Edward Bickel

Very Passion award winning chef

Tucson, AZ 85730

ady4os@r.postjobfree.com

+1-520-***-****

Authorized to work in the US for any employer

Work Experience

Head Chef/Owner

American Flying Buffalo - Tucson, AZ

June 2016 to Present

Chef, owner of award winning food trailer

Travel and setup for large events, personal or public Created menu, pricings, prepped, cook, clean, teach, organize, great with people and communication skills. Will always lead by example

Won Best Wings in Tucson, from The Easter Seals Foundation, Vote Top Ten Burger in the Nation, from a online Gourmet Magazine, Nominated one of the Best Food Trailer in Tucson, 4 years in a row! Won people's choice award out of 56 cooks for Best Chili in large Chili Cook-Off. Also written about my food several times in the Tucson News Papers! Thank you for your consideration!

Eddie Bickel

American Flying Buffalo

Chef

Upper Crust Food Service - Tucson, AZ

Present

House chef for TKE fraturity

University of Arizona

Head Chef

MARSHALL HOME FOR MEN - Tucson, AZ

March 2010 to July 2015

Managed kitchen for marshall home elderly men. I

Cooked, prepped, clean, ordered, inventory and all other aspects of kitchen management required to serve the gentlemen, breakfast, lunch and dinner 7 days a week. Head Chef/Kitchen Manager

Mesquite Tree Restaurant - Sierra Vista, AZ

June 1988 to May 1991

Mesquite Tree Restaurant was voted Best Steak House 3 years in a row while I was there. Serving seafood, prime rib, steaks, burgers and baby back ribs and many food items, like pastas, salads, appetizers and dessert

Education

High school diploma in General Studies

Buena High School - Sierra Vista, AZ

March 1972 to May 1984

Skills

• Computer skills (10+ years)

• Culinary Experience (10+ years)

• Menu Planning (10+ years)

• Catering (10+ years)

• Labor Cost Analysis (10+ years)

• Meal Preparation (10+ years)

• Supervising Experience (10+ years)

• Profit & Loss (10+ years)

• Banquet Experience (10+ years)

• Teaching (10+ years)

• Purchasing (10+ years)

• Food Safety (10+ years)

• Kitchen Management Experience (10+ years)

• Human Resources

• Management

• Pricing (10+ years)

• Leadership (10+ years)

• Food Production (10+ years)

• Cooking (10+ years)

• Inventory Control (10+ years)

• Restaurant Experience (10+ years)

• Senior Care (10+ years)

• Merchandising

• Microsoft Office (10+ years)

• Delivery Driver Experience (3 years)

• Restaurant Management (10+ years)

• Dietary department experience

• Team management (10+ years)

• Shift management

• Food preparation

• Food management

• Food service management

• Kitchen experience

• Food industry

• Serving

• Kitchen management

• Food service

• Food handling

• Forecasting

• POS

• Cleaning Experience

• Employee Orientation

• Retail Sales

• Budgeting

Certifications and Licenses

Food Handler Certification

Assessments

Cooking skills: Basic food preparation — Proficient September 2022

Preparing food, using cooking equipment, and converting ingredient measurements Full results: Proficient

Work style: Reliability — Proficient

November 2022

Tendency to be reliable, dependable, and act with integrity at work Full results: Proficient

Indeed Assessments provides skills tests that are not indicative of a license or certification, or continued development in any professional field.

Additional Information

As a passion chef I won people's choice award from a chili cooking contest in Tombstone, Az. out of 56 cooks.

I won the Best Tasting Wings in Tucson from the Easter Seal Foundation contest. I was Voted top 10 Burger in the nation through a gourmet magazine contest. Nominated One of the Best Food Truck four years in a row, from the Tucson Citizen magazine. On my Food trailer, we're at a 4.8 stars out of 5 stars I am a very passionate, confident person, who leads by example with great communication skills and a hands on approach. I have experience with serving, bartending, dishwasher, Prepping, menu planning, labor cost, food cost, catering, banquets, buffets, fast pace restaurants and large events! Experience in both the front and back of house in all forms of dinning! With over 20 years of culinary experience, I would love to be a great asset to a company that awards and promotes from within! Thank you, Eddie Bickel

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