Chiara Caroso
Miranda,NSW
Summary
My Name is Chiara, I’m from Italy and I’m 29 years old. I’m a very easy going person with a passion for cooking and baking.
For me team work and good communication is extremely important for the flow of the kitchen and I think also constructive criticism is extremely important as it helps me grow my skill set.
I’ve been working in bakeries and restaurants since I was 16 years old both in Italy and Australia.
I’ve been in Australia for the past 8 years. In the time that I’ve been here I have worked in bakeries and restaurants in different roles with different skill sets.
I attended a professional chef’s school “Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta” from 2009 and 2015, in Rimini, Italy where I obtained my Chef Diploma in 2015.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Kitchen Manager / Senior Pastry Chef
Sweet Chick
05.2020 - 06.2024
- Assembling and decorating custom made cakes and orders
- Baking and decorating desserts for special occasions and calendar desserts
- Organising the kitchen, manage kitchen staff members
- Keep truck of food stock and place food orders
- Keep the kitchen clean and tidy according to health and safety rules and doing a final deep clean at the end of each shift
- Able to perform full cake making from start to finish
- Preparation of savoury range pastries
- Training of new kitchen staff members
- Developing new recipes and new desserts
- Training of new kitchen staff members, developing new recipes and new desserts
- Conducted daily checks of refrigerators and freezers to verify proper food storage, container labelling, and surface cleaning
Senior Pastry Chef
Tuga Pastries
03.2020 - 04.2021
- Working on dough breaker (laminating, folding and pinning croissants/puff)
- Training people on the dough breaker
- Shape different type of croissants and make specials for retail shop
- Preparation of cake bases and decorations
- Preparation of pies and sausage rolls
- Baking and decorating products for the retail shops
- Mix bread dough and shape bread
- Maintained pastry-making equipment in good working order and replaced machinery when required to meet quality standards
Head Pastry Chef
Olio Restaurant
11.2018 - 03.2020
- Head pastry chef and responsible to all the pastry section
- Make bread dough, shape and bake bread
- Help different sections with preparation like starters and pasta sections
- Monitored baking ingredient stocks and replenished items to maintain sufficient quantities for pastry production
- Clean pastry cooking station and complied with applicable health and safety standards
- Maintained well-organized mise en place to keep work consistent
- Trained kitchen staff to perform various preparation tasks
- Develop new seasonal desserts and new recipes
Pastry Chef
Belle General Bakery
07.2018 - 11.2018
- Make and bake cake bases for cafes
- Cake decorating
- Preparation of muffins and dessert slices
- Organise daily orders from cafes and plan each day work
- Keep the kitchen clean and tidy up to HACCP standards
- Work in a team and develop new recipes
Pastry Chef
Organic Republic Bakery
12.2017 - 05.2018
- Preparation and decoration of muffins, cupcakes and cakes for retail shop
- Preparation of croissants from scratch, lamination of croissant dough and baking
- Preparation of savoury pastries and sandwiches
- Keep the kitchen clean and tidy up to HACCP standards
- Train new staff members
- Created unique daily specials
- Cut and shaped dough for pies, rolls and other pastries
Pastry Chef
Papa Pasticceria
03.2017 - 08.2017
- Decoration of cakes and small pastries
- Preparation of savoury pastries and sandwiches
- Serve customers
- Monitored quality of ingredients used in recipes to maintain consistency and safety standards
- Cleaned and maintained kitchen equipment and oven
Pastry Chef
Cesari Pasticceria
04.2015 - 01.2017
- Preparation of croissants from scratch
- Lamination of croissant dough
- Shape different croissants
- Develop new weekly specials
- Daily preparation of small pastries and custards
- Preparation and decoration of cakes,
- Preparation of savoury pastries
- Coffee maker/barista twice a week
- keep the kitchen up to HACCP standards
Pastry Chef
Pasticceria Rinaldini
08.2015 - 09.2015
- Preparation of croissants
- Fruit and cream decorations on small pastries and cakes
- Preparation of savoury pastries
- Keep kitchen clean and tidy to meet HACCP requirements
- Develop seasonal weekly specials with the other team members
Pastry Chef
Pasticceria Staccoli
03.2015 - 04.2015
- Preparations of small pastries
- Preparation of custards
- Preparation of savoury pastries and pizzas
- Bake croissants for retail shop and wholesale
- Daily kitchen deep cleaning
Pastry Chef
Makie’s Cakes
03.2014 - 03.2014
- Preparation of cupcakes and frosting
- Preparation of american style cakes
- Fondant decoration
- Keep the kitchen clean and tidy
Cook
Hotel Waldorf
06.2012 - 09.2012
- Preparation of the first courses
- Plating of second courses
- Preparation of breakfast buffet and small pastries
- Keep kitchen clean and organized
- Maintained food safety and sanitation standards
Education
CHEF DIPLOMA -
Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Professional Hospitality School
Rimini, Italy01.2015
Skills
- Cake decorator
- Croissants pinning and lamination
- Attention to the details
- Communication skills
- Team work
- Punctuality
- Product rotation
- Workflow planning
- Kitchen staff coordination
- Food safety
- Inventory management
- Staff training and development
Languages
English
Italian
Driver license
Able to drive to work with my own car
WORK REFERENCES
- SWEET CHICK
Brent Templeton (head baker) phone n.: 0404 350 112
- TUGA PASTRIES
Mayra Nicoletti (manager) phone n.: 0450 459153
- OLIO RESTAURANT
Federico Giubilei (head chef) phone n.: 0452 537089
- PAPA BAKERY
Alessandro Gessi (supervisor) phone n.: 0412 094481
INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT
To see pictures of my work visit: carochiasweets
Timeline
Kitchen Manager / Senior Pastry Chef
Sweet Chick
05.2020 - 06.2024
Senior Pastry Chef
Tuga Pastries
03.2020 - 04.2021
Head Pastry Chef
Olio Restaurant
11.2018 - 03.2020
Pastry Chef
Belle General Bakery
07.2018 - 11.2018
Pastry Chef
Organic Republic Bakery
12.2017 - 05.2018
Pastry Chef
Papa Pasticceria
03.2017 - 08.2017
Pastry Chef
Pasticceria Rinaldini
08.2015 - 09.2015
Pastry Chef
Cesari Pasticceria
04.2015 - 01.2017
Pastry Chef
Pasticceria Staccoli
03.2015 - 04.2015
Pastry Chef
Makie’s Cakes
03.2014 - 03.2014
Cook
Hotel Waldorf
06.2012 - 09.2012
CHEF DIPLOMA -
Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Professional Hospitality School
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