Executive Management

Akiyo Takemura

New York, NY *****

TEL. 917-***-**** E-Mail: ***********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE: PASTRY CHEF

PROFILE

Highly knowledgeable, creative and resourceful with 8 years pastry preparation experience 3 of which are as the Executive Pastry Chef in a high volume fine dining venue in NYC. Have a background in preparation and service of gourmet pastries and other foods for catering functions. Excellent with estimating quantities of ingredients necessary for high volume projects as well as budget requirements. Highly creative with necessary skills to design new menu items as well as improve existing recipes and concepts. Also knowledgeable in wide variety of pastry style and cultures and always eager to learn more.

EXPERIENCE

Executive Pastry Chef, Pranna Restaurant- New York, NY 2009- present

Executive Pastry Chef for 15.000 square foot Southeast Asian restaurant, nightclub and corporate event space. Responsible for all pastry related inventory, budgeting and determining all ingredients. Created multi-cultural dessert menu with seasonally changing flavors. Responsible for multitasking high volume projects between events, dining room and special orders for nightlife.

Pastry chef, Morimoto Restaurant – New York, 2011-2012

Well known high volume venue in the Meatpacking District specializing in Japanese French fusion. Responsible for making wide variety of baked goods and redesigning dessert menu every three months. Also make bread which is baking, mixing, fermentation, shaping and proofing process.Created custom orders for private events.

Pastry chef, Zenkich – Brooklyn, NY 2008 – 2009

Japanese restaurant in trendy Williamsburg with traditional Japanese desserts such as mochi and red bean. Worked alone in pastry kitchen and responsible for all inventory, budgeting and redesigning dessert menu monthly.

Pastry chef, Choux Factory, New York, NY 2005 – 2008

Japanese style bakery with wide assortment of cream puffs and sweets. Responsible for preparing high volume orders for bakery while also sold as wholesale to local businesses and Japan Airlines.

EDUCATION

ASA Institute of New York,

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting & Business Management

Sapporo University – Sapporo, Japan

Bachelor’s Degree in Archeology

SKILLS

Very Artistic and Innovative – Highly develop math skills- Great with time management and high volume preparation – Excellence multi- tasker – Great with improvisation – Fluent in English and Japanese.

Qualifying certificate in Food Protection in 2003

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