DAVID P. COLEMAN
Cantonment, FL 32533
**********@*****.***
Overview More than fifteen years of professional cooking and four
years kitchen management experience with excellent
leadership qualities and professionalism.
Education & Le Cordon Bleu Orlando Culinary Academy, Orlando, FL
Qualifications A.A.S. in Culinary Arts
Summa Cum Laude
Professional Artissimo, 104 South Palafox Place, Pensacola, 8/09 -
Experience FL 850-***-**** 5/10
SOUS CHEF
Taking inventory and ordering product
Opening kitchen and preparing it for service
Preparing foods
Closing down kitchen
Resolving problems as they arise
Dexter's, 950 Market Promenade Ave, Lake Mary, 4/07 -
FL 407-***-**** 6/09
SOUS CHEF
Managing and supervising a kitchen staff of six
to twelve people
Creating nightly entr e and appetizer specials
Creating a tapas menu
Expediting and maintaining quality control of
food leaving the kitchen
Taking inventory and ordering product
Opening kitchen and preparing it for service
Closing down kitchen and checking stations
before cooks leave
Resolving problems as they arise
McGuire's Management Group, Pensacola, FL (850) 1/06 -
433-6789 4/07
KITCHEN MANAGER
Managing and supervising a kitchen staff of five
to nine people
Expediting and maintaining quality control of
food leaving the kitchen
Closing down kitchen, checking cooks stations
and sending employees home at appropriate times
Resolving problems as they arise
Mustin Beach Officer's Club, NAS Pensacola, FL 4/02 -
850-***-**** 4/04
COOK
Opening the line in the morning
Frying and grilling foods
Preparing foods for special events and large
parties
Cleaning and washing dishes
Perdido Key Oyster Bar, Perdido Key, FL (850) 3/01 -
492-5600 1/02
COOK
Opening and preparing station for service
Frying, grilling and preparing foods
Cleaning
Gulf Coast Pools & Spa, Pensacola, FL 7/00 -
3/01
POOL CLEANER
Checking pH levels and adding chemicals as
needed
Cleaning pools
Checking equipment
Charlie's Catfish House, Pensacola, Florida 8/99
-7/00
COOK
Frying, grilling and preparing foods
Opening the kitchen and preparing it for service
Closing and cleaning the kitchen
W.B. Wood Company, Pensacola, Florida 2/98 -
4/99
DELIVERY DRIVER
Delivering and hooking up appliances
Communicating with customers and collecting
payments
Red Lobster, Pensacola, Florida 5/96 -
2/98
LINE COOK
Frying, grilling, broiling and preparing foods
Closing and cleaning the station at night
Denny's Restaurant, 7053 Pensacola Blvd, 3/94 -
Pensacola, Florida 5/96
SHORT ORDER COOK
Cooking and preparing foods
Unloading delivery truck
Cleaning the line at end of shift
References Justin Venezia
Executive Chef
Dexter's
Ian I. Barber
Executive Chef
Crabs We Got 'Em
Wanda Stuck
Office Manager
E.B. Williams Construction