Manjot Kaur
Summary
Dynamic Chef with a proven track record at Spic n Ice Restaurant, excelling in menu creation and kitchen management. Adept at sourcing fresh ingredients and training staff, I consistently uphold food safety standards while fostering a collaborative team environment. My culinary creativity and effective communication skills drive exceptional dining experiences.
Experienced in fast-paced environments and adaptable to last-minute changes. Thrives under pressure and consistently earns high marks for work quality and speed.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Chef
Spic n ice restaurant
Port adelaide
11.2024 - Current
- Created and executed innovative menu items using seasonal ingredients.
- Supervised kitchen staff to maintain food quality and safety standards.
- Collaborated with suppliers to source fresh produce and specialty items.
console operator, cook
liberty oil Beverley
03.2022 - 10.2025
- Preparation and production of all menu items assigned in accordance with progressive cooking techniques and healthy heart guidelines
- Utilising the daily production sheet and approved recipes
- Ensuring the cleanliness and maintenance of the kitchen and equipment
- Assisting the efficient operation of the kitchen
- Carefully inspecting all ingredients prior to use and ensure that all provisions used are properly recorded
- Ensuring inventory items, supplies and equipment is maintained in a neat, orderly, and sanitary manner
- Assisting in the proper care of perishable leftovers; wrap, label and refrigerate all usable leftovers
- Adhering to all sanitation procedures and personal hygiene standards
- Ensuring safe use, the kitchen equipment
- Performing other duties as assigned
- Handling cash
- Customers services
Lifestyle Care Attended (LCA)
Pila care disability centre
03.2024 - 04.2024
- Assisting resident with personal care needs as per their care plan such as shower, bath, dressing and undressing residents.
- Providing personal and practical services for people with a wide range of illness and disability from wide range of cultures.
- Make and change beds:
- Maintaining awareness and commitment to safe work practice as per nursing home policies and procedures.
- Work cooperatively with registered staff on the floor and report any concern or change in health immediately to register staff.
- Assisting residents with daily activities including communicating with each other, dressing and grooming
- Giving support to residents with eating and drinking
- Providing them emotional support
- Assisting clients with their mobility.
- Providing social support to clients and helping them attend social outings with friends and family.
Kitchen hand
Extra staff agency
01.2023 - 03.2024
- Cleaning
- Tea/Coffee Service
- Reporting any changes to residents (behaviour or health) to the Registered Nurse
- Preparing lunch and dinner as well desserts
- Updating the diet requirements
Student Chef
Spice Heaven Indian restaurant
09.2023 - 11.2023
- Perform duties as directed
- Food preparation
- Cleaning
- Observation and learning
Student chef
Mancini's cafe ristorante
04.2023 - 07.2023
- Perform duties as directed
- Food preparation
- Observation and learning
- Positive attitude about everything
- Love working in a team so we can share the ideas with one another willing to help others
- Keeping everything clean and tidy for hygiene
- Always listening to others first before giving my opinion
- Maintaining safe work environment
Customer Service Assistant
La pinoz Pizza India
punjab
01.2021 - 05.2021
- Taking orders
- Filling up specific orders
- Laying out the tables
- Assist in cleaning work place
- Completing Transactions
- Maintaining safe work environment
- Serving food and beverages
- Checking with clients regularly to ensure that they are enjoying their meals
- Take necessary steps to report any issue to manager
Education
Certificate iii - individual support (Ageing and Disability)
Studywise collage
Secondary Education -
IndiaDiploma in Commercial Cookery - Hospitality
Durban College
Adelaide, SASkills
- Menu creation
- Food safety standards
- Culinary techniques
- Kitchen management
- Inventory control
- Customer relationship management
- Kitchen organization
- Supply chain collaboration
- Cash handling
- Staff training
- Problem solving
- Attention to detail
- Effective communication
- Team collaboration
- Time management
- Business management
- Resource management
- Portion and cost control
- Sanitation guidelines
- Kitchen equipment operations
- Grilling and deep frying skills
- Effective communications
- Multitasking and organization
- Verbal and written communication
- Cost control
- Kitchen operations
- Process improvements
- Foodstuff procurement
- Ingredient selection
- Culinary creativity
- Made-to-order meals
Timeline
Chef
Spic n ice restaurant
11.2024 - Current
Lifestyle Care Attended (LCA)
Pila care disability centre
03.2024 - 04.2024
Student Chef
Spice Heaven Indian restaurant
09.2023 - 11.2023
Student chef
Mancini's cafe ristorante
04.2023 - 07.2023
Kitchen hand
Extra staff agency
01.2023 - 03.2024
console operator, cook
liberty oil Beverley
03.2022 - 10.2025
Customer Service Assistant
La pinoz Pizza India
01.2021 - 05.2021
Certificate iii - individual support (Ageing and Disability)
Studywise collage
Secondary Education -
Diploma in Commercial Cookery - Hospitality
Durban College