Rifatul Islam Rifat
SYDNEY
Summary
Creative and hardworking Cook known for high productivity, fast and efficient task completion. Specialize in innovative breakfast menu design, skilled in various cooking techniques, and adept at ingredient pairing to enhance flavors. Excel in time management, adaptability, and teamwork, ensuring smooth kitchen operations and customer satisfaction.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Breakfast Chef
Chambers Fine Coffee
Top Ryde City Shopping Mall
04.2025 - Current
- Handle a very busy cafe alone
- Bulk prep of ingredients and managing them in cool room maintaining FIFO
- Buying and ordering stocks, receiving them according to the invoice and stocking them in proper sections of cool room and freezer
- Making different dishes for breakfast and lunch for display and service accordingly to the dockets
- On time early morning opening and proper clean up and closing on time.
Sandwich Hand
Catering Project
Glebe
02.2025 - 12.2025
- Large scale bulk sandwich making
- Preparation for bulk filling and spread
- Huge assembly line of building sandwiches
- Cutting them and boxing in catering boxes and making it delivery ready on time
- Handled multiple bread varieties during sandwich preparation
Cook
Canterbury League Club
Belmore
02.2025 - 06.2025
- Prepared fresh salads using seasonal ingredients and quality produce.
- Followed food safety guidelines to ensure safe food handling practices.
Line Cook
Italian Street Kitchen
Neutral Bay
08.2024 - 01.2025
- Learned and grown at the antipasti section
- Rocket and beetroot salad preparation
- Prepared fryer items including chips, calamari, arancini, croquettes, and chicken cotoletta, ensuring quality and consistency
- Mastered grill cooking techniques in a fast-paced kitchen environment.
- Acquired plating skills to present dishes attractively for customers.
- Learning pasta and pizza stretching currently there
- Operated dishwashing equipment following safety guidelines
- Trained new staff on dishwashing procedures
- Achieved employee of the month and vouchers for my efficient service
Kitchen Hand
Katering Ltd
Redfern
05.2023 - 06.2024
- Cleaned dishes, pots, pans and utensils. Did industrial dishwashing
- Swept and mopped floors to maintain cleanliness in the kitchen area
- Stocked shelves with food supplies, such as canned goods and dry ingredients
- Assisted cooks in preparing meals by washing vegetables and fruits, cutting meats and other tasks as needed
- Disposed garbage
- Received deliveries of food items and stored them properly
- Checked temperatures of freezers, refrigerators and hot holding units regularly.
Education
Bachelor Of Computer Science - Cybersecurity
Macquarie University
Sydney, NSW, Australia Skills
- Learned pasta ( Bolognese, Fregola, Arrabiata, Napoli, Carbonara, seafood)
- Wraps, burgers, different eggs( scrambled, poached, spinach feta omelette, shakshuka)
- Smashed Avo, Tomato bruschetta, grilled chicken salad, Caesar salad, greek salad, Fruit salad, salmon love salad, tuna salad etc
- Sandwich making both service and catering( Tuna mayo, Egg Mayo, Smoked salmon, hummus falafel, steak and pickles)
- Cleaning the kitchen and utensils efficiently using industrial dishwasher
- Fryer experience
- Grill experience
- Maintaining kitchen safety and use of chemicals
- Checking coolrooms and freezer temperature
- Ordering Stock, Receiving Stock, managing stock in cool room, prep, and organising and using according to FIFO and sections
- Closing with proper cleaning
- Introducing new dishes and recipes
- Learned and grew at anti-pasti section
- Overall kitchen lookover and maintenance of it
Accomplishments
- Employer of the month 2 times with $150 gift voucher.
- Earned best service "appreciation letter" and bonus on Christmas from Katering
Timeline
Breakfast Chef
Chambers Fine Coffee
04.2025 - Current
Sandwich Hand
Catering Project
02.2025 - 12.2025
Cook
Canterbury League Club
02.2025 - 06.2025
Line Cook
Italian Street Kitchen
08.2024 - 01.2025
Kitchen Hand
Katering Ltd
05.2023 - 06.2024
Bachelor Of Computer Science - Cybersecurity
Macquarie University