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Fabian Andrey Ocampo Cruz

Harrisdale,WA

Summary

Hardworking Kitchen Hand known for handling support tasks, mopping floors, maintaining food safety and restocking pantry items. Considered motivated and efficient worker. Eager Kitchen Hand known for cleaning workstations, handling dish washing duties and monitoring inventory. Well-trained to keep kitchen well-stocked and ready for busy mealtimes. Considered motivated employee with positive attitude. Hardworking and enthusiastic chef trained in every facet of successful work. Stays on top of current and expected demands, quickly realigning tasks to handle needs. Dedicated to first-rate communication and team success.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Cook

NH Urban Royal 26
09.2021 - 01.2024
  • Consistently met my short and long-term targets
  • Handled customer complaints with empathy and composure
  • Proactively participated in meetings and helped create new practices
  • Answered calls, responded to emails, and spoke with clients face-to-face
  • Processed a range of documentation and entered information into databases
  • Trained, coached, and supervised new staff members
  • Pitched ideas on how to improve performance and efficiency
  • Helped management to identify workflow issues and find solutions
  • Supervised and delegated tasks to a team of [12] people
  • Efficiently prepared exceptional and healthy appetizers as well as fish, meats, and vegetable-based dishes
  • Instructed new staff in the proper handling of food, utensils, crockery, and kitchen equipment to ensure conformance to the department of health's stringent sanitation regulations
  • Identified problem areas in occupational health and safety as well as local authority hygiene standards and promptly executed the proper remedial measures
  • Served as the floor manager and assisted the head chef in orienting new junior chefs.
  • Ensured adherence to dietary restrictions like gluten-free or vegan options without compromising taste or presentation.
  • Adhered to recipe guidelines while demonstrating creativity in plating and garnishing dishes for enhanced visual appeal.

Chef/ Tecnológico del sur school

Bogota
07.2019 - 05.2020
  • Interviewed candidates for wait staff and junior chef positions
  • Served as the floor manager and assisted the head chef in orienting new junior chefs
  • Preparing ingredients daily including washing, chopping, dicing, marinating, slicing, etc
  • Responsible for various stations including salads, meats, vegetables, pasta
  • Working the inventory including advising on low stocks
  • Receiving orders and moving supplies
  • Cleaning thoroughly and complying with the highest hygiene standards
  • Preparing large volumes of meals for local people in need (weekly commitment)
  • Receiving and prepping ingredients from local shops and supermarkets
  • Training and supervising new volunteers
  • Managing stock and inventory
  • Serving meals when needed.

Kitchen assistant / Cinemark

Bogota
02.2019 - 06.2019
  • Handled customer complaints with empathy and composure
  • Answered calls, responded to emails, and spoke with clients face-to-face
  • Trained, coached, and supervised new staff members
  • Helped management to identify workflow issues and find solutions
  • Proactively participated in meetings and helped create new practices
  • Receiving orders and moving supplies
  • Working the inventory including advising on low stocks
  • Responsible for various stations including salads, meats, vegetables, pasta
  • Preparing ingredients daily including washing, chopping, dicing, marinating, slicing, etc
  • Preparing large volumes of meals for local people in need (weekly commitment)
  • Receiving and prepping ingredients from local shops and supermarkets
  • Managing stock and inventory
  • Serving meals when needed
  • Hiring and training new staff (both permanent and seasonal)
  • Overseeing kitchen operations including food preparation, orders, and inventory management
  • Making sure that staff follows food handling and safety guidelines
  • Cooking for events of up to 130 covers
  • Led team members on operations, procedures, and methods of preparing and presenting sushi products
  • Created a lively atmosphere by ensuring each customer enjoyed an exceptional service
  • Prepared and cooked different types of seafood for special functions
  • Assisted with the development of a handmade pasta department, including equipment acquisitions, recipe development, and product testing
  • Furnished classic pizza recipes, such as Margherita, supreme, veggie, and Hawaiian; created unique offerings, including dessert and seafood pizzas.

Chef / La Paz Clinic

Bogota
08.2018 - 02.2019
  • Interviewed candidates for wait staff and junior chef positions
  • Served as the floor manager and assisted the head chef in orienting new junior chefs
  • Identified problem areas in occupational health and safety as well as local authority hygiene standards and promptly executed the proper remedial measures
  • Instructed new staff in the proper handling of food, utensils, crockery, and kitchen equipment to ensure conformance to the department of health's stringent sanitation regulations
  • Efficiently prepared exceptional and healthy appetizers as well as fish, meats, and vegetable-based dishes
  • Initiated and maintained beneficial relationships with vendors
  • Collaborated with colleagues to make unique meals in a fast-paced environment
  • Collaborated with colleagues to facilitate outside catering and banquet functions
  • Cleaning thoroughly and complying with the highest hygiene standards
  • Serving meals when needed
  • Managing stock and inventory
  • Training and supervising new volunteers
  • Receiving and prepping ingredients from local shops and supermarkets
  • Receiving orders and moving supplies
  • Working the inventory including advising on low stocks
  • Responsible for various stations including salads, meats, vegetables, pasta
  • Preparing ingredients daily including washing, chopping, dicing, marinating, slicing, etc.

