Pamela Chan
Chef
Prahran,VIC
Summary
Skilled Baker with exceptional knowledge of baking times, methods, temperatures, and flavors. Well-versed in proper function and maintenance of bakery utensils and equipment. Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level [Job Title] position. Ready to help team achieve company goals. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Baker
The Wildflour Bakery
09.2022 - Current
- Daily bakery preparation for sandwiches, make sandwich fillings, baking cakes, tarts, scones and breads
- Assist with baking cakes, cookies, mini cakes and slice
- Assembling and decorating the cakes with assortment of icings
- Help make batches of bread, scones, roll pastry for tarts
- Make and bake cakes and slices according to recipes guide.
level 4 Chef
The Big Group
07.2018 - Current
- Worked in a busy catering environment, serving plated 3 to 6 course meals
- Work in a busy production kitchen for large scale events, major functions and private events
- My experience as senior supervisor involves managing and supervising the back of house kitchen at all the onsite events locations around Melbourne city
- Cooking dishes and food preparation according to instructions and set recipe, following menu instruction according to schedule
- Manage and supervise the back of house kitchen with a variety of kitchen staff at events such as weddings, corporate cocktail functions
- Experience in communicating with all levels of the catering organisation, events manager and front of house supervisor in relation to timings and the flow of the food service, dietary requirements of guest
- Assisting chefs in food production at based production kitchen in main production kitchen
- Ensure food hygiene is always maintained, clean down workbench after each food preparation and cooking and associated areas to avoid food contamination
- Work in a team during busy periods for large functions orders, assist others as required
- Maintain records of fridge temperatures and food storage
- Prepare all in house made canapés and presentation at function venues, large scale corporate lunches and cocktail parties, weddings, private home functions
- Responsibilities: The ability to cooking with different recipes and ingredients at prep production kitchen
- Ensure that all food prep is completed and followed according to recipe card and instructions
- Food preparation includes the use of various use of kitchen commercial equipment and ensuring that safety is top priority while working with the cooking equipment’s
- Ensuring that maintaining quality and good standards are followed while on jobs art functions and events
- Delegate and assisted with service period for setting up menus and preparing kitchen staff for service
- Manage and supervisor kitchen staff, with delegating kitchen a of 4 – 8 staff to ensure that all task and food prep are completed in a timely manner
- And then conduct all check of post event feedback to management of each function and event.
Baker (casual)
The Union Co café
02.2016 - 05.2017
- Baking and food preparation duties in busy café
- A weekly baking of various sweet and savory items such as scones, savory tarts and quiches, sweet dessert tarts, lemon and chocolate tarts, pies and pasties, cakes, and slices
- Other duties include working at the front of house, serving customers at the counter taking orders from customers, dealt with cash at the till and learned to operate the card transaction EFTPOS Machine, managed coffee orders during busy periods, efficiently cleared and tidy tables and put away dirty dishes
- While it was busy at the case I also assisted with cooking and plating up meals for the customers
- Other duties include working front of house duties during busy periods, served customer at the counter, dealt with cash and card transactions at the till, took coffee orders and other beverages, serving cooked food to siting customers, and clean and tidy dirty dishes.
Education
Certificate 4 In Commercial Cookery SIT40516 -
Holmesglen Waverley Campus - Glen Waverley
Skills
Customer Service
Recipe Development
Cake Decorating
Food Safety
Kitchen Safety
Kitchen Equipment Operation
Team Player
Pastry preparation
Food safety and sanitation
Management
Temperature Control
Portion Control
Conversant in [Language]
Accomplishments
Compete in cooking competition for Victorian State Final 2018. Aus TAFE Culinary Trophy. Awarded Bronze Medal.
Mobile Phone
0401887272
References
Reference available upon request.
Timeline
Baker
The Wildflour Bakery
09.2022 - Current
level 4 Chef
The Big Group
07.2018 - Current
Baker (casual)
The Union Co café
02.2016 - 05.2017
Certificate 4 In Commercial Cookery SIT40516 -
Holmesglen Waverley Campus - Glen Waverley