
Joshua Lawson
www.instagram.com/chef_josh_lawson
Cocoa Beach, FL, USA
coast2coastdogz@gmail.com
9105069650
Skills
Fast
Business minded
profitable
Teachable
Knowledgeable
experienced
Languages
English
Spanish
French
Awards
101 Best Restaurants St. Louis Mag #31
Activities
Fishing
Boating
Hiking
Education
AAS Culinary , Gastronomy
March 2011 - March 2012
Experience
Camp Towanda , Honesdale, PA, USA
April 2019 - July 2019
- Taught fine dining to kids aged 7-17
- Hands on training in knife skills, saftey, sanitation and cooking techniques
- set up a wood fired pizza oven in outdoor kitchen
- trained staff
- Menu development
- participate in all camp activities
- Developed recipes for the Camp Towanda cookbook
- Was filmed and interviewed for camp marketing material
#LobsterRoll , Williamsburg, VA, USA
January 2019 - March 2020
- Research and development
- Menu development
- Branding
- Advertising
- Food truck design
- Food Costing
Block Restaurant , Provo, UT, USA
April 2017 - February 2018
- Helped open this restaraunt
- Live Butchery
- Daily Specials
- Menu Development
- Farm to Table Scratch kitchen
- Inventory
- Staff Training
Sanctuaria , St. Louis, MO, USA
January 2016 - June 2017
- awarded the #31 spot of best 101 places to eat in STL by STL MAG
- This restaurant was going to be closed and it was given to me to fix
- decreased food cost
- increased sales
- rebranded as farm to table restaraunt
- worked onsight in our organic garden and off site organic farm
- selected heritage breed animals
- selected heirloom variety produce
- had quartly privet meals by ticket only
- marketing
- inventory
- menu development
- staff training
- festival catering
- Recruit and hire staff, such as cooks and other kitchen workers.
- Meet with sales representatives to negotiate prices or order supplies
Coast 2 Coast Dogz , North Carolina
March 2012 - September 2016
- started a mobile food business from scratch
- menu development
- branding
- marketing
- taxes
- advertising
United States Navy , Norfolk, VA, USA
July 1999 - July 2001
- Military
- Supply Division