Tyler Brooks
Durham,NC
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Prep Dishwasher
Locals Oyster Bar
03.2025 - Current
- My duties include washing the dishes, prepping sauces, cleaning vegetables, managing the walk in, dry storage, and freezer.
- I also cook, cut fish, and shuck oysters when needed.
Head Chef
Fullsteam, Durham
08.2023 - 05.2024
- Writing and costing new menu items and weekly specials
- Weekly ordering from multiple vendors (US Foods, Cheney Brothers, Union Special, The Spicy Hermit, and By the Brook Ferments)
- Team management and schedule writing
Line Cook/Expo
Ex-Voto, Durham, NC
07.2022 - 04.2025
- Working the line during busy services hours
- Assisting with prep by cooking ingredients such as tomatoes for salsa, rice, and searing beef for braising.
- Calling orders and assembling orders
- Occasionally asked to take orders during slower times to help with cashier breaks
Assistant Market Manager Meat and Seafood
Harris Teeter, Durham
04.2021 - 07.2022
- Ordering appropriate amounts of meat and seafood twice a week
- Stocking and managing inventory
- Managing all price changes weekly and rearranging all cases quarterly
- Cutting all meat to the company standards and display it as the company wants
Sous Chef
The Portable Portugy Food Truck
08.2020 - 07.2021
- Creating daily specials and daily menu planning
- Cooking lunch and dinner service
- Prepping all food for the day
- Social media
Sous Chef
Bar Divani
07.2018 - 06.2020
- Quarterly menu planning
- Managing food waste and compost
- Hiring
- Managing and cooking dinner service
- Menu costing
Education
High School Diploma -
Panther Creeks HS
Cary06.2011
Skills
- Inventory management
- Menu writing, costing, and design
- Proficient knife skills
- Butchery
- Proficient in MS Office
- Proficient in Photoshop
Languages
Spanish
Limited Working
Timeline
Prep Dishwasher
Locals Oyster Bar
03.2025 - Current
Head Chef
Fullsteam, Durham
08.2023 - 05.2024
Line Cook/Expo
Ex-Voto, Durham, NC
07.2022 - 04.2025
Assistant Market Manager Meat and Seafood
Harris Teeter, Durham
04.2021 - 07.2022
Sous Chef
The Portable Portugy Food Truck
08.2020 - 07.2021
Sous Chef
Bar Divani
07.2018 - 06.2020
High School Diploma -
Panther Creeks HS