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EXECUTIVE CHEF · KITCHEN OPENINGS · MENU ENGINEERING · P&L OPERATIONS

Scratch food.
Engineered kitchens.

I’m Clifton Gill—an Executive Chef with 11 years of culinary and leadership experience building restaurants and institutional kitchens from the ground up. I connect scratch cooking on the plate with the costing spreadsheets, bilingual station standards, purchasing par guides, and team training that keep daily service running smoothly.

● IMMEDIATE AVAILABILITY

Based in Burlington, Massachusetts and open to relocation anywhere for full-time Executive Chef, Culinary Director, Restaurant Management, or Multi-Unit Operations roles.

EMAIL: clifton@chefcliftongill.com

ROLE
Executive Chef & Operations Leader
EXPERIENCE
11 Years Culinary & Leadership
SECTORS
Upscale Casual · Bistro · School · Senior · Catering
CERTIFICATIONS
ServSafe Mgr · MA Allergen (2027) · OSHA 10
EDUCATION
A.A.S. Culinary Arts & Culinary Mgmt (Secchia)
LOCATION
Burlington, MA · Open to Anywhere
FACT - 01 · BRIGADE & VOLUME
250–320
Nightly covers at Seventy-Six
Led kitchen opening & trained brigade of 14
FACT - 02 · INSTITUTIONAL SCALE
600+
Daily students served at FLIK
Opened gluten-free school dining account
FACT - 03 · AUDIT & SAFETY
100%
Compliance rating at Sodexo
300+ students · 3 meals daily · HACCP logs
FACT - 04 · COST CONTROL
-6.0%
Food & supply cost reduction
Kennedy Meadows · Sourcing & waste discipline
FOOD GALLERY PREVIEW · SCRATCH BISTRO, COMPOSED PLATES & CATERING

Scratch Execution: From Brioche & Burger Blends to Composed Plates

SELECTED DISHES · 001 // 016
§ 00 · PORTFOLIO OVERVIEW
Four Core Areas
209 PHOTOS 25+ DOCUMENTS

The food on the plate, and the systems behind it.

Good kitchens run on clear standards and solid preparation. Alongside dishes from my menus, I’ve included the day-to-day tools I built to run those kitchens—from recipe costing and sales-mix sheets to bilingual English/Spanish station guides, prep schedules, order guides, and local press coverage.

[ 01 ] FOOD GALLERY 209 PHOTOGRAPHS
Ora King salmon composed plate

Food: Scratch Bistro, Composed Plates & Catering

House-ground burger blends, fresh-baked brioche racks, Ora King salmon, charred octopus over squid ink risotto, raw bars, and grazing tables.

[ 02 ] OPERATIONS & COSTING SPREADSHEETS · SOPs · MEMOS
Master Ingredient Costing and Case-to-Gram Conversion Spreadsheet

Operations: Sales Mix, Costing & Kitchen Systems

Full 14-column Pizza Sales Mix spreadsheet (Plow Horses, Challenges & Dogs), case-to-gram unit cost tables, recipe costing sheets, order guides, and prep lists.

[ 03 ] KITCHEN LEADERSHIP BILINGUAL GUIDES · TRAINING
Bilingual English/Spanish station setup standard

Leadership: Bilingual Standards, Recipes & Training

English/Spanish visual station guides, gram-scaled dough recipe bible, LABBB vocational kitchen training, and leading brigades of up to 14.

[ 04 ] MARKETING & PRESS BOSTON GLOBE · SEVENTY-SIX · OMAR'S
The Boston Globe feature on Clifton Gill

Marketing: Press Features, Seventy-Six & Concept Launch

Coverage in The Boston Globe and Lexington Observer, Seventy-Six special-event campaigns in Holland, MI, custom menu design, and retention promos.