Customer Service Assistant/Assistant Baker/Pasty Chef

Profile Summary

*+ Years of hands-on experience in Baking.

As a home Baker, fulfilled huge orders of cakes, cupcakes, chocolates, desserts, breads, pastries etc.

Baking expertise in Breads, Cakes, Cookies, Chocolates, Desserts, Cupcakes, Pastries, Doughnuts etc.

Have taken various professional courses and workshops in baking for Making of breads, Chocolate making, Desserts, Cookie and Macarons making, Cupcakes courses, and Cake courses for different flavors with icing and decoration techniques from fresh cream icing to Butter cream icing to Fondant cakes ranging from 1- 5 days each.

Have done certification for cake workshops in Butter Cream Icing Cakes and Fondant Cakes.

Handled huge orders of cakes on daily basis and Cupcakes orders ranging from 100 to 200 pieces single handedly in a short amount of time.

Thorough knowledge of food preparation, sanitary handling and service techniques, including baking.

Highly knowledgeable, dedicated, creative and resourceful baker with huge background in the preparation and service of gourmet pastries and cakes and specialized custom cakes for celebrations.

Skilled at mathematical calculations & determining exact quantity of ingredients required per recipe.

Outgoing person who has proven communication, customer service, multitasking & coordination skills.

Have conducted classes for baking enthusiasts on breads, cakes, cupcakes.

Baking experience

Cakes & Cupcakes (Icing - Fresh Cream, Butter Cream, Gateaux, Ganache, Truffle, Fondant)

oExperience in baking various flavored cake – Vanilla, Fruit & Nuts, Black forest, Pineapple Gateaux, Chocolate Ganache, Chocolate truffle, Chocolate Chip Bar, Cookie Crumble, Chocolate Mug, Jar cake, Biscuit cake, cake pops etc.

oExperience in baking various flavored cupcakes – Mocha, Dates n Almond, Banana Marble, Orange n Carrots, Banana Walnut, Blueberry & Orange cream fill, Carrot & raisins, Choco chips, Choco Lava, Pina Colada, chiffon strawberry, Apple N Cinnamon Cupcakes etc.

oPreparation of Butter Cream and Fresh Cream Icing from scratch with colors and flavors.

oPiping bag pressure control, knowledge of various nozzles, torting, filling & Icing the cake.

oIcing techniques – Rosettes, Ruffles, Roses, leaves, basket weave, shells, reverse shell borders, Sweet Peas, Daises, buds, cornelli lace, zigzag puffs, beads, Star Drop, Apple Blossom, pompom, Rose buds, Gerbera, floral clusters.

oFondant Cakes - Making fondant from scratch, rolling fondant onto the cake, Kneading, Coloring and shading (Air Brush), stencil techniques. Frosting the cake with butter cream and getting a smooth finish and sharp edges.

oFondant decorations like Bows, Borders, Ruffles, Curls, Swags, Sugar pearls, loops, ribbons.

oWorked with 2D/3D toppers – Animals like teddy bears, penguins, ducks, dog etc. and human figure modelling like fairies, humans, runners etc.

Cookies, Chocolates, Desserts

oExperience in baking cookies, macarons, Handmade Chocolates, Desserts etc.

oKneading the cookie dough with accurate measurements and different flavors and toppings.

oExperience in baking various flavored cookies – Chocolate, Shrewsbury, Coconut, Pinwheel, Chocolate chip, French macarons with different fillings.

oExperience in making handmade chocolates – Two tone, truffle filled, caramel, hazelnut filled, wafer, peanut butter coconut, peanut butter, blueberry center filled, chocolate lollypop, chocolate bars, kit kat, reeses, brownie chocolates, chocolate rocks, chocolate boxes, chocolate canapes, chocolate leaf barks, mint, orange flavored, milk based and many variations.

oExperience in creating desserts – Chocolate Soufflé, Fruit tarts, Vanilla pancakes, Strawberry Delight, Tiramisu, Banana and dates pancakes, Fudge, Chocolate brownies, Coffee delight, Pineapple Soufflé, Mango fantasy, Orange delight, doughnuts, Chocolate & Biscuit xmas log, Chocolate coated fruits, Strawberry cheesecake, caramel sauce, fruit sauce, hazelnut sauce etc.

Breads

oExperience in kneading dough for various flavored and shaped breads.

oExperience in baking breads – Stuffed buns, dinner rolls, focaccia, mini loaf, bread sticks, pull apart pizza swirls, Danish Pastry, multi grain flavored buns, croissants, different shaped breads.

Education

Master of Computer Applications 2008 Dharamsinh Desai University - India.

Bachelor of Computer Applications 2006 Dharamsinh Desai University - India.

Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to discuss with you how I might contribute to your organization and I would like to thank you for your time and attention. I am available at 647-***-**** or ******.*******@*****.***.

Sincerely,

Vinita Jagwani

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