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Dilshan Sanjeewa

Chadstone,VIC

Summary

Accomplished Line Chef with 2 years of focused culinary experience at fine dining and family restaurants. Versatile food preparer and team leader with history of cultivating esprit de corps and customer service passion among kitchen teams. Committed to creating memorable traditional and creative dishes for customers with high expectations.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Assistant Line Chef

Block 50
Wheelers Hill, VIC
11.2023 - Current
  • Created tasty dishes using popular recipes, delighting patrons and generating return business.
  • Monitored food product freshness, rotated out old product, carefully stocked inventory and complied with and enforced sanitation regulations and safety standards.
  • Handled food deliveries, processing items and accurately placing into inventory.
  • Followed established health and safety guidelines while preparing meals.
  • Plated food according to restaurant artistic guidelines to promote attractive presentation.
  • Created diverse cuisines for full restaurant, special event, catering and tasting menus.

Assistant Line Chef

TSG Chirnside Park
Chirnside Park, VIC
09.2023 - Current
  • Prepared workstations with ingredients and tools to increase efficiency.
  • Improved performance of team members resulting in high-quality meals produced daily.
  • Communicated effectively with other kitchen personnel to coordinate meal preparation activities.
  • Managed multiple tasks simultaneously while maintaining speed and accuracy in production.
  • Adjusted heat sources according to recipe specifications for each dish prepared.

Assistant Line Chef

Mr Grumpy’s Cafe
Mulgrave, VIC
09.2023 - 11.2023
  • Prepared workstations with ingredients and tools to increase efficiency.
  • Created tasty dishes using popular recipes, delighting patrons and generating return business.
  • Demonstrated and modeled positive and professional communication with customers and team members, resulting in engaged co-workers and satisfied and loyal customers.
  • Monitored food product freshness, rotated out old product, carefully stocked inventory and complied with and enforced sanitation regulations and safety standards.
  • Cleaned up cooking stations and properly stored leftovers.

Chefs De Parties

SOS Café
South Yara, VIC
12.2021 - 09.2023
  • Planned and completed group projects, working smoothly with others.
  • Prioritized and organized tasks to efficiently accomplish service goals.
  • Promoted high customer satisfaction by resolving problems with knowledgeable and friendly service.
  • Worked with cross-functional teams to achieve goals.
  • Assisted Head Chef in closing down the kitchen area at end of day ensuring all remaining ingredients were stored properly.
  • Supported chefs in managing food preparation to achieve precise plating and presentation.
  • Informed kitchen staff of schedules and delegated appropriate duties to improve efficiency.
  • Placed frequently used ingredients in proper storage containers and placed perishable items in refrigerator.
  • Supervised a team of junior chefs during busy shifts, delegating tasks accordingly.
  • Communicated effectively with waiters, waitresses regarding orders received from customers, guests.

Banking Trainee

Commercial bank of Ceylon
, Sri Lanka
05.2019 - 01.2020

Assistant Accountant

Cargills Ceylon PLC
, Sri Lanka
07.2016 - 05.2019

Education

Diploma of Hospitality Management -

Queens College of Vocational Education
07-2023

Certificate III & IV in commercial cookery -

Queens College of vocational education
01.2023

Skills

  • Friendly and good team worker
  • Hard Worker and quick learner
  • Food Handling Procedures
  • Food Safety Knowledge
  • Food Service
  • Meal Preparation
  • Food Prep
  • Cleanliness and Sanitation
  • Kitchen Assistance
  • Recipe Development

References

  • Dulitha Bhanuka, Former Head Chef, SOS Cafe, 5/177 Toorak rd, South Yara, VIC, 3141, 0452363434
  • Sathira Geethanjana, Chef, Flinders Hotel, Cnr. Cook & Wood St, Flinders, VIC, 3929, 0406060801

Timeline

Assistant Line Chef

Block 50
11.2023 - Current

Assistant Line Chef

TSG Chirnside Park
09.2023 - Current

Assistant Line Chef

Mr Grumpy’s Cafe
09.2023 - 11.2023

Chefs De Parties

SOS Café
12.2021 - 09.2023

Banking Trainee

Commercial bank of Ceylon
05.2019 - 01.2020

Assistant Accountant

Cargills Ceylon PLC
07.2016 - 05.2019

Diploma of Hospitality Management -

Queens College of Vocational Education

Certificate III & IV in commercial cookery -

Queens College of vocational education

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