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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
Cary
06.2011

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
Tyler Brooks