1. JEFF BREHMER
206 Ashley Ave.
Woodland, CA 95695
jeffreybob55@hotmail.com
530 662-4074 530 723-8250
PROFILE Over five years of culinary management and cooking experience in fast paced professional kitchens
combined with over ten years of wine, food, and product sales experience.
EDUCATION
Professional Culinary Arts Certificate, Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Academy, Sacramento, CA, September
2010; and Serve-Safe Certified, February 2010, Sacramento
BA, Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, May 1990
CULINARY EXPERIENCE
Chef and Director of Nutrition, Cache Creek Lodge, Woodland, CA, December 2010 – June 2016
Monthly menu planning and food preparation five days a week for 35-40 person adult residential facility.
Supervised client assistants and company purchasing activities. Lead monthly nutrition education and cooking
demonstration events to promote healthy eating habits.
Culinary Instructor, Food Bank of Yolo County, Woodland, CA 2010-2012
Design and present monthly food and technique cooking classes re fresh pasta, baked goods, knife skills,
seafood, ethnic cuisines and more.
Sous Chef, A Taste for the Senses Catering Company, Sacramento, CA, 2011-Present
Assisted company owner, Chef Arturo Vargas, with catered Weddings, Anniversaries, Fundraisers, Business
meetings and other events. Prepared fresh-food dishes from grilled meats and seafood, salads and salsas, and
other.
COOKING CONSULTANCY
Recipe Development Consultant, World Finer Foods, Bloomfield, NJ, 2013-present
Cook/Culinary Extern, St John's Retirement Village, August 2010-September 2010, Woodland, CA
Recipe Development Consultant, Cache Creek Foods, Woodland, CA 2012-present
OTHER COOKING EXPERIENCE
Manager/Saute Cook, LoCoco's Restaurant, Berkeley, CA
Kitchen Steward and Cook, Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity, Berkeley, CA
Volunteer Sous Chef, “A Taste for Your Senses” Healthy Cooking Class Series with Chef Arturo Vargas
WINE, FOOD, PRODUCT SALES EXPERIENCE
Sales Representative, RSI Drilling, Woodland, CA
Sales Representative, Global Machinery West, Sacramento, CA
Account Executive, Titan-PME Equipment Sale, Sacramento, CA
Environmental Consultant, Environmental Chemical Solutions, Sacramento, CA
Chain Sales Representative, Southern Wine & Spirit, Sacramento, CA
Northern California Sales Representative, Rodney Strong Vineyards, Windsor, CA

2. AWARDS
COMMUNITY SERVICE “The Gathering-Families First,” Davis, CA 2006-2008.
Habitat for Humanity golf tournament, Wild Wings Golf Course, Woodland, CA 2009.
REFERENCES Upon Request