Sam Holdgate
Melbourne
Summary
Professional kitchen team member with solid experience in food preparation, sanitation, and kitchen safety. Known for reliability, adaptability, and strong teamwork skills. Excellent at maintaining clean and organized workspace, assisting with inventory management, and supporting culinary staff to achieve high-quality results. Focused on contributing to smooth and efficient kitchen operation.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Chef de partie/kitchen assistant
Pesto restaurants
01.2023 - Current
- Assist head chef and senior sous chef with cooking and preparation of dishes
- Maintain a clean workstation, adhering to food safety and hygiene standards
- Multi-tasking between different stations in the kitchen
- Assist in the preparation of ingredients for all dishes
- Demonstrate knowledge of Italian food culture in the workplace
- Running a specific section in the kitchen during busy periods
- Regularly checking expiry dates and storage of food and equipment in all sections of the kitchen
Front of House and Chef
Food Family
04.2022 - 09.2022
- Company Overview: Oslo, Norway
- Opening and closing the store
- Cooking food to a high standard
- Multitasking between the kitchen and front
- Demonstrating excellent communication with customers
- Overcoming language barriers
- Learning and adapting to new cultures
- Adapting to menu changes
- Problem solving while working alone at times
- Oslo, Norway
Chef
Pizza Hut
10.2015 - 08.2021
- Company Overview: Merseyside
- Maintaining a clean and organized kitchen environment
- Food preparation, presentation and service
- Understanding and demonstrating health and safety in the workplace
- Maintaining and managing stock levels
- Communicating with customers
- Make food orders while working under pressure
- Being independent at all areas of the kitchen
- Merseyside
Education
Bachelor of Science - Sports And Exercise Science
Liverpool John Moores University
Liverpool 07-2023
Skills
- Kitchen organization
- Team management
- Pizza making
- Food presentation
- Food safety
Certification
- Basic Food safety awareness (Citation)(14/11/24)
- Manual Handling (Citation)(issued 14/11/24)
- Fire Safety awareness (Citation)(issued 14/11/24)
- Food safety level 2 VTQ (Citation) (issued 23/03/24)
- Health and Safety awareness (Citation) (issued 6/11/23)
- Risk Assessment awareness (Citation) (issued 7/11/23)
- Customer Service level 2 VTQ (Citation)(issued 9/11/23)
- COSHH awareness for employees (Citation)(issued 6/11/23)
- Food allergies awareness level VTQ (Citation) (issued 7/11/23)
- UK Driver's License
Timeline
Chef de partie/kitchen assistant
Pesto restaurants
01.2023 - Current
Front of House and Chef
Food Family
04.2022 - 09.2022
Chef
Pizza Hut
10.2015 - 08.2021
Bachelor of Science - Sports And Exercise Science
Liverpool John Moores University
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