Keonte Brown
Conyers
Summary
Experienced with various cooking techniques and kitchen operations. Utilizes culinary skills to create flavorful and visually appealing dishes. Knowledge of food safety practices and efficient kitchen workflows.
Experienced with warehouse operations and material handling. Utilizes effective inventory management techniques to ensure accuracy and order fulfillment. Track record of maintaining safety standards and improving workflow efficiency.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cook
Longhorn Steakhouse
03.2024 - 05.2025
- Cooks food items by grilling, frying, sautéing, and other cooking methods to specified recipes and standards. Maintain cleanliness and comply with food sanitation requirements by properly handling food and ensuring correct storage.
Cook
Moonshiners Bar And Grill
12.2022 - 04.2024
- Cooks food items by grilling, frying, sautéing, and other cooking methods to specified recipes and standards. Maintain cleanliness and complies with food sanitation requirements by properly handling food and ensuring correct storage.
Cook
Hilton
04.2023 - 09.2023
- Omelette/Egg station & Breakfast buffet
- Plates dishes and completes basic food prepping tasks for a restaurant. Their main duties include preparing and cooking food in a specific station, cleaning up prep areas and making sure the kitchen is stocked.
Line Cook
Summit Chase Country Club
10.2021 - 12.2022
- Link cook in a farm-to-table from scratch kitchen. Assist in preparing meals in numerous events such as weddings, baby showers, etc.
Sales Associate
ATHOME DECOR SUPERSTORE
09.2019 - 05.2022
- Responsible for assisting customers throughout the buying process. Duties include greeting customers when they enter the store, helping customers find specific products or showing them how to use them and ringing up customer purchases on the POS register
Cook
Zoes Kitchen, Inc.
07.2021 - 12.2021
- Prepare steak, shrimp, salmon, and veggie kabobs on gas grill using proper sanitation methods. Cook raw chicken breast, tenders, and kabobs on flat top grill using proper sanitation methods. Prepare sandwiches, roasted veggies, piadinas, chicken roll ups, steak roll ups, spinach roll ups, etc. Close kitchen.
Operations Administrator / Package Handler
FedEx Ground
04.2017 - 08.2020
- Responsible for performing the clerical and administrative functions for any or all hub and station operational areas, including linehaul, quality assurance and customer service. Tends to damaged and incorrectly addressed packages in a timely manner to optimize delivery time. Serves as a customer’s first line of contact for a variety of issues.
Education
Associate's degree - Culinary Arts
Art Institute of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA01.2018
High School Diploma -
South Gwinnett High School
Loganville, GA05-2014
Skills
- Warehouse experience
- Unloading (3 years)
- Food Preparation (8 years)
- Food Safety (8 years)
- Customer service
- Leadership
- Food Production
- Quality assurance
- From Scratch kitchen experience (4 years)
- POS
- Banquet Experience (8 years)
- Warehousing (3 years)
- Kitchen Experience (8 years)
- Guest services
- Food preparation
- Loading (3 years)
- Casual dining experience
- Meal Preparation
- Merchandising
- Culinary Experience (8 years)
- General Labor (3 years)
- Restaurant Management
- Restaurant Experience (8 years)
- Time Management, Inventory Management, Quick Learner (8 years)
- Catering (8 years)
- Restaurant experience
- Kitchen management
- Construction
- Cooking (8 years)
- Driving
- Sales
- Materials Handling
- Kitchen Management Experience (6 years)
- Food handling
- Cooking
- Communication skills
- Food industry
- Packaging (3 years)
- Pricing
Certification
- Food Handler Certification
- Driver's License November 2023 to March 2027
- Non-CDL Class C November 2023 to March 2027
- ServeSafe September 2013 to September 2018
Timeline
Cook
Longhorn Steakhouse
03.2024 - 05.2025
Cook
Hilton
04.2023 - 09.2023
Cook
Moonshiners Bar And Grill
12.2022 - 04.2024
Line Cook
Summit Chase Country Club
10.2021 - 12.2022
Cook
Zoes Kitchen, Inc.
07.2021 - 12.2021
Sales Associate
ATHOME DECOR SUPERSTORE
09.2019 - 05.2022
Operations Administrator / Package Handler
FedEx Ground
04.2017 - 08.2020
Associate's degree - Culinary Arts
Art Institute of Atlanta
High School Diploma -
South Gwinnett High School