ALVIN W.

WAGERMAN II
317-840-5608
Alvin.wagerman@gmail.com

EXPERIENCE
2020 – PRESENT
FRY COOK/LINE COOK, OASIS DINER; PLAINFIELD, IN
Short Order Cook: Starting on fry side and working my way up to flat top grill

2019 – 2020
LEAD LINE COOK, MOONTOWN BREWING COMPANY; WHITESTOWN, IN
Lead Line Cook: Third in command, conducting nightly dinner service on sauté and or grill station.
Executing weekly entree specials and soups of the day. Managing the other line cooks and prep
cooks while setting up the line, coming up with daily tasks for them and taking daily inventory for
daily menu items. Communicating low inventory items to the Chef and Sous Chef and writing the
prep list every night for the next day.
Smoker: Making dry rubs. Rubbing brisket, pork shoulder, chicken and various other meats and
food items. Loading, unloading and operating the smoker, ensuring adequate amounts of
product is available for the next day.

2019
LINE COOK/PREP COOK, CLADDAGH IRISH PUB; PLAINFIELD, IN
Line cook: grill station, sauté station, fry station and salad station
Prep cook: coming in before service to prepare mainstay menu items in bulk for the week

2015 – 2019
SAUCIER, TAXMAN BREWING COMPANY; BARGERSVILLE, IN
Saucier: Making all of the house sauces and dressings. Pairing house sauces with special dishes.
Expo: Calling tickets, plating, and garnishing plates at the pass. Double checking plates to “sell” to
the food runners. Also retrieving any food items or ingredients needed by the line. Plating
desserts.
Line Cook: Grill station, sauté station, fry station and salad station
Prep Cook: Coming in before service to prepare mainstay menu items in bulk for the week
including entrees, sauces, braising meats, breaking down vegetables and helping prep daily
desserts.
Weekly Cleaning: Coming in on Mondays to power wash, pull hood filters and grease traps for
cleaning, cleaning walk-in coolers and organizing reach-in coolers, pulling expired product and
making prep list for the next week.
 2010 – PRESENT
HORTICULTURAL ASSISTANT, PIN OAK GROWERS; FRANKLIN, IN
Seed starting on indoor grow lights and indoor aquaponics table. Construction of green house.
Transferring and planting crops in outdoor row garden. Rototilling, weeding, and cultivating.
Picking of fruits and vegetables. Ex- grape vines, asparagus, tomatoes, potatoes, beans, apples,
cherries, corn, etc. Processing of said produce for canning and freezing. Tending to rabbits,
chickens, goats, pigs, and cows. Retrieving eggs, butchering of chickens, rabbits, and pigs. Wine
making and home craft beer brewing.

2013 – 2014
VERMICULTURIST, WORM HAVEN LLC; NEEDHAM, IN
Preparing peat moss with a pulverizer, mixing grains with peat, measuring , weighing, and
recording data of worms. Separating hatch material from worm castings, reintroducing worms to
fresh peat and food and regulating temperature of hatchery and production worms. Bagging
worm castings for shipment and loading semi trailer with finished products.

2011 – 2012
REFRIGERATION TECHNICIAN, DEEM LLC; INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Cast iron plumbing, oxy-propane, brazing, silver soldering, high pressure medical gas line. Duct
work installation. Duct sealing. Drove a scissor lift, fork lift, and a lull lift.

2006 – 2010
REFRIGERATION TECHNICIAN, ADVANTAGE ENGINEERING INC; GREENWOOD, IN
Shipping and receiving, drove fork lift and walk behind fork lift, pallet jack etc. Assembly, brazing,
arc, MIG and TIG welding, oxy-acetylene brazing and silver soldering refrigeration lines,
plumbing. Testing of finished machines and aqua testing for leaks on glycol tanks. Also general
housekeeping of my area.

EDUCATION
2001
DIPLOMA, FRANKLIN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, FRANKLIN IN

SKILLS
• Professional communication skills • Works well under pressure
• Ability to work in high-energy and demanding • Effective problem solving
environments • Takes direction well and trains easily
• Organization and strong leadership skills, team • 6 Years culinary experience
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REFERENCES
Ryan Kenoodle Sam Smith Amy Beyer
317.331.9111 317.560.2678 317.985.7657
ryrynoodleguy@gmail.com s.jd.smith94@gmail.com a.beyer@yahoo.com