Elaina Nicholson
City of Refuge Culinary Arts Intern
Lithonia, GA 30038
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Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
Crew Member
Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. - Lithonia, GA November 2019 to Present
Making sandwiches on the line
City of Refuge Culinary Arts Intern
Atlanta Job Corp -Culinary Arts - Atlanta, GA
July 2010 to November 2014
I finished with a culinary degree
Education
High school or equivalent
Covington Academy
May 2011
Skills
• Culinary Experience
• Banquet Experience
• Catering
• Cooking
• Basic Math
• Customer Service
• Phone Etiquette
• Restaurant Experience
• Busser
• Microsoft Word
• POS
• Kitchen Experience
• Maintenance (3 years)
• Kitchen Management Experience
• Food Preparation
• Retail Sales
• Host/Hostess
• Food Production
• Food Safety
• Inventory Control
• Restaurant Management
• Menu Planning
• Food service
• Restaurant experience
• Kitchen management
• Cooking
• Menu planning
Certifications and Licenses
Security
January 2005 to Present
Additional Information
• Developed interpersonal and communication skills, having dealt with a diversity of professionals, clients, and staff members.
• Self-motivated: able to set effective priorities to achieve immediate and long-term goals and meet operational deadlines.
• Adapt easily to new concepts and responsibilities.
• Function well independently and as a team member, respond best in fast-paced, high pressure environment.
Tools and Technology:
• Commercial use cutlery-knives
• Commercial use ovens-brick ovens; Commercial cooking ovens
• Commercial use food choppers or cubers or dicers- Choppers; dicers
• Commercial use grill- Grills
• Cappuccino or espresso machines- cappuccino machines; espresso machines
• Commercial use blenders- blenders
Tasks:
• Clean and sanitize work areas, equipment, utensils, dishes, or silverware.
• Store food in designated containers and storage areas to prevent spoilage.
• Prepare a variety of foods, such as meats, vegetables, or desserts, according to customers or orders or supervisors instructions, following approved procedures.
• Take and record temperature of food and food storage areas, such as refrigerated storage cabinets.
• Portion and wrap the food, or place it directly on plates for service to patrons,
• Weigh or measure ingredients.
• Mix ingredients for green salads, molded fruit salads, vegetable salads, and pasta salads. Skills:
• Active listening- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at the inappropriate times.
• Monitoring- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or to take corrective action.
• Speaking- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Coordination- Adjusting actions in relations to others' actions.
• Time Management- Managing one's owns time and the time of others.
• Critical Thinking- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.