
Liam Doyle
Butcher
Proper butchery, great cuts, customers who come back
Time-served butcher with twelve years in traditional and supermarket butchery in Cork, skilled in breaking carcasses, preparing cuts and serving customers across the counter. Bones, trims and prepares beef, lamb, pork and poultry to order, makes sausages and prepared lines, and advises customers on cuts and cooking. Built a loyal counter following and grew counter sales through quality, range and genuine advice. Runs the counter to strict food-safety and hygiene standards, manages stock and ordering, and trains apprentices in knife skills and butchery. Hard-working, skilled with a knife, and proud of the craft. Looking for a head-butcher or counter-manager role with a butcher or food retailer that values traditional skill.
Doyle's Family Butchers / Counter - Cork, Ireland
Butcher April 2016 to Present 10 years & 3 months
Make sausages, burgers and prepared lines, and develop seasonal products that lift counter sales.
Serve customers across the counter, advising on cuts, quantities and cooking to build a loyal following.
Run the counter to strict HACCP food-safety, temperature and hygiene standards.
Manage meat stock, ordering and rotation to minimise waste and keep the display full and fresh.
Train apprentices and junior staff in knife skills, breakdown and counter service.
Munster Supermarket — Meat Counter - Cork, Ireland
Counter Butcher September 2013 to March 2016 2 years & 7 months
Cut and packed a wide range of products to display and order.
Maintained food-safety standards and stock rotation on the counter.
Built speed and customer rapport that led to a skilled butcher role.
Cork Master Butchers Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship in Butchery (Time-Served) (September 2010 to August 2013)
Irish Food Safety Authority
Food Safety (HACCP) Certification (September 2013 to December 2013)
Grew counter sales
Loyal counter following
Food Safety (HACCP)
Irish Food Safety Authority (December 2013 to Present)
- Carcass Breakdown
- Knife Skills
- Boning & Trimming
- Cut Preparation
- Sausage & Product Making
- Counter Service
- Food Safety (HACCP)
- Stock & Ordering
- Waste Control
- Customer Advice