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Cook resume examples

Hospitality and Tourism Jobs · 6 designs · Word & PDF · Free

6 resume examples for Cook roles in Hospitality and Tourism, in Achievement Led, Editorial and Executive Classic layouts. Each is a complete, formatted document — open it in Word, replace the content with your own, and export a PDF when you are done. Free to download.

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Trevor J. Lindqvist

Grill Cook, High Volume Sports Bar

Columbus, OH · (614) 555 0137 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/trevorjlindqvist

Key Qualifications

EXPERIENCE

Three years of line cooking, two and a half on the grill station

SETTINGS

280 seat sports bar serving about 3,500 covers a week with 40 televisions and a patio

SPECIALTIES

Grill and broiler, burger and steak temperatures, high volume pace, station closing

SYSTEMS

Toast kitchen display, Aloha point of sale in the prior job, 7shifts scheduling

CREDENTIALS

Ohio Level One Certification in Food Protection, ServSafe Food Handler

EDUCATION

High school diploma, Olentangy Ridge High School

Executive Summary

Grill cook with three years on the line of a 280 seat sports bar that pushes about 700 covers on a football Saturday. Owns the grill and the broiler station, cooks about 350 burgers and steaks a shift to temperature, and closes the station to the health inspector's standard every night. Trains new grill cooks and covers fry and saute when the board backs up.

Signature Achievements

  • Cooks about 350 burgers and steaks a shift on game days with fewer than three remakes for temperature, tracked on the kitchen display.
  • Holds an average ticket time under twelve minutes on the grill station during 700 cover shifts.
  • Cut grill station food waste by about 40 pounds a week by portioning proteins by count instead of by eye.
  • Passed four county health inspections with no violations on the grill and cold rail.
  • Trained five new grill cooks in the last two years, four of whom are still on the schedule.

Professional Experience

Grill Cook

Scarlet Bar and Grill, Columbus, OH March 2024 to present

280 seat sports bar serving about 3,500 covers a week; grill and broiler station on a six cook line

  • Cook burgers, steaks, chicken and wings on a four foot flat top, a char grill and a broiler to ordered temperature.
  • Set up the station with 40 prepped items, check every temperature in the cold rail and log it before doors open.
  • Read the kitchen display and fire courses so grill items land in the window with the fryer and saute plates.
  • Break down, scrub and sanitize the grill and hood filters at close and restock for the opener.
  • Train new grill cooks on temperatures, timing and the station's closing checklist.

Fry Cook

Buckeye Creek Family Restaurant, Delaware, OH September 2022 to March 2024

150 seat family restaurant with a breakfast and dinner menu

  • Ran two fryers and the salad station during dinner service for about 400 covers a night on weekends.
  • Filtered and changed fryer oil on a schedule and kept the oil quality log.
  • Prepped breaded chicken, fish and onion rings for the next day.

Certifications and Training

Ohio Level One Certification in Food Protection, Ohio Department of Health approved course, completed 2023

ServSafe Food Handler certificate, National Restaurant Association, current through 2027

ServSafe Allergens certificate, completed 2024

Education

High school diploma, Olentangy Ridge High School, Lewis Center, 2022

Core Skills

Char grill cooking · Steak temperatures · Flat top griddle · Kitchen display timing · Cold rail setup · Portion control · Station closing · Fryer oil management · New cook training · High volume pace

Cook resume examples — FAQs

How many Cook resume examples are there?

6 designs, covering Achievement, Editorial, Classic and Minimalist layouts. They all carry the same sections — the difference is the layout, so pick whichever suits how much experience you need to fit on the page.

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