Fast Food Cook Resume Template
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- Lead a 6-cook evening shift turning out 700+ orders on weekend nights at a drive-thru store.
- Run the clamshell grill and call orders off the kitchen display to keep tickets under 3 min.
- Cut average ticket time from 4:10 to 2:45 by resetting the line layout and batch-cook charts.
- Log grill and fryer temps and hot-hold times every 2 hours for county health inspections.
- Train new cooks on burger build specs, fry times and cleaning checklists in 5 shifts.
- Cooked burgers, chicken and breakfast items on flat-top and clamshell grills to spec.
- Filtered fryer oil daily and changed oil on schedule, cutting oil use 15%.
- Worked 3 orders at once while keeping every sandwich built to the photo card.
- Broke down and sanitized grills, hoods and prep tables at close with no failed audits.
- Prepped salsas, proteins and tortillas and cooked orders from ticket slips at a busy counter.
- Rotated stock by first in, first out and dated all prep in the walk-in cooler.
Names, employers and dates on the sample are invented. Duties and software come from O*NET 31.0; credentials were checked against the sources listed below.
Licenses and certifications
- Food Handler Card State or county health department Optional, valued by employers
Sources: www.bls.gov
Licensing rules differ by state; check with your state board before you apply.
Skills to list
- Grill Operation
- Fryer Operation
- Food Safety Compliance
- Portion Control
- Order Accuracy
- POS/Kitchen Display Systems
- Inventory Restocking
- Sanitation Procedures
Software and tools
- RestaurantPlus PRO
- Plexis Software Plexis POS
- Aldelo Systems Aldelo for Restaurants Pro
- Foodman Home-Delivery
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Outlook
Duties to describe on a fast food cook resume
- Read food order slips or received verbal instructions as to food required by patron, and prepared and cooked food according to instructions.
- Maintained sanitation, health, and safety standards in work areas.
- Cleaned food preparation areas, cooking surfaces, and utensils.
- Operated large-volume cooking equipment, such as grills, deep-fat fryers, or griddles.
- Took food and drink orders and received payment from customers.
- Cooked the exact number of items ordered by each customer, working on several different orders simultaneously.
Titles along the way
- Fast Food Cook
- Shift Lead Cook
- Kitchen Manager
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