
food safety practices and approved recipes for
menu items
Plan menu, assure quality control, and minimize
waste.
3/2002-6/200
Popeyes Chicken Chicago. Illinois 4
Cook
Prepped food.
Stocked Supplies Managed back house operations.
Ensured that high standards of sanitation and
cleanness are maintained throughout the kitchen
areas at all times.
Oversaw food inventory by monitoring proper food
temperature, rotating and storing food properly.
CHEF - FOOD PRODUCTION FACILITY 9/1989 -
Managed 15 people and oversaw production of 11/1990
high-volume establishment for restaurant
specializing in French cuisine.
Education & A.A.S Culinary Arts, Chicago, Illinois
Qualifications Graduate: CERTIFIED CHEF
3/1984-6/1986
Washburne Trade School-Chef, Chicago, Illinois
Graduate: Prep Cook Certificate
11/1985- 6/1987