Frank Purrazzi
Port Chester, NY, 10573
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Objective
I am a Sous chef looking to change his field of expertise, as well as expand my knowledge experiencing new oppertunities.
Experience
October 2013- present
Peekskill brewery
Peekskill, NY
Sous chef
§ Manage the kitchen in chefs absence
§ Make weekly schedule
March 2011- July 2012
Northstar House Pub
Ithaca, NY
Sous Chef
§ Manage dinner service
§ Help create seasonal menu items and everyday specials
§ Place food orders and maintain responsibility in the absence of the executive chef
§ Worked closely with local farmers to purchase produce
May 2012-present
Blue Moon Catering
Ithaca, NY
Sous Chef
§ Help create menu items pertaining to the current event being thrown
§ Manage volunteers and employees working the events
§ Structure and create the kitchens for events
§ Catered music festivals of up to 12000 people
§ Cooked 64000 dollars’ worth of food in 4 days
February 2012-present
Grassroots Music Festival
Miami, FL
Kitchen Manager/Sous Chef
§ Manage festival volunteers cooking in the hospitality kitchen
§ Recreated signature dishes designed by the executive chef unsupervised
§ Organized and prepared kitchens for health department inspections
April 2007-August 2010
The Connection
Ithaca, NY
Kitchen manager
§ Place order and do inventory
§ Manage employees, scheduling, and nightly paper work
§ Oversee the day prep and prepare and bake the restaurants signature dishes
Education
August 2010- January 2011
Kaplan University
Ithaca, NY
Worked on a B.S. in Criminal Justice
§ Finished one semester before deciding to get back into culinary arts
References
References available request