Argel Campos Alvarado

Adress.

Street: Batallon de San Blas 474 A.

Guadalajara Jal. Mexico.

Cel. 331-***-****

E: acp8io@r.postjobfree.com

Facebook: Tooge Campos

PERSONAL SUMMARY

A highly motivated and capable professional cook with a real passion for preparing

popular, healthy and nutritious meals. Having a ‘hands on’ approach to all areas of the

kitchen and possessing excellent organisational skills and administrative skills. A quick

learner who can effortlessly fit into a existing established environment, and also

encourage junior staff to achieve their best when preparing meals.

Looking for a immediate start and to join a busy and successful team where I can fulfill

my potential and further advance an already successful career.

CAREER HISTORY

Red lobster restaurant

COOK - Julio 2013 - Present

Working in a busy and popular restaurant and routinely having to cook for up to 500

diners every night. Head kitchen on my shift kitchen team.

Duties:

• Cooking and preparing a variety of fresh nutritious midday meals and other

refreshments.

• Supervising food service assistants and kitchen staff, organising their daily duties

and monitoring performance.

• Ensuring that appropriate levels of hygiene and cleanliness are maintained in the

kitchen.

• Washing, cutting and preparing food before it is cooked.

• Taking into account the wishes of clients when planning of menus.

• Making sure good nutritional standards are maintained when preparing meals.

• Making sure that all food at point of delivery is of the highest quality.

• Enquiring is any clients have allergies and then cooking meals accordingly.

• Responsible for high standards of food, hygiene, and heath and safety.

• Keeping an eye on the temperature of cookers and roasters.

• Constantly checking the quality of the food being served to customers.

• In charge of stock control for the freezers, pantries and store rooms.

• Encouraging junior staff in their training and development. .

• Controlling stock rotation to ensure the kitchen and larder are always well

stocked.

• Preparing hamburgers, fresh food, fried chickens, steaks, pizzas etc.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Cooking competencies:

• Working for a third part of my life in the food industry (11 years of expirience in

kitchen).

• Mexican, sea food, italian, canadian and mediterranean food expirience.

• Experience working in a diferent country (Canada), for almost 5 years and being

rehired for 3 diferent times with (work visa) in the kitchen industry and learning

diferent cook skills.

• Full knowledge of the Statutory Regulations contained in the Health & Safety at

Work Act.

• Comprehensive understanding of Food Hygiene Regulations.

• Experience of high volume catering in a busy work place.

• Detailed knowledge of seasoning and recipes.

• Fully conversant with various cooking methods like boiling, baking, roasting,

grilling, frying, steaming and more.

Personal:

• Maintaining personal and professional development to meet the changing

demands of the job.

• Eager to see a diferent culture and learn more about they,re gastronomy

• Able to work as part of a team.

• Relaxed personality with excellent communication skills.

• Eager to learn new recipes and cooking techniques.

KEY COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

Cleanliness

Food preparation

Attention to detail

Target driven

Punctual

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Five semesters in university of guadalajara 2004 – 2007

Certificate in Basic Food Hygiene

Certifed by Red lobster restaurat as a profesional trainer and profesional culinary in

Mexico.

Certifed by Smittys restaurant as trainer in Canada.

A levels: Maths (C) English (C) Physics (B)

REFERENCES - Available on request.

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