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Bisakha Roy Choudhury

Granville

Summary

Former founder & show-runner of Crunchilicious, adept in leveraging culinary and management skills to grow a customer base primarily through social media. Currently employed as a Commis Chef at Hyatt Regency. Experienced in building a cloud kitchen specialising in Korean cuisine from scratch, creating a menu using limited resources to deliver a quality product and a unique customer experience. Achieved significant market presence by focusing on creativity, strategic marketing, and customer satisfaction.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Commis Chef

Hyatt Regency
10.2024 - Current
  • Preparing and cooking breakfast items for the Indian section as required.
  • Managing cold section including preparing cold cuts which requires precision and detailing, various types of cheese, breakfast mixes & sauces.
  • Handling bulk preparations for day-to-day veggies & meat as required.
  • Preparing and arranging chopped & whole fruits for the breakfast set-up.


Owner

Crunchilicious
09.2020 - 06.2024
  • Solely responsible for all meal and order preparations for customer orders.
  • Formed a customer base initially by word-of-mouth and progressed to social media marketing via content creation for developing robust customer base now standing 3K followers.
  • Curated the menu from scratch with limited local resources.
  • Negotiated with vendors for better pricing & products without compromising on the quality of the final product.
  • Maintained a stock count of all perishable and non-perishable items and ensured replenishment to cater to customer orders.
  • Closely monitored local competitors in the same cuisine to ensure we cater to customer demands while maintaining healthy relations and being a commercially viable entity.

Student Ambassador

SAYUL
06.2021 - 12.2021

SAYUL is a Non-governmental Korean organization which is currently under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.


  • Assisted in establishing SAYUL (Student ambassador, Young united leaders) association in India.
  • Corrected errors and expanded description of Republic of Korea related information in open-source platforms like Wikipedia.
  • Actively arranged cultural and historical exchange programs for building better relationships between India and Korea.

Anchor Intern

Indian Folk
06.2018 - 10.2018
  • Conducted interviews, set-up cameras & managed social media for extensive reach.
  • Gained an understanding of media business and preparation for interviews with known personalities.
  • Area of work included filmmaking, current affairs, financial markets & political scoops.

Education

Postgraduate Diploma - Mass Communication And Public Relations

St. Xavier's College (Autonomous)
04.2018

Bachelor of Arts - English Literature

University of Calcutta
04.2017

High School Diploma -

Central Board of Secondary Education
03.2014

Skills

Cooking & Culinary skills:

  • Chopping & knife-handling abilities
  • Creativity (using limited resources for Korean cuisine in Indian markets)
  • Cleanliness & hygiene maintenance
  • Attention to detail & preparation of special requests
  • Understanding of ingredients & seasoning

Management skills:

  • Time & resource management
  • Customer relationship management
  • Social media management
  • Marketing & strategic planning (content creation & offering pop-up menu's)

Certification

  • Communicative Korean course - 88%
  • Korean Cultural Learning Centre - Intermediate level (reading, speaking & writing)
  • Junior diploma in Bharatnatyam (Classical Indian dance form) and possess 13 years of practise.


Languages

Korean
Professional Working

Timeline

Commis Chef

Hyatt Regency
10.2024 - Current

Student Ambassador

SAYUL
06.2021 - 12.2021

Owner

Crunchilicious
09.2020 - 06.2024

Anchor Intern

Indian Folk
06.2018 - 10.2018

Postgraduate Diploma - Mass Communication And Public Relations

St. Xavier's College (Autonomous)

Bachelor of Arts - English Literature

University of Calcutta

High School Diploma -

Central Board of Secondary Education
  • Communicative Korean course - 88%
  • Korean Cultural Learning Centre - Intermediate level (reading, speaking & writing)
  • Junior diploma in Bharatnatyam (Classical Indian dance form) and possess 13 years of practise.


Bisakha Roy Choudhury