I’ve been interested in cooking for my whole life. I am by nature creative and organised, and kitchen work presents the opportunity I need to practise this creativity and organisation. Cooking professionally is a challenge, and I love a challenge.

I’ve also been a vegan since Sept 2017. This means that I don’t handle meat and prefer not to handle animal products generally.

The difference between a cook and a chef is that the latter is a managerial position. I have experience with overseeing and training cooks, and am ready to continue doing so. For my volunteer work, I’ve thought up recipes and menus which have turned out to be very popular.

I’m available both for kitchen work and for event catering. Get in touch for a quote!

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Relevant work experience

Jan 2024 until now: Mad Bob
Jun until Nov 2023: Sous-chef at Kanis

 Responsibilities
  • Food preparation
  • Cooking
  • Order management
  • Stock management and organisation
  • Training cooks and kitchen help
  • Making up and managing HACCP documents
  • Making up and managing cleaning lists
  • Making up allergen lists
  • Writing up recipes
  • Cleaning tasks

 Achievements
  • I brought the restaurant up to standard of documentation.
  • I trained a kitchen help into the role of cook and helped and advised various other colleagues.
  • I was the effective contact point for all kitchen staff apart from the chef, who worked part-time.

Apr until May 2023: Assistant chef at Mediamatic Eten

 Responsibilities
  • Food preparation
  • Cooking
  • Stock management and organisation
  • Helping with training a cook
  • Cleaning tasks

 Achievements
  • Here is where I picked up my propensity for a more deliberate plating style.

Feb 2023: Head chef at Mr. Stacks

 Responsibilities
  • Food preparation
  • Cooking
  • Order management
  • Stock management and organisation
  • Training cooks and kitchen help
  • Making up and managing HACCP documents
  • Making up and managing cleaning lists
  • Making up allergen lists
  • Rostering staff
  • Cleaning tasks

 Achievements
  • I quickly earnt the respect of my cooks by way of good leadership, good listening, and demonstrating my skills.
  • I improved the efficiency of the kitchen by changing its setup; my cooks learnt from me and themselves continued to improve the kitchen’s efficiency.

Jul 2022 until Jan 2023: Sous-chef at Mr & Mrs Watson’s

 Responsibilities
  • Food preparation
  • Cooking
  • Order management
  • Stock management and organisation
  • Training cooks and kitchen help
  • Managing HACCP documents
  • Managing cleaning lists
  • Amending recipes
  • Cleaning tasks

 Achievements
  • I led the kitchen by taking care of procedures such as stock documentation, opening and closing lists, and mise en place.
  • I became responsible for communication between the front and back of house by developing a good rapport.
  • I taught four new cooks in the kitchen.

Jun 2022: Cook at Vermaat ARTIS

 Responsibilities
  • Food preparation
  • Cooking
  • Cleaning tasks

 Achievements
  • My colleagues thought that I was Dutch until I told them that I am British.

Nov 2021 until May 2022: Lone-working cook at Flower Burger

 Responsibilities
  • Food preparation
  • Cooking
  • Dishwashing
  • Stock management and organisation
  • Training cooks and kitchen help
  • Cleaning tasks

 Achievements
  • I improved the kitchen’s efficiency by amending procedures, hanging up a whiteboard, and discussing further improvements with management.

Nov 2021: Dishwasher at Aubergini

 Responsibilities
  • Cleaning tasks
  • Helping with food preparation
  • Helping with cooking

 Achievements
  • I improved the food hygiene here by creating a cleaning list.

Jun until Oct 2021: Line cook at Vegan Junk Food Bar

 Responsibilities
  • Food preparation
  • Cooking
  • Cleaning tasks
  • Dishwashing
  • Helping with training line cooks

 Achievements
  • This is where I got my passion for kitchen work.
  • I had to train a few new colleague, which I enjoyed.
  • I improved the kitchen’s efficiency by thinking up tricks and setting up the whiteboard anew.
  • I would negotiate when there was a problem between management and the kitchen team.
  • Here I got the reputation of “the best dishwasher in Holland”.

Relevant voluntary work

I’ve been cooking for people’s kitchens and benefits for Horeca United since October 2023.

Relevant qualifications

  • Professionally competent (vakkracht) since 2022
  • Food hygiene at Maximus training in 2018
  • COSHH at Merseyrail in 2018
  • Fire safety at Merseyrail in 2018
  • First aid and CPR at Merseyrail in 2018