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Palo Alto, California, United States

Prepare and serve breakfast and lunch for 30-90 people living with homelessness five days a week, based on nutrition, budget, and fluctuating inventory. Coordinate and manage inventory from local donors, the food bank, and commercial vendors. Prior to COVID responsibilities also included managing volunteers.

Summary: Freelance recipe developing, editing and testing for an app and on-line recipe source, a major grill manufacturer, a large-scale catering operation, and a James Beard Foundation–recognized pastry chef. These experiences instilled an understanding of cooking at scale, fast pace, importance of precision, working independently, and adapting chef.

San Carlos, CA

Responsible for project and production coordination, resource management, production schedules and trafficking, and creating budget estimates for 15 to 25 projects at a time. Worked with internal teams, external teams, clients, and vendors.

Oakland, CA

In addition to responsibilities as Test Kitchen Manager (outlined below), I also managed Chef Programming at Sunset Celebration Weekend, an annual two-day event with 10,000 attendees. This includes organizing food preparation, talent coordination, and stage management for 32 chefs over two days. In the Sunset office, liaised with a staffing agency for.

Menlo Park, CA

Create editorial content for Sunset.com: recipes, slide shows, social, and other media. Develop, test, and write recipes for a monthly columns and other stories as assigned. Coordinate food preparation for photography. Hire, train, and schedule contract workers. Handle accounts payable for food department. Maintain master schedule to test more than 40.

Menlo Park CA

Prepared recipes created by editors, readers, and freelance recipe developers to ensure that they work as expected. Checked ingredients, quantities, cooking instructions, and timing of each recipe. Took detailed notes and provided feedback to improve recipe quality.