CHEF INSTRUCTOR Professional Summary Pastry chef/baker/cake decorator 5 year history creating beautiful specialty cakes events. Wide range skills includes custom breads, cookies, pies tarts. Highly organized supportive team player. Abundant knowledge seasonality ingredients well passion local, sustainable organic ingredients. Plans executes menu development, budget analysis, equipment, food preparation execution, ordering. Hardworking, time, self-motivated individual proven record responsibility ability problem solve. Equally effective working independently well team effort. Works well wide range people levels; comfortable leading, collaborating training. Organized detail-oriented ability view situations challenges positive way propose solutions streamline operations. Passionate creating unique, delicious pastries using extensive knowledge baking sciences flavor combinations. Experience 04/2016 Current Chef Instructor Company Name － City State Teaching classes small large groups. Honing current culinary skills sharing knowledge, methods technique students. Creating lesson plans menus 02/2016 Current Sales Representative Company Name － City State Traveling New Jersey, Pennsylvania Delaware areas selling cake pastries wholesale bakery. Learning art sales Honing communication sales skills well conversational ability product knowledge ​ 03/2015 01/2016 Assistant Pastry Chef Company Name － City State Helped lead small team bakers Decorated cakes, cupcakes variety pastries daily display case. Created different flavor combinations seasonal goods make ever changing menu Created menu items highly popular Napa renown Boon Fly Cafe Helped carry banquets creating attractive dessert bread displays 500 people Managed daily production breads including Brioche, burger buns, focaccia, sourdough baguettes, rye bread, carraway seed, multigrain, parker house rolls, pizza dough biscuits. Placed produce/dry good orders, requisitioned admin duties. 08/2014 03/2015 Event/Pastry Chef Company Name － City State Communicates effectively management well co workers. Leads team successful parties banquets. Works production line necessary. Team player systematically tastes smells prepared dishes, observes color, texture garnishes. Implements supports company initiatives programs. Consistently keeps clean safe environment adhering federal, state local sanitation safety requirements. Prepares variety breads, pastries, desserts, cookies well savory items events ranging 15 100 people. 08/2012 08/2014 Assistant Pastry Chef Company Name － City State Managed directed team three pastry line cooks include; overseeing daily responsibilities, health safety standards sustained. Effectively coordinated management kitchen staff service guarantee successful lunch dinner shifts.Prepared variety breads, sauces, garnishes pastries daily basis needed service. Helped facilitate kitchen cleanliness sanitation well communicating well co- workers English Spanish. Procured supplies, foods, equipment pastry department. Assisted initial restaurant opening pastry department development. Spearheaded research development include reviewing analyzing data meals served, food consumed, food costs, supplies labor along providing reports recommendations based results. Sought new methods, products procedures improving food service operation. Was responsible ordering/ checking orders well conducting inventory costing recipes. Established maintained open, collaborative relationships kitchen team. Quickly courteously resolved guest problems complaints. 08/2007 01/2012 Banquet Chef Company Name － City State Managed team kitchen support successfully organized executed banquet events. Assisted ordering, menu planning, calculating charges special dinners banquet events. Prepped executed professional banquets guest ranging 15-1,000 customers. Ordered requisitioned food daily basis banquets large parties. Interacted guests members leading live food action stations. Conducted daily inspections maintained food sanitation kitchen equipment safety reports. Enforced appropriate work-flow quality controls food quality temperature. Persistently strove continual improvement worked cooperatively team member. Diligently enforced proper sanitation practices prevent spoiling contamination foods. 05/2006 08/2007 Baker/Cake Decorator/Retail Company Name － City State Processed bakery orders customers directed cake delivery. Organized refilled bakery case appropriate inventory based current sales. Creatively decorated cakes, cupcakes, tarts pastries well special order items. Managed Retail Bakery accounts balancing register nightly basis. Prepared bakery specialty products bagels, breads pastries. Education 2007 Associate Arts Culinary Pastry Arts Illinois Institute Art － City State Food Preparation, Kitchen Management, Patisserie Confectionery, International Cuisine, Recipe Menu Planning 2005 High School Diploma Chesterton High School － City State Culinary Arts Vocational Senior year. Skills Photoshop, arts, budgeting, costing, desktop publishing, English, health safety standards, Illustrator, inventory, microsoft word, quality, research, restaurant operations, Retail, Safety, sales, Spanish, supervision, team player, time-management, work-flow, written communication