Brian Allen
OD Arcade and Lounge
Conway,SC
1
Certification
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Line Cook
3 Months- Prepared menu items with consistent quality, timing, and presentation standards.
- Executed grill, sauté, and fryer stations while maintaining smooth kitchen workflow.
- Coordinated with servers and kitchen staff to prioritize orders during peak service.
- Monitored food safety, sanitation, and proper storage practices throughout shifts.
Sous Chef
2 Years 5 Months- Directed daily kitchen operations, maintaining smooth service across prep, line, and smokehouse stations.
- Supervised culinary team, coached cooks on portioning, timing, and barbecue consistency.
- Coordinated food prep, expediting, and plating to support high-volume service and quality standards.
- Managed inventory rotation, storage practices, and product usage to reduce waste and stock shortages.
- Enforced food safety, sanitation, and temperature controls across all kitchen workflows.
- Trained staff on knife skills, prep methods, and station readiness for efficient service execution.
- Monitored equipment performance and kitchen readiness, resolving issues to minimize operational delays.
- Managed food preparation tasks during high-volume service periods, ensuring all orders were executed in a timely manner without sacrificing quality or presentation standards.
- Trained kitchen staff to perform various preparation tasks under pressure.
- Planned and directed high-volume food preparation in fast-paced environment.
- Managed inventory levels effectively, resulting in reduced food waste and cost savings for the establishment.
- Played a key role in achieving positive health inspection results by maintaining strict compliance with all relevant guidelines and regulations throughout daily operations.
Manager
5 Years 3 Months- Responsible for maintaining quality of food product and great customer service. Make truck orders. Check and put away deliveries. Maintain daily operations by franchise requirements.
Line cook
1 Year 11 Months- Properly cook for to order. Maintain clean work area. Prep food as needed
Cook
1 Year 6 Months- Cook food properly to company requirements. Keep work station clean and stocked
Cook
5 Months- Responsibilities
- Cook and prep all food to company standards to satisfy the customers.
- Keep kitchen clean to health standards
Prep Cook
2 Months- Responsibilities
- Prep all listed food for that weeks jobs properly to company standards
- Accomplishments
- They were amazed on how fast I learned there way of cooking
- Skills Used
- Properly follow recipes and proper and safe use of sharp knives
Cook/Prep
3 Months- Responsibilities
- Cook and Prep all food properly to company standards
- Accomplishments
- I encouraged my co workers to work harder with my positive attitude and hard work
Kitchen Manager/Line Cook
6 Years 5 Months- Responsibilities
- Prep and cook food properly to company standards. Check in and put away all deliveries
- 4 years offsite catering
- Accomplishments
- I encouraged my co workers to work harder with my hard work ethic
- Skills Used
- Properly use all kitchen equipment. Safe and proper use of sharp knives
Branch: USMC Reserve
6 Years- Service Country: United States
- Rank: E-3
- Military police
Deli Team Member/Cashier
5 Months- Responsibilities
- Make deli sandwiches the way customers wanted. And run register
Dishwasher and Cook
2 Monthscook
7 MonthsDishwasher and Cook
4 YearsEducation
high school diploma - general
Skills
Cooking
Kitchen management
Cash register
Customer service
Servsafe certified
Personal Information
Work Permit: Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Accomplishments
- Accomplishments
Military Service
- Branch: USMC Reserve
- Service Country: United States
- Rank: E-3
- November 2007 to November 2013
- Military police
Certification
Servsafe manager certified
Timeline
Line Cook
OD Arcade and Lounge
06.2026 - 09.2026Read More
Sous Chef
Swig & Swine
01.2024 - 06.2026Read More
Manager
Dickey’s Bbq Pit
09.2018 - 12.2023Read More
Line cook
Sunrise Pancake House
09.2016 - 08.2018Read More
Cook
Margaritaville
02.2016 - 08.2017Read More
Cook
putters pub
06.2015 - 11.2015Read More
Prep Cook
Maryland Country Caters
04.2015 - 06.2015Read More
Cook/Prep
Anglers Seafood Bar and Grill
03.2015 - 06.2015Read More
Kitchen Manager/Line Cook
adams ribs
06.2008 - 11.2014Read More
Branch: USMC Reserve
11.2007 - 11.2013Read More
Deli Team Member/Cashier
Get go
11.2006 - 04.2007Read More
Dishwasher and Cook
ruby tuseday
05.2006 - 07.2006Read More
cook
a & w fast food
06.2005 - 01.2006Read More
Dishwasher and Cook
Adams Ribs
06.2001 - 06.2005Read More
patuxent high school
high school diploma from general
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