Erik Dowell

Experience

• 

  North Beach Realtors

  May 2005 - Sept 2009

  Office Administrator
• 

  Bull On The Beach

  Mar 2006 - Oct 2010

  Kitchen Manager

  Counting out servers, balancing registers, keeping accountability of money in registers and safe, prepping food and ingredients, cooking on grill, fryer, raw bar and steamer stations. Roasting 10-15 pound whole top and bottom round hunks of beef on a spit over open flame and cooking to temperature. Opening and Closing restaurant.

• 

  The Shark On The Harbour

  Sept 2007 - Feb 2008

  Pantry/Cold Side/Prep Cook
• 

  Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill

  Jun 2010 - Jul 2011

  Jr. Sous Chef

  First 3 months Chef De Partie of the Fry stationSecond 3 months Chef De Partie of Plancha/Flat Top station.Third 3 months Chef De Partie of Robata grill station. Last 3 months Jr Sous Chef and in charge of Robata Grill station. Each station ranged between 10-20 dishes for pick-up during brunch, lunch and dinner services. Spanish style Tapas with a Japanese twist. Responsible to prep, cook and maintain each station with complete knowledge of cooking each ingredient from scratch from beginning to end, including all accompaniment sauces, toppings and puree's. Maintaining sanitation and cleanliness of stations, responsible to ensure coworkers maintain sanitation, prep management of each station as well as maintaining order of the multiple walk-in coolers.Assisted in saute, garde manger, sushi and raw bar stations as well.Worked under James Beard Award Nominee of Best Chef South and Best New Chef, Executive Chef Timon Balloo. Show less

• 

  Connoisseurs Bistro West

  Sept 2010 - Feb 2011

  Manager/Hot Line/Prep/Catering Chef

  Responsible for prepping and cooking food and ingredients for dinner service and catering services. Worked in very small kitchen with minimal staff, working each station of Saute, fry, grill, garde manger and desert stations.Maintained sanitation and cleanliness of entire kitchen and walk in coolers.

• 

  Area 31- Epic Hotel

  Jun 2011 - May 2012

  Chef de Partie

  In charge of the cooking, prepping and maintaining the garde manger station, fry station and occasionally Saute station depending on the day of the week. Working each station required complete knowledge of how to prep every ingredient of each dish from beginning to end without the assistance of prep cooks. Each station ranged from 6-10 dishes for pick up during dinner service each night, as well as an additional rotating chef's tasting menu which changed every 10 days that included 2 extra pick-ups per each station. In control of full preparation of each dish from beginning to end including butchering, breaking down, and cooking all food on each station.Responsible to work and gain knowledge to work with ingredients that were new to myself that are considered avant-garde cooking (molecular gastronomy). Knife skills were to be precise and accurate, knowledge of maintaining sanitation before, during and after service to be considered to be the most important as well as maintaining tools, machines and instruments. Worked under 'Food and Wine Best New Chef' Executive Chef Michael Reidt as well as some of the best up and coming chefs in Miami, Florida. Show less

• 

  Bulldog Barbeque

  Aug 2011 - Nov 2011

  Chef de Partie

  Responsible for prepping and cooking ingredients for all stations as well as assisiting in dinner service. Created and helped develop Brunch menu as well as prepping ingredients and assisting in brunch service. Maintaining sanitation and cleanliness of the line, walk in and prep areas.Worked with Bravo's Top Chef Howie Kleinberg.

• 

  Rosa Mexicano Restaurants

  Nov 2011 - May 2012

  Chef de Partie

  Responsible for prepping and cooking during brunch, lunch and dinner services. In charge of Plancha/Flat Top station and Enchilada Station.Gained knowledge and experience working in a scratch made / upscale style Mexican food kitchen. Responsible for maintaining walk in coolers, consolidating and checking freshness of food quality.

• 

  Sea Grace at North Beach Realtors

  May 2013 - May 2014

  Office Assistant
• 

  North Beach Realtors

  May 2014 - now

  Helping to manage 120+ properties located on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Delaware (Ocean City, Ocean Pines, Fenwick Island, Berlin, Ocean View, Rehobeth Beach, Dewey Beach and Ocean View) for year-round, summer seasonal, winter seasonal and weekly rentals. Assisting in resolving issues, scheduling maintenance, booking reservations, previewing and inspecting units, keeping accountability of monetary transactions, checking-in/checking out guests and assisting clients & customers in person, over the phone and through email. In charge of updating and maintaining current and accurate information to be present through social media outlets including facebook, twitter, instagram, craigslist, yelp, etc. Currently working on becoming a licensed Realtor in Maryland and Delaware. Show less

  • Licensed Realtor

    May 2016 - now

  • Executive Assistant Office Manager

    May 2014 - now