KAAN METIN

ad3z10@r.postjobfree.com, (310-***-**-**, Marina Del Rey, CA

Efficient, creative and hardworking chef with over 10 years experience in Contemporary, Mediterranean, Vegan/Vegetarian and Italian cuisine. I’m now looking to work as a Chef to drive remarkable experiences or to work with a well known Chef to enhance productivity and quality. EXPERIENCE

Private Chef Istanbul

09/2022 - 12/2023

● Worked as a private chef serving influential clients, preparing and cooking for parties, gatherings and events in various settings.

AYA & SUKI London, UK

Head Chef

09/2019 – 09/2020

● Preparing and cooking food, adhering carefully to portion and quality control standards

● Ensuring the kitchen is able to produce food to match demand, maintaining consistency and high standards

● Assisting management in sourcing the best suppliers, keeping under constant review the pricing and quality of all ingredients and supplies and ensuring that invoices accurately reflect orders

● Creating and maintaining lists of suppliers, including ordering details and contacts

● Minimizing and recording food waste and adhering to management policies on waste and recycling, sharing the goal of a sustainable kitchen environment

● Keeping other necessary standards and paperwork in order to satisfy the requirements of Environmental Health

● Creating and suggesting dishes to introduce to the menu and training staff in their preparation and presentation as required

● Assisting in training front of house staff on food and menu items, ingredients and allergens

● Creating and maintaining a detailed recipe folder, including plating instructions and photos to illustrate dish presentation, as well as an allergens table OKLAVA by Selin Kazim London, UK

Chef de Partie

06/2019 – 09/2019

● Operated sauté, grill station, flatbread and pastry station

● Prepared all food items in the restaurant with lunch and dinner services BUTCHER’S DAUGHTER Venice, CA

Sous Chef

08/17 – 12/17 Los Angeles, USA

● Operated the sauté, grill station, salad and starters station

● Prepared all vegetarian/vegan food items in the restaurant with breakfast, lunch and dinner services

KAAN METIN

ad3z10@r.postjobfree.com, (310-***-**-**, Marina Del Rey, CA FLOWER CHILD Santa Monica, CA

Line Cook

08/17 – 12/17 Los Angeles, USA

● Operated the wok and wrap station and salad station

● Prepared all food items in the restaurant

THE CURIOUS PALATE Santa Monica, CA

Line Cook

06/17 - 09/17 Los Angeles, USA

● Prepared all food items in the restaurant with lunch and dinner services

● Operated the fryer and cooked meats on the grill, salad and starters station Guitar & Music Teacher

06/14- Present

● Blues, Rock, Pop, Fingerstyle/Acoustic, Jazz guitar teaching experience for all levels.

● Fretless guitar and Turkish maqam music/styles

● Music Theory, Ear Training, Sight Reading

● Ableton Live, Sibelius, Logic, Pro Tools

● Performed as Guitarist with bands including Shaqdi, Lara di Lara and Mr. Minia EDUCATION

2018-2019 SOAS UNIVERSITY OF LONDON London, UK

Master of Music Performance

2012-2013 ISTANBUL KADIR HAS UNIVERSITY/ CHEFSCHOOL ISTANBUL Istanbul Professional Chef School French/Turkish/Italian/World Cuisine 2011-2016 ISTANBUL BILGI UNIVERSITY Istanbul

Music Theory/Composition/Recording Arts/ Sound Design/ Music History SKILLS

Computer:MS Office (Word, Powerpoint), Ableton Live, Adobe Photoshop/Premiere, Logic Certificates:Advanced English Language Education (University of Southern California),

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