Kitchen hand /Casino ¨ El Tiempo – Airport

Bogota
07.2017 - 02.2018
  • Preparing ingredients daily including washing, chopping, dicing, marinating, slicing, etc
  • Responsible for various stations including salads, meats, vegetables, pasta
  • Working the inventory including advising on low stocks
  • Receiving orders and moving supplies
  • Cleaning thoroughly and complying with the highest hygiene standards
  • Preparing large volumes of meals for local people in need (weekly commitment)
  • Receiving and prepping ingredients from local shops and supermarkets
  • Training and supervising new volunteers
  • Managing stock and inventory
  • Serving meals when needed.

Kitchen hand /Casino ¨ El Tiempo – Airport

Bogota
07.2017 - 02.2018
  • Preparing ingredients daily including washing, chopping, dicing, marinating, slicing, etc
  • Responsible for various stations including salads, meats, vegetables, pasta
  • Working the inventory including advising on low stocks
  • Receiving orders and moving supplies
  • Cleaning thoroughly and complying with the highest hygiene standards
  • Preparing large volumes of meals for local people in need (weekly commitment)
  • Receiving and prepping ingredients from local shops and supermarkets
  • Training and supervising new volunteers
  • Managing stock and inventory
  • Serving meals when needed.

Cleaner Supervisor

CSA
01.2015 - 08.2016
  • Continuously updated knowledge of industry standards, regulations, and best practices through participation in professional development courses and conferences.
  • Increased employee performance through effective supervision and training.
  • Investigated guest complaints and resolved issues to increase customer satisfaction and establish trust.
  • Trained and mentored all new personnel to maximize quality of service and performance.
  • Prepared and submitted reports to demonstrate staff productivity and areas of improvement.
  • Evaluated employee performance and recommended promotions, transfers and dismissals.
  • Provided clear expectations for staff behavior and performance standards while maintaining open lines of communication regarding any concerns or suggestions they had about improving their work environment.
  • Optimized inventory management, reducing waste and lowering supply costs without compromising quality or efficiency.
  • Scheduled and prioritized tasks to staff, overseeing work completion.
  • Enhanced team productivity by implementing efficient cleaning methods and time management strategies.
  • Reduced employee turnover through effective training, mentoring, and performance evaluations of cleaning staff.
  • Conducted regular room inspections to verify compliance with housekeeping standards.
  • Adhered to safety protocols by enforcing proper equipment usage.
  • Collaborated with other supervisors to develop best practices and share knowledge across teams for continuous improvement efforts.
  • Supervised team of housekeeping and janitorial workers to meet highest quality of cleanliness and safety standards.
  • Communicated repair needs to maintenance staff.
  • Developed and implemented staff recognition programs to motivate and reward employees.
  • Completed schedules, shift reports, and other business documentation.
  • Implemented daily, weekly and monthly cleaning routines for staff to follow.
  • Assigned housekeeping staff to specific shifts and room blocks based on abilities and daily requirements.
  • Developed and implemented detailed housekeeping standards to promote cleanliness standards for guest rooms and common areas.
  • Monitored staff performance and provided feedback to drive productivity.
  • Developed and maintained comprehensive inventory system to track equipment and supplies.
  • Restocked room supplies such as facial tissues for personal touch with every job.
  • Addressed customer feedback and complaints to maximize satisfaction.
  • Evaluated employee performance and developed improvement plans.
  • Maintained a safe working environment for staff members by enforcing strict adherence to safety guidelines and protocols.
  • Trained and mentored new staff on cleaning and safety protocols.
  • Established and enforced safety protocols and guidelines for staff.
  • Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
  • Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment.
  • Worked flexible hours across night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
  • Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.
  • Resolved problems, improved operations and provided exceptional service.
  • Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
  • Passionate about learning and committed to continual improvement.
  • Developed strong organizational and communication skills through coursework and volunteer activities.
  • Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.

