ANNA DOMINIQUE POSADAS BALTAN

**** *. ********** ****** ********, Manila City, 1008

Contact Numbers: (02) 7494342; (097*-*******

Email: aczixh@r.postjobfree.com

Skype ID: nikkibaltan

LinkedIn: https://ph.linkedin.com/in/anna-dominique-baltan-770023b8

WORK EXPERIENCE

Cake Decorator and Owner

Sweet Art by Nikki Baltan

October 2016 – Present

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Description:

A small home-based patisserie business, offering luscious and decadent custom cakes, cupcakes, desserts and pastries, made from fresh and high quality ingredients.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Dessert Production – baking and decorating of cakes, cupcakes, and desserts

• Customize cake and cupcake toppers

• Purchasing Ingredients and Delivery of Finished Product

International Culinary Intern

Hyatt Regency New Orleans (Pastry Shop)

601 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, Louisianna, 70112

August 2015 – August 2016

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Dessert Production – mass production of desserts and pastries for functions and events.

• Strategic planning to accomplish all items to prepare, bake, decorated, and packed for in house outlets (8Block, Vitascope, Addendum, Lagniappe, Bywater Pool and Bar) as wells as out of the house dessert and pastry orders.

• 8Block Dessert Buffet Station – Menu Development and Planning, Cake Decorating, Deconstructive Dessert Plating, Time management.

• Addendum Patisserie – In house French patisserie outlet serves various quality desserts.

• High volume dessert production for Banquet services, event orders for on-premise and off-premise clients

• Inventory

Practicum Trainee

Nic’s Gourmet Desserts (Commissary)

#618 Matimyas Street, Sampaloc Manila

February 03, 2015 – March 07, 2015

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Mixing and kneading bread dough, shaping dough into desired shape.

(Baguette, Doughnuts, Cinnamon roll, Ensaymada, Croughnuts)

• Mixing cake batters.

(Red Velvet, Double Fudge Bars, Oatmeal Bars, Chocolate Cakes, Brownies)

Practicum Trainee

Hotel Kimberly Manila

Pedro Gil, Manila City, Philippines

November 10, 2014 – January 30, 2015

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Kitchen Helper – chopping fruits and vegetables, making fruit shakes

• Line cook – getting orders of guests in the Egg Station during Breakfast hours and serving their specified orders

• Pastry helper – baking cakes and pastries, making desserts for service

• Setting up food for functions

Practicum Trainee

Bizu Patisserie and Bistro

Greenhills, Pasig City, Philippines

April 15, 2013 – May 29, 2013

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Kitchen Trainee

• Chopping fruits and vegetables, making salad dressings, preparing components of salads and appetizers before service

• Making sandwiches, Panini and French toasts

• Making Tea Sets for afternoon service

• Plating salads and appetizers before serving

• Cook

• Cooking during breakfast hours – Omelets, Rice meals (Tocino, Tapa, Longganisa, Bangus)

• Plating the food before serving

CERTIFICATION

ServSafe Certification – Food Protection Manager

National Restaurant Association

License 11639140

Examination Location: LPU Culinary Institute, Intramuros, Manila City, Philippines

Conducted by: Chef Harold Punzalan

October 18, 2014

Valid until 2019

EDUCATION

University/Collegiate

Lyceum of the Philippines University, Intramuros, Manila, Philippines

Bachelor of Science in International Hotel and Restaurant Management

Major in Culinary Arts and Kitchen Operations

June 2011 – March 2015

SKILLS and ABILITIES

• Pastry and Bakery

• Advance Patisserie

• Dessert Plating; Wedding Cake Showpiece

• Basic Chocolate and Sugar Art

• Menu Development and Planning

• Catering; Food and Beverage Service

• Restaurant Management

• Food Safety and Sanitation

• Hot Kitchen – Banquets

• Cold Kitchen – Salads and Sandwiches;

• Customer Service

• Basic Food Photography

• Computer Skills: MS Word, MS Powerpoint, MS Excel, Windows Movie Maker

COMPETITIONS & ACHIEVEMENTS

Participant – Bronze Awardee

La Creation de Cuisiniers – Cake Decorating Showpiece Edition

Lyceum of the Philippines University – February 05, 2014

Participant – 2nd Placer

Easier Adventures in the World of Mathematics – On the Spot Math Poem Writing Contest

Lyceum of the Philippines University – February 19, 2013

Student Assistant – Silver Awardee

World Food Expo – Pastry Showpiece

SMX Convention Center, Pasay City, Philippines

SEMINARS, TOURS ATTENDED AND PARTICIPATIONS

You’re Lifestyle Buffet – Restaurant Immersion

(The Food Club Manila, September 11, 2014)

Pastry and Culinary Congress – By Chef Penk Ching

(LPU Culinary Institute, July 12, 2014)

Gourmet Cooking: Creating Food with Sophistication and Exquisite Style – By Chef Jan Maverick Co

(LPU Culinary Institute, February 21, 2014)

La Creation de Cuisiniers – Cake Decorating Contest, Showpiece Edition

(Lyceum of the Philippines University, February 05, 2014)

Sustaining Growth towards the Corporate World: Practicum Awareness Symposium for “Choices for the Future”

(Lyceum of the Philippines University, February 26, 2014)

“Making Dreams Closer to Reality: A Practicum Awareness Symposium”

(Lyceum of the Philippines University, February 20, 2014)

Chocolate Workshop – By Chef Danilo S. Basilio

(LPU Culinary Institute, February 17, 2013)

La Passione Per Cucina – Culinary Demo and Seminar

(LPU Culinary Institute, February 16, 2013)

La Creation de Cuisiniers – Cake Decorating Contest, Showpiece Edition

(Lyceum of the Philippines University, October 03, 2012)

Resort and Hotel Operation

(Estrellas de Mendoza Playa Resort, Laiya Batangas, October 01, 2012)

La Creation de Cuisiniers – Cake Decorating Contest, Showpiece Edition

(Lyceum of the Philippines University, January 30, 2012)

CHARACTER REFERRENCE:

Chef Milan Smith

Executive Pastry Chef – Hyatt Regency New Orleans

601 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, Louisianna, 70112

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T: +1-504-***-****/ M: +1-917-***-****

Chef Ekka Soenarko

Sous Pastry Chef – Hyatt Regency New Orleans

601 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, Louisianna, 70112

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T: +1-504-***-****/ M: +1-504-***-****

Ms. Martha Martinez

Employment Manager– Hyatt Regency New Orleans

601 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, Louisianna, 70112

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T: +1-504-***-****/ M: +1-504-***-****

Ms. Anne Kreybig

Human Resources Coordinator – Hyatt Regency New Orleans

601 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, Louisianna, 70112

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T: +1-504-***-****

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