Matthew Cory Rush
Murfreesboro, TN 37128
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Objective To acquire an Executive Chef position where my culinary talents
and organizational skills will be useful in dealing with a
variety of clients and situations. I want a James Beard Award.
Experience - Executive Chef, Stones River Country Club, Murfreesboro, TN
December 2006 to present
- maintain an upscale country club kitchen with annual
budget of a million dollars plus
- develop seasonal menus with all natural, organic and
local produce
- monitor staff of 8 chefs, with a banquet and sous chef
- consistently meet or exceed both food and labor costs
- develop banquet menus for weddings and special charity
events
- work with my purveyors to ensure that the best product
is presented to me
- wrote menu booklets for each menu with full
descriptions of each menu item
- Sous Chef, Stones River Country Club, Murfreesboro, TN
April 2005 to November 2006
- in charge of a crew of 6 assistant chefs
- oversee the daily preparations of the lunch and dinner
menus
- responsible for special event menus
- design the nightly specials
- assist the executive chef with inventory control, food
costs, and
scheduling employees
- developed the 2005 dinner Spring Menu
- Sous Chef, Five Senses Restaurant and Bar, Murfreesboro, TN
October 2004 to March 2005
- assisted with the opening and kitchen development of a
fine dining restaurant
- responsible for all plate presentations
- oversaw the daily preparations of the lunch and dinner
menus
- trained the cooking staff
- assisted in menu design and nightly specials
- PM Line Supervisor, Stones River Country Club, Murfreesboro,
TN
April 2004 to September 2004
- oversaw the daily preparations of the dinner menu
- designed the dinner specials
- Executive Chef, B McNeel's Restaurant, Murfreesboro, TN
December 2003 to March 2004
- responsible for the kitchen operations
- developed nightly specials, holiday menus, and wine
tasting menus
- taught two culinary classes at the Discovery Center of
Murfree Springs
- competed in the 2004 Tennessee Pork Contest
- Sous Chef, B McNeel's Restaurant, Murfreesboro, TN
April 2002 to November 2003
- assisted the executive chef with the daily operations of
a fine dining
restaurant
Education University of Mobile, Mobile, AL
- Graduated in December 1999 with a Bachelor of Science in
Sociology with a
minor in History