THEODORE M.

MILLS
560 Beach 65th Street ▪ Far Rockaway New York 11692 ▪ (646) 326-2658 ▪
mills10029@yahoo.com

Culinary professional with extensive experience as line cook looking for

new challenges

EDUCATION

Monroe College, Bronx, NY

AAS in Culinary Arts, expected December 2011

New York Restaurant School, Certified 1996

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TGI Fridays, NY, NY 08/08 –

09/09

Kitchen Manager

• Handled inventories

• Managed and supervised line cooks

Catering (Private Business) NY, NY 08/07

- 05/08

Cook/Co-owner

• Catered for parties for over 1000 people or more; baby showers, funerals and
BBQs

Shea Stadiums Diamond Club 3/00 -

4/01 - 06/07

Lead Line cook

• Managed and instructed 5 cooks as to there job duties for the days menu

• Cooked all meats, fish and poultry with their respective sauces
Watertown Correctional Facility, Watertown, NY
02/04 - 11/06

Lead Cook/ Sous Chef (Seasonal)

• Supervised a staff of 10

• Cooked and handled menus and daily inventory

Hue French Vietnamese Restaurant, NY, NY 02/02

- 02/04

Line Cook

• Prepped sauté station for service and sautéed monk fish, mahi mahi, pan seared
duck, etc

Meet Café, NY, NY 05/01 -

06/03

Line Cook

• Opened the restaurant and received produce, liquor, meats and supplies

• Explained daily duties to prep-cooks based on the day’s menu

Jacobi Hospital, Bronx, NY 07/98 -

2/00

Line cook

• Managed employees cafeteria and main kitchen for patients

• Prepared all meats to the right temperature and coked food to meet hospital
guidelines

Garden Inn Hotel, NY, NY 03/96

- 06/97

Line cook

• Prepared meals for guest and patron

• Followed guidelines of hotel menu and portion size