Andrew Leszcz
South Bend,IN
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Banquet Cook
Four Winds Casino Resort
04.2025 - Current
- Prepared and executed diverse banquet menus, ensuring high-quality presentation and flavor consistency.
- Collaborated with kitchen staff to coordinate food preparation for large-scale events, enhancing team efficiency.
- Monitored inventory levels and placed orders for necessary supplies, minimizing waste and maintaining cost-efficiency.
- Oversaw daily kitchen operations during events, ensuring timely service delivery while maintaining quality standards.
- Maintained cleanliness and organization of workstations, adhering to health regulations and promoting a safe environment.
- Practiced safe work habits to avoid possible injury to self or other employees.
- Recognized quality standards in vegetables, fish, dairy and meat products and selected and used freshest ingredients to prepare menu items.
Butcher
Whole Foods market
04.2021 - 09.2024
- Responsible for weighing, slicing, wrapping and pricing meat for customers. Receive and unload boxed meats and poultry from delivery truck and transport them to storage room. Examine meats in storage and rotate meats to avoid aging. Reviewing inventory and placing orders for the following day.
prepared foods team member
whole Foods Market
05.2016 - 04.2021
- Maintained a clean station area. Restocked and organized inventory. make pizzas. slice deli meats and cheese. prepare recipes for hot bar and salad bar that are updated seasonally.
electricians assistant
K.A.L. ELECTRIC
06.2014 - 05.2016
- Assisting with installation of electrical wiring, conduit, and fixtures. Ability to use hand tools and power tools like drills, wire strippers, and voltage testers Strong attention to detail and ability to follow instructions
sous chef
the Vine
03.2012 - 05.2014
- Responsible for working any station in kitchen as needed. delegating tasks to fellow employees. writing schedules and receiving product
Education
High School Diploma -
Clay High School
South Bend, IN05-2011
Skills
- Food safety
- Kitchen sanitation
- Safe food handling
- Knife skills
- Food presentation
- Guest relations
- Seafood handling
- Allergen awareness
- Grilling techniques
- Food production management
- Special diet accommodation
- Buffet setup
- Meat fabrication
- Salad assembly
- Food allergy safety
- Teamwork
- Customer service
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- Attention to detail
- Works Well Under Pressure
- Team leadership
- Verbal and written communication
- Team coordination
Certification
Whole Foods Market butcher apprenticeship program
Timeline
Banquet Cook
Four Winds Casino Resort
04.2025 - Current
Butcher
Whole Foods market
04.2021 - 09.2024
prepared foods team member
whole Foods Market
05.2016 - 04.2021
electricians assistant
K.A.L. ELECTRIC
06.2014 - 05.2016
sous chef
the Vine
03.2012 - 05.2014
High School Diploma -
Clay High School
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