About me
A goal driven hardworking professional dedicated in producing quality food to the best of my abilities. My culinary studies have covered each of the departments in the kitchen, giving me critical skills and knowledge other sections in the kitchen. My experience has been very broad, from working with Larder, running the vegetable section to running the pastry section. My Passion is the kitchen and the ability to create beautiful dishes as well as learn from the best in the culinary arts. As a passionate pastry chef, I am skilled in the intricate detail and precision required to create delicate and artistic cakes and deserts. As a detail-orientated professional with a flair for creating custom desserts, pastries and cakes as well as the age old classics. I possess outstanding interpersonal skills enabling a good fit within a team environment allowing for results that exceed expectations.
Work history
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Pastry Chef de PartieISS Facilities services
London, United KingdomFull Time
-Currently running a pastry section on my own, designing own menus for different areas of the business
-In charge of menu costings as well as menu development on for our Lick the Spoon Concept which runs on a 5 week rotation for 4 months and then changes (for our staff canteen which consists of 6 desserts , 2 biscuits, 3 cakes and a vegan choice)
-Developing and Costing our Skyscape (restaurant) and fine dining menu which changes monthly
-Developing and costing our seasonal hospitality brochure for canape and finger food buffet.
- In charge of ordering our daily sandwich deliveries and making sure they are delivered to meeting rooms on time.
- Health and safety Leader for the catering aspect of the building and helping to develop training with staff and keeping them informed of aspects of safety that are happening throughout the contract.
- Counting and inputting weekly stock take .
-Managing a commi chef as well as the sandwich chef.
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Pastry Chef de Partie1 Lombard Street
- London, United KingdomFull Time
• Assisting the head Pastry chef in creatively designing and developing with new desserts using ingredients that are currently in and out of season.
• Assisting the Head Pastry chef teach the new commi chefs techniques and skills that they have not yet acquired, to better meet the challenges of the kitchen.
• Preparing and decorating decadent Trolley desserts to be presented in the 1776 dessert trolley daily as well as deserts and cakes to match a specific theme.
• Assisting the head pastry chef control any ordering, organising, maintenance or cleaning that is required on a daily basis.
• Running the Pastry Section as well as taking a lead role in resolving any situations that may arise when the head pastry is unavailable or not present.
• Assisting multiple different sections should they be behind on service.
• Assisting with mise en plus on different sections during special events.
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Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Menu Design
- Organised
- Customer Services
- Payroll
- Assistant Admin
- Consumer Health
- Food Creation
- Food Styling
Education
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DiplomaCapsicum Culinary Studio
- Benoni, South Africa