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Chef resume example

A complete, ATS-friendly chef resume you can copy from: summary, experience bullets with real numbers and a skills line. The sample person is fictional; the wording works.

Jordan Ellis

jordan.ellis@email.com · (555) 014-2290 · Columbus, OH · linkedin.com/in/jordanellis

Summary

Chef with 9 years of experience in full-service restaurants. Runs a kitchen team of 12, controls food cost and keeps quality consistent on 300-cover nights.

Experience

Chef 2022 – Present
  • Lead a kitchen team of 12 serving up to 300 covers a night.
  • Reduced food cost from 34% to 28% with menu engineering and better ordering.
  • Designed seasonal menus that raised average check 9%.
Chef 2019 – 2022
  • Passed every health inspection with top marks for five years.
  • Trained line cooks who were promoted to sous chef at two other locations.
  • Cut kitchen waste 20% by tracking prep against sales.

Skills

Menu development · Food cost control · Kitchen management · Inventory and ordering · Food safety (ServSafe) · Team training · Scheduling · Plating · Vendor relations · Catering

Education

Degree or certificate relevant to the role 2019
Recruiter's noteKitchen leaders are hired for food cost, consistency and team building. Give the cost percentage before and after your changes.

How to write a chef summary

Three lines are enough: your title and years of experience, the one result you are proudest of, and what kind of work you want next. Write it last, after the bullets, so you can pull the strongest number into it.

Bullets that get past the scan

Start each bullet with a verb, keep it to one line or two, and end with a number: money, time, volume or percentage. Copy key words from the job posting exactly. An ATS matches words, so "Epic EHR" and "electronic health records" can count as different skills.

Format that the software reads

Use one column, standard headings (Summary, Experience, Skills, Education), your contact details in the body of the page and a common font. Export a PDF from Word or Google Docs so the text stays selectable. Every Halden template is built this way.

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