MOSES BALBASTRO

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Highly Qualified Culinary Director and Corporate Trainer Highly efficient and quality focused in the assembly, cooking, plating and garnishing of food Cooking Experience

Cadence Living, La Sonora, Tucson, AZ

Director of Culinary Experience, February 2022-Present

Design and implement weekly menus

Coordinate all vendor purchases

Manage culinary budget, including monthly reporting and monthly inventory

Manage employee scheduling, hiring, discipline and leave requests

Communicate with residents and staff to ensure nutritional needs are met

Ensure food standards and safety are met

Lead Line Cook, April 2021-February 2022

• Prepared and executed food for breakfast, lunch and dinner service The Canyon Ranch, Tucson, AZ

Lead Line Cook, August 2019-February 2021

• Prepared and executed food for the breakfast and lunch service

• Member of the Opening Team for California Resort Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen, Tucson, AZ

Lead Line Cook & Senior Corporate Trainer, January 2015-July 2019

• Member of the New Restaurant Opening Team

• Lead line cook at Tucson home restaurant

• Traveled nationwide to other Cheddar locations and reinforced company standards, procedures, specs, and recipes

• Traveled nationwide to show support in struggling restaurants

• Trained new hires to meet company standards, expectations and to properly execute recipes

• Cross trained on all stations, including grill, fryer, sauté, pantry, prep and expediting

• Led line cooks to ensure quick ticket times and teamwork Red Lobster, Tucson, AZ

Line Cook, November 2013-April 2015

• Assembled plates for expediting

North Italia, Tucson, AZ

Line Cook, June 2011-January 2014

• Started as a dishwasher and worked up to Line Cook

• Cross trained on all stations, specifically oven, pantry, grill, chacuterie Additional Skills

Fluent in Spanish

Able to lift more than 50lbs and stand for long periods References

Upon request