SIMON L. HOWARD
***** ****** **** #* ***********, Florida 32303
Phone: 321-***-**** Email: *************@*****.*** Educational Qualification:
Associate of Science Culinary Arts
Keiser University, Tallahassee, Florida
Completion Date: July 2007
Areas of Expertise:
Restaurant Management • Backroom Inventory • Good decision-making and judgment capabilities. Ability to manage others. • The ability to identify and solve complex problems. • Good reading comprehension skills. Superb coordination skills and the ability to adjust one’s actions in relation to others’ actions. Effective logic, reasoning and critical thinking skills. • Effective writing, speaking, and active listening skills. Microsoft Office Suite: Works, Word, Excel, Access, and Power Point. Professional Expertise:
Governors Club Tallahassee, Florida December 2016 – Present Banquet Chef
Organizing private parties for club members.
Preparations include hors d'oeuvres, fruit platters, and vegetable displays.
Dinner preparations include plated dinners, carving and pasta stations, and carving displays.
Duties also include maintaining sanitary work stations. Andrew’s Capital Grill & Bar Tallahassee, Florida May 2016 – December 2016 Sauté Cook
Manages station in the restaurant line and performs side work. The primary focus includes:
Cooking and preparing customer orders
Maintaining a clean and sanitized work area and cooking station. Major areas of responsibility included, but were not limited to:
Preparing original pastas made from scratch.
Operating restaurant equipment and maintaining cost effective operations Waffle House, Inc. Midway, Wildwood, and Tampa, Florida June 2009 - March 2010 and May 2012 – May 2016 Master Grill Operator
Managed and supervised operations in the fulfillment of a short order cook. The primary focus includes:
Organizing and arranging cooked foods
Performing at all duty stations including Fry Griddle, Pantry, Flat Top, and cooking eggs Major areas of responsibility include, but are not limited to:
Train and develop team members to the expected performance and certification levels
Maintaining a cost effective operation
Moon Fish Restaurant Orlando, Florida March 2010 - May 2012 Sauté Cook
Manages station in the restaurant line and performs side work. The primary focus includes:
Cooking/Preparing Customer Orders
Maintaining a clean and sanitized work area and cooking station. Major areas of responsibility included, but were not limited to:
Setting up station for service by bringing all necessary items to the line - Sauté, fry and grill food items
Operating restaurant equipment to chop vegetables and make sauces
Preparing items for other stations and special events
Focus on accuracy, presentation, cleanliness and timing SIMON L. HOWARD
15229 Pullen Road #2 Tallahassee, Florida 32303
Phone: 321-***-**** Email: *************@*****.*** Page 2
Tallahassee Memorial Hospital Tallahassee, Florida October 2007 - January 2008 Dietician
Provided medical and nutritional therapy to patient populations. The primary focus includes:
Providing nutrition assessment
Modifying diet formulation for patients
Major areas of responsibility included, but were not limited to:
Develop meal plans, taking both cost and clients’ preferences into account
Evaluate the effects of meal plans and change the plans as needed References provided upon request.