Tanisha S. Godwin
Kitchen Steward, Hotel banquets
New Orleans, LA · (504) 555 0160 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/tanishasgodwin
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Three years in hotel banquet and restaurant stewarding
INDUSTRIES
Hotel banquets, convention catering, full service dining
SPECIALTIES
Warewashing, sanitation logs, banquet china, equipment cleaning
SYSTEMS
Ecolab dispensing units, temperature logging tablets
CREDENTIALS
ServSafe Food Handler certificate, issued 2023
EDUCATION
High school diploma, Warren Easton Charter High School
Executive Summary
Kitchen steward with three years in a hotel banquet kitchen that plates 900 covers on a busy night. Runs the dish machine, keeps the pot sink ahead of the line and holds the sanitation logs that the health inspector asks for first.
Signature Achievements
- Kept the dish machine final rinse at 180 degrees Fahrenheit and logged it hourly.
- Cut banquet china breakage by a third by changing how racks are stacked and moved.
- Turned 4,000 pieces of china in one night for a 900 guest gala.
- Trained four new stewards on the three compartment sink and sanitizer strength.
Professional Experience
Kitchen Steward
Canal Row Hotel and Ballroom, New Orleans, LA 2023 to present
Hotel with a banquet kitchen and two outlets, stewarding team of nine
- Run the dish machine through banquet service, checking wash and rinse temperatures every hour.
- Break down and clean hoods, ovens and floor drains on the weekly deep clean rotation.
- Receive deliveries, check temperatures on arrival and rotate stock first in first out.
Dishwasher
Bayou Perle Cafe, Metairie, LA 2022 to 2023
Sixty seat neighborhood restaurant with a two person kitchen
- Washed dishes, prepped vegetables and took out the trash on double shifts.
- Learned knife handling and basic prep from the line cooks.
Licensure and Certification
ServSafe Food Handler certificate, New Orleans, 2023
Education
High school diploma, Warren Easton Charter High School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2022
Core Skills
Dish machine operation · Sanitizer testing · Deep cleaning · Banquet support · Delivery receiving · Stock rotation · Waste and recycling · Safe lifting