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Liam Doyle

Butcher

Proper butchery, great cuts, customers who come back

+353 21 555 0478
Cork, Ireland

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.

Work Experience

Doyle's Family Butchers / Counter - Cork, Ireland

Butcher April 2016 to Present 10 years & 3 months

Break carcasses and bone, trim and prepare beef, lamb, pork and poultry into counter cuts and orders.
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

Prepared and served meat across a busy supermarket counter.
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.
Education

Cork Master Butchers Apprenticeship

Apprenticeship in Butchery (Time-Served) (September 2010 to August 2013)

Completed a traditional time-served butchery apprenticeship under a master butcher, learning carcass breakdown, knife skills and counter service. Built the craft foundation that supermarket training rarely matches. Progressed to a skilled butcher role.

Irish Food Safety Authority

Food Safety (HACCP) Certification (September 2013 to December 2013)

Certification in HACCP food-safety principles and safe meat handling required for butchery. It underpins the counter's hygiene and temperature controls. Maintained in line with regulatory and employer standards.
Highlights

Grew counter sales

Grew counter sales through quality cuts, a wider range of prepared products and genuine customer advice. A trusted butcher who knows his cuts turns one-off shoppers into weekly regulars.

Loyal counter following

Built a loyal base of customers who come specifically for the counter and his recommendations. That relationship is the real edge an independent butcher has over a supermarket.
Certifications

Food Safety (HACCP)

Irish Food Safety Authority (December 2013 to Present)

Certification in HACCP food-safety principles and safe meat handling required for butchery. It underpins the counter's hygiene and temperature controls. Maintained in line with regulatory and employer standards.
Technical Skills
  • Carcass Breakdown
  • Knife Skills
  • Boning & Trimming
  • Cut Preparation
  • Sausage & Product Making
  • Counter Service
  • Food Safety (HACCP)
  • Stock & Ordering
  • Waste Control
  • Customer Advice
Langauges

English (UK)

Native or Bilingual Proficiency

Irish

Limited Working Proficiency
Personal Info

Location

Cork, Ireland

Nationality

Irish

Gender

Male

Availability

1 month

Date of Birth

1991-02-20
Activities & Interests
Personal Skills

Craftsmanship

Reliability

Work Ethic

Customer Rapport

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