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Los Angeles, California, United States

Plan healthy weekly menus for pick-up or delivery. Menus include vegan, vegetarian, and pescatarian. Prep and cook meals using seasonal, farmer’s market cuisine when available. Bake cakes and pies for special occasions, holidays, or by request. Catering small gatherings such as birthdays, brunches, and cocktail parties – from appetizers to multi-course dinners.

Torrance, California, United States

Edited digital recipes for various cooking products in both the American and Australian markets. Developed recipes to match the standards of the Breville brand. Responsibilities included testing, tasting, analyzing and validating recipes in a test kitchen; editing digital and printed recipe cards and booklets included in product packaging. Editing included proofreading recipes for grammatical, structure and design errors; ensuring that assets are correct; and converting U.S. and metric measurements for worldwide markets. Wrote descriptive copy for branded recipes. Researched and developed a digital food glossary and assisted in creating a recipe style guide. Helped maintain the recipes on the Breville foodthinkers.com website. Collaborated with professional chefs to successfully recreate restaurant recipes for the home cook using various Breville cookware. Assisted with food styling and instructional videos in corporate photography studio based in Australia.

Woodland Hills, Ca

Taught a variety of recreational cooking classes including regional American and global cuisines for an in-house kitchen of a culinary-focused retail store. Class instruction included engaging and hosting guests throughout the class, demonstrating techniques such as knife skills, hands-on cooking guidance with recipes, and answering culinary-related questions. Helped manage kitchen assistants, prepped food, and shopped for ingredients. Other responsibilities included inventory control and retail sales. Supervised assistants and prep cooks to ensure guests had proper equipment, ingredients, and beverages throughout the experience.

Los Angeles, California, United States

Proprietor of a culinary studio offering recreational cooking classes, food events, catering and corporate team building. Taught a variety of culinary classes including knife skills, culinary history and regional and international cuisines. Managed all facets of operating the business including marketing, website design and maintenance, budget, menu design, recipe development, customer service, teaching classes and training staff.

Bank Of America / Business Dining

Responsible for all food and beverage operations in a corporate cafe. Managed all financials including budget development, forecasting, labor, inventory, financial reporting and profit and loss statements utilizing RMS system. Ordered all food and equipment. Acted as the direct liaison with the client. Trained all staff in company standards and expectations. Supervised cooks and assisted in cooking and preparing food as necessary. Maintained kitchen and storage facility in a safe and sanitary condition. Planned and developed new menus and recipes. Scheduled meal production and performed quality control evaluations. Hired, counseled and disciplined staff as necessary.

Anaheim, Ca

Responsible for the operation and food production of 700 student and staff meals daily on four school campuses. Management of twenty kitchen staff including hiring, scheduling, training counseling and disciplining. Volume food production planning. Created weekly menus, developed new recipes, ordered food and equipment. Weekly P&L reports, financial and budgetary accountability. Managed inventory, food and labor costs. Maintained safety and sanitation compliance. Catering for special school and staff events. Liaison to parents and administration.

Associate’S Degree, Culinary Arts And Restaurant Management

Bachelor’S Degree, English Language And Literature, Graduate

Associate Of Arts And Sciences - Aas, Culinary Arts/Chef Training

Associate Of Arts And Sciences - Aas, Culinary Arts/Chef Training

Associate Of Arts And Sciences - Aas, Culinary Arts/Chef Training