Malik Taliaferro
Midlothian,Virginia
Summary
Dynamic well-rounded cook with extensive experience as a Sous Chef at The Boathouse at Rocketts Landing Restaurant. A well-rounded track record in creating menu changes, executing food plating and optimizing kitchen productivity. Skilled in food safety and team leadership, successfully training staff and managing inventory to enhance service efficiency and maintain quality standards.
Overview
2027
2027
years of professional experience
Work History
Sous Chef
The Boathouse Landing Restaurant
03.2023 - Current
- Assisted in menu planning and development to enhance seasonal offerings.
- Managed food preparation processes to ensure quality and consistency.
- Trained kitchen staff on safety protocols and new employees who newly hired.
- Collaborated with front-of-house team to optimize service flow during peak hours.
- Maintains food cost and waste management.
- Inventory orders
- Daily checklist's
- Making sure labor doesn’t exceed over our budget.
- Assisted in managing kitchen schedules, ensuring adequate staffing for peak service times.
- Increased kitchen productivity by optimizing workflow processes and delegating tasks appropriately within the team.
Line Cook
Latitude Seafood
Midlothian, VA
2021 - 01.2023
- Maintained cleanliness and organization of kitchen workstations to ensure safe food handling practices.
- Monitored cooking times and temperatures to ensure quality and consistency in all menu items.
- Set up and prepared cooking supplies and workstations during opening and closing to maximize productivity.
Lead Cook
Texas Roadhouse
Chesterfield, VA
04.2017 - 2020
- Trained and mentored new employees on safety protocols and cooking techniques.
- Was always the float or the captain calling out the tickets managing the line.
- Prepared varies of steaks, meat cutting, prepping sauces, always making sure we are fully prepared for the night.
- Took over line positions in event of emergency.
- Supervised line cooks to monitor food safety and order accuracy.
- Delegated jobs within kitchen depending on restaurant traffic and employee skill.
Education
High School Diploma -
Manchester High School
Chesterfield06.2014
Skills
- Team leadership
- Kitchen leadership
- Food safety
- Inventory management
- Safe food handling
- Food presentation
- Menu planning
- Food preparation
- Kitchen organization
- Cooking techniques
- Allergen awareness
- Safety management
- Supervising food prep
- Ingredient knowledge
- Safe handling
- Kitchen management
Timeline
Sous Chef
The Boathouse Landing Restaurant
03.2023 - Current
Lead Cook
Texas Roadhouse
04.2017 - 2020
Line Cook
Latitude Seafood
2021 - 01.2023
High School Diploma -
Manchester High School