Sarah Brantley-Johnson
Chicago,IL
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Cook
Aramark
Chicago, IL
08.2025 - Current
- Prepared and cooked diverse menu items in compliance with health and safety standards.
- Managed kitchen operations, ensuring timely meal service during peak hours.
- Trained and mentored junior staff on cooking techniques and food safety practices.
- Developed new recipes to enhance menu offerings based on seasonal ingredients.
- Prepared meals efficiently under time constraints for timely service during peak hours.
- Demonstrated strong multitasking skills, managing multiple orders simultaneously without sacrificing quality or presentation.
- Prepared food items in compliance with recipes and portioning control guidelines.
MiMi’s Kitchen
Cook
Racine, WI
04.2022 - Current
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
- Assisted with day-to-day operations, working efficiently and productively with all team members.
- Paid attention to detail while completing assignments.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills while managing multiple projects.
- Strengthened communication skills through regular interactions with others.
- Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.
General Manager
Dunkin Donuts
Chicago, IL, USA
09.2024 - 08.2025
- Hired as General Manager
- Approve schedules to Budgets, hire, train and develop hourly employees
- P&L Reconciliation, Weekly Inventory, Ordering Par Levels, Sanitation Audits, New hire training
- Local Store Marketing, Catering Sales, FOH Development Plans, 1-9 Compliance
- Maintaining food cost below Brand budget buy 23% - proper recipe adherence, established proper ordering par levels to help reduce product on hand, proper accountability on ordering and receiving
- Have raised sales by 42% since taking over a location that was understaffed and not trained
- Maintained labor under budget standards in FOH and BOH - accurate sales forecasting and employee deployment, in and out times, cross training
- Most recent Ecosure audit of 98% - proper daily and weekly safety meetings on food handling and holding, labeling, and dating - only deduction was for part of building not repaired
- Patrice & ASSOCIATES Hospitality Recruiting
- Reason for Looking: Lack of benefits, no managers being hired
Assistant General Manager
Taco Bell
Chicago, IL, USA
02.2020 - 05.2024
- Hired as Shift Manager. Promoted to Assistant General Manager 2023
- Received a Taco Bell core audit of 93% - proper daily and weekly safety meetings on food handling and holding, labeling, and dating - only deduction was for part of building not repaired
- Reason for Leaving: Saw no job growth in location and couldn't relocate
General Manager
Chipotle
Chicago, IL, USA
04.2009 - 02.2020
- Coached and developed 12 internal employees into Shift Manager positions - proper mentoring and training on schedule writing, ordering protocols - Mentored 8 hourly employees to become Salaried Managers and 3 as General Manager
- As General Manager scored a 100% Chipotle Audit
- Maintaining food cost below Brand budget by 5.0 %- proper recipe adherence, established proper ordering par levels to help reduce product on hand, proper accountability on ordering and receiving
- Maintained labor under budget standards total restaurant of 39% - accurate sales forecasting and employee deployment, in and out times, cross training
- Reason for Leaving: Wanted a break, got CDL and drop a truck for a while but not a great fit
Education
Diploma - undefined
Roosevelt High School
Gary, INAssociate of Arts - Culinary Arts
August Escoffier
Boulder, CO02.2023
Associate of Arts - Business Management
Robert Morris
Chicago 06.2009
Skills
- food preparation
- kitchen management
- recipe development
- staff training
- time management
- team leadership
- communication skills
- sanitation practices
- performance evaluation
- operational efficiency
- cross-training staff
- Cooking
- Cleaning and organization
- Food handling
- Multitasking and organization
- Kitchen organization
Timeline
Cook
Aramark
08.2025 - Current
General Manager
Dunkin Donuts
09.2024 - 08.2025
MiMi’s Kitchen
Cook
04.2022 - Current
Assistant General Manager
Taco Bell
02.2020 - 05.2024
General Manager
Chipotle
04.2009 - 02.2020
Diploma - undefined
Roosevelt High School
Associate of Arts - Culinary Arts
August Escoffier
Associate of Arts - Business Management
Robert Morris