Cooking / Guzman and Gomez

Perth
06.2015 - 08.2016
  • Preparing ingredients daily including washing, chopping, dicing, marinating, slicing, etc
  • Responsible for various stations including salads, meats, vegetables, pasta
  • Working the inventory including advising on low stocks
  • Receiving orders and moving supplies
  • Cleaning thoroughly and complying with the highest hygiene standards
  • Preparing large volumes of meals for local people in need (weekly commitment)
  • Receiving and prepping ingredients from local shops and supermarkets
  • Training and supervising new volunteers
  • Managing stock and inventory
  • Serving meals when needed
  • Oversaw the Kitchen's bakery and pastry departments; managed chefs, bakers, dishwashers, and other personnel
  • Creation of Mexican and Caribbean recipes, menu revamping in collaboration with the Executive Chef
  • Cooking for events of up to 130 covers
  • Efficiently prepared exceptional and healthy appetizers as well as fish, meats, and vegetable-based dishes
  • Instructed new staff in the proper handling of food, utensils, crockery, and kitchen equipment to ensure conformance to the department of health's stringent sanitation regulations.

Education

SECONDARY STUDIES -

High School Manuela Beltran

PROFESSIONAL COOKING -

Edutin Academy USA
05.2020

HEALTH ASPECTS OF NUTRITION AND FOOD -

Bogota Colombia
09.2019

COLOMBIAN GASTRONOMY -

Bogota, Colombia
08.2019

HYGIENE AND FOOD HANDLING -

SENA
07.2018

INTERNATIONAL COOKING COURSE -

SENA
05.2018

TRAINING TO HANDLE MEXICAN CUISINE -

Perth WA
07.2015

Skills

  • Food safety and sanitation
  • Hospitality management
  • Food preparation and butchering
  • Inventory, labour, and food cost control
  • Department of Health regulations
  • Able to lift heavy weights safely
  • Able to follow instructions and keep calm in a fast-paced and busy kitchen
  • Leadership skills proved managing teams of volunteers
  • Greatest attention to detail and to health and safety regulations
  • Knife proficiency with chopping, slicing, filleting, and dicing
  • Understands food ingredients, storing methods, and handling
  • Organizational and managerial skills
  • Problem Solving
  • Customer Relations
  • Marketing Development
  • Planning and Organising
  • Teamwork
  • Leadership
  • Verbal Communication
  • Meat Cutting
  • Food Storage
  • Menu Distribution
  • Customer Engagement

Certification

  • Toxicology and food safety, September 2019 Bogota, Colombia
  • Food handling course, May 2019, Bogota Colombia
  • Food handling course January 2017 Bogota Colombia
  • Transition Formulated Lenses Course 2009 Bogota Colombia
  • Military service 2007-2008 Infantry Battalion No 37, Presidential Guard Bogota Colombia
  • First aid course 2008 (Infantry Battalion No 37, Presidential Guard Bogota Colombia)

Accomplishments

  • 15 years of experience in the kitchen working for several restaurants in Colombia, working as a cook-chef, with additional functions in the creation of menus, decoration and plating.
  • In Australia, as a chef preparing dishes from the country, breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks, and dishes from different countries because it is a multicultural country.
  • I worked as a cleaning and security supervisor in Australia carrying out inspection functions for a good detailed cleaning of lounges, kitchens, and different commercial areas.
  • 8 years of experience in optical laboratories in the field of customer service, with important achievements in advising patients with visual problems, helping them to obtain the best option in health and comfort glasses, I also had the opportunity to work in an optical workshop, in this case I learned the whole process for assembly and maintenance of glasses.
  • Commercial advisor in products for women's use at Tall Point, achieving interaction with the end customer, inducing the repurchase of the product.

Languages

SPANISH, NATIVE

Timeline

Cook

NH Urban Royal 26
09.2021 - 01.2024

Chef/ Tecnológico del sur school

Bogota
07.2019 - 05.2020

Kitchen assistant / Cinemark

Bogota
02.2019 - 06.2019

Chef / La Paz Clinic

Bogota
08.2018 - 02.2019

Kitchen hand /Casino ¨ El Tiempo – Airport

Bogota
07.2017 - 02.2018

Kitchen hand /Casino ¨ El Tiempo – Airport

Bogota
07.2017 - 02.2018

Cooking / Guzman and Gomez

Perth
06.2015 - 08.2016

Cleaner Supervisor

CSA
01.2015 - 08.2016

SECONDARY STUDIES -

High School Manuela Beltran

PROFESSIONAL COOKING -

Edutin Academy USA

HEALTH ASPECTS OF NUTRITION AND FOOD -

Bogota Colombia

COLOMBIAN GASTRONOMY -

Bogota, Colombia

HYGIENE AND FOOD HANDLING -

SENA

INTERNATIONAL COOKING COURSE -

SENA

TRAINING TO HANDLE MEXICAN CUISINE -

Perth WA

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