Executive Chef Line Cook
Resume:
ARNOLDO A. CRUZ
(TONY)
STERLING, VA 20164
*********@*******.***
M. 571-***-****
LINKEDIN.COM/IN/ARNOLDO-CRUZ-47120980
OBJECTIVE
I’ve been working in the restaurant field for about 13 years, six years as a line cook working for restaurants like, Ruby Tuesday, Chicago Uno Grill, Olive Garden, Cheesecake Factory.
And I’ve been working as a Kitchen Manager for 6 years now.
Looking for bigger opportunities to grow as a person and also grow in my professional career.
EXPERIENCE
ASST. EXECUTIVE CHEF/ P.F CHANG’S CHINA BISTRO
April 2020 to Present
Unfortunately after we got hit by COVID the company decide to start to closing down some locations, and mine was one of them, thankfully the company allowed me to stay with them but I had to step down to a different position, and here I am now working as the Ass. Executive Chef at P.F. Chang’s located in Fairfax, I keep overseeing the operation of the restaurant and work together with the Executive Chef to control better our numbers to achieve our goals each period, IPLH percentage, Food Cost and Labor Cost are always our targets, I am in charge as well to follow up new hires to make sure they are learning and performing according to our company procedures, making sure they are following our recipes and following all our SOPs.
EXECUTIVE CHEF
April 2019 – April 2020
After six months as an Asst. EC, I got promoted to be the Executive Chef of the restaurant, my goal is to always keep my values and my company values as #1.
As the EC I also work with the FOH, training them and teaching them whenever we have new menu rollouts, also oversee the FOH when the OP or other FOH manager are not in the building, opening and closing FOH is a plus if I can add it to my profile because I can handle both sides of the restaurant.
Food Cost, scheduling, ordering, P&L, Forecasting, are my daily task to work on my basic days to achieve my goals weekly.
Training, hiring, coaching, mentoring, menu rollouts, catering.
My goal its to always delivery the best results for my company.
ASST. EXECUTIVE CHEF/ P.F CHANG’S CHINA BISTRO
October 2018 to March 2019
After working for over a year as a Sr. Sous Chef I got promoted as an Asst. EC for my restaurant, my knowledge and desire to keep growing took me to next level where now I started to look deeper our numbers and work in a different path to get us to the next level, working together with the EC to achieve our goals, IPLH percentage, COGS, Labor, etc.
SR. SOUS CHEF/ P.F CHANG’S CHINA BISTRO
September 2017 to October 2018
Annual Sales Volume: $5+ Million
Supervises 50+ staff members on a weekly basis.
Strives for excellence training staff on, customer service, products, presentation and sanitation.
Reduced labor costs by implementing a streamlined scheduling process.
Energetic leader, willing to get in the trenches when needed and always uses these moments to teach.
KITCHEN MANAGER/ AMERICAN TAP ROOM
September 2015 to September 2017
Annual Sales Volume: $4+ Million
Hired as BOH supervisor & promoted to KM after 6 months of work.
Supervised 50+ staff members on a weekly basis.
Brought food cost down from 30% to 26% increasing overall unit profits.
Exceeded set quarterly sales projection by 25%
Strives for excellence training staff on, customer service, products, presentation and sanitation.
KITCHEN MANAGER/ AGUA Y MANTO (PERU 703)
August 2014 to September 2015
Annual Sales: $1+ Million
Supervised a staff of 25+ employees on a weekly basis.
Worked together with the owner to brought food cost down.
Streamlined ordering/inventory tracking by using vendor specific programs and Microsoft Excel.
Helped the owner to redesigned the menu and reducing food cost by eliminating unnecessary items and improving product accuracy and presentation.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY / LINE COOK
2013 to 2014
OLIVE GARDEN / LINE COOK
2012 to 2013
RUBY TUESDAY / LINE COOK
2011 to 2013
UNO CHICAGO GRILL / LINE COOK
2010 to 2011
SKILLS
Management
Food Cost
Labor Cost Control
Scheduling
Restaurant Openings
Menu Rollouts
Food Safety
Hiring
Training
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
Pantry
Sautee
Grill
Sushi